Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-21

2lO bushels Of good clean dry fine salt
3,285 gallons OF good cider vinegar.
At Corpus Christi, Tszas.
200, 900 pounds Of clear bacon sides
1,SS0 barrels Of fresh superfne -four
$50 bushels of new white field beans
Ii, l4O pounds Of good hard soap
3,2o5 pounds Of good hard adamantne candles
80, 400 pounds of first quality dry brown sugar
1910 pounds of first quality Rio coffee
210 bushels of good clean dry fine salt
3,2o5 gallons Of good cider vinegar.
At San Antonio. Texas, 14O miles land traaspoy.
taiiOn from IndianOla, Tszas.
5O7 900 pounds Of clear bacon sides
6,7S3 barrels Of freeh superfine -four
1854 bushels of new white field beans
APPS pounds Of good hard soap
ISIS pounds Of good hard adamantine candles
1880 pounds Of first quality dry brown sugar
70,9l0 pounds Of first quality Rio coffee
733 bushels Of good clean dry fine salt
1,sI9 gallons Of good cider vinegar.
At Fort Union, Ne1 Mszico, 700 miles laad
transportation, from Fort Lsavsnt1orth, Kan
Sds Territory.
23i 900 pounds Of clear bacon sides
SIPS barrels Of fresh superfne -four
1 1851 bushels OF new white field beans
81 ,7S3 pounds Of good hard soap
5,445 pounds Of good hard adamantine candles
IS $50 pounds Of first quality dry brown sugar
81 ,675 pounds Of first quality Rio coffee
$40 bushels OF good clean dry fine salt
5,i45 gallons Of good cider vinegar.
The whole to be delivered before the LIST Of Au
gust, 1856.
At Bsnieia, California, soater transportation.
223 900 pounds Of clear bacon sides
1850 barrels Of fresh superfine -four
1877 bushels Of new white field beans
q, go pounds Of good hard soap
5,lSo pounds Of good hard adamantine candles
62 2S6 pounds Of first quality dry brown sugar
81 lao pounds Of first quality Rio coffee
325 bushels Of good clean dry fine salt
$50 gallons Of good cider vinegar.
The whole to be delivered by the LIST Of Septem-
Der, 1856.
At Fort Vaneorrsr, Washington Territory, about
40 miles from the mouth of ths Columbia RIO.
G, clear Harigdtton.
100 800 pounds Of clear bacon sides
1,3i4 barrels Of fresh superfne -four
$50 bushels OF new white field beans
9375 pounds Of good hard soap
2aS pounds OF good hard adamantine candles
% ,129 pounds Of first quality dry brown sugar
IA, ESQ pounds Of first quality Rio coffee
AS bushels Of good clean dry fine salt
2,J3 gallons Of good cider vinegar
The whole to be delivered by the LIST Of Septem.
her, 1855.
NoTK.-Al bidders are requested to extend the
amount OF their bids for each article and exhibit
the total amount Of each bid; and no bid will be
acted on unless it embraces all articles ouired at
a post.
The periods and Quantities Of each delivery at
those posts where they are not specified will be
one fourth LIST June, LIST September LIST December,
1856, and LIST March, 1857. The hogs of which
the pork and bacon are packed to be fattened on
corn, and each hog to weigh not less than two
hundred pounds, excluding the feet, legs, ears,
Where the pork is to be delivered, side pieces
may be substituted for the hams The pork and
bacon is to be first sailed with Turks island salt
The pork to be carefully packed with the same
artcle In pieces not exceeding eight pounds each
When the packing has been completed, the con.
tractor must furnish to this Office certificate from
the packer that the pork has been so salted and
packed The pork Is to be contained in seasoned
heart haY f,,II =
bacon In like barrels, in sacks, or loose i'm well
covered wagons, as the nature Of the transporta-
tion will best justify.
hoped. 1'
The beans and salt In barrels, and the SOAP and
candles In strong boxes of convenient size for
portation Salt will only be received by measure
| ment Of thirty-two quarts to the bushsls. The
candles to have cotton wicks.
All provisions rendered for delivery under this
advertisement Will be thoroughly and rigilly I'm :.
expenses must be paid by Contractors gntl tbau
are deposited at such storehouses Is NAV be de-
| signated by the agents Of the department.
ANY variation from the terms ofthe contract will
| Ing the article or articles so varying
Inc commissary general reserves the privilege
| Oh increasing or diminishing the quantity, or
dispensing with any or all articles required at any
post at any time before entering into contract: and
also OF increasing or reducing the Quantities of
| each delivery one-third subsequent to contrast
on giving sixty days previous notice. This sixty
days notice does not apply to posts at which there
| Is TO be but oae delivery
All bidders are required to accompany their pro-
posals with ample evidence Of their ability TO full
| Ill their contacts They must also furnish the
names Of their securities, whose responsibility
must be certified by the district attorney, or bv
some person well known to the government ::
| otherwise their proposals will not be acted on
| Advances will not be made in any case and ev-
idence Of inspection and full delivery must be re-
celved at this office before any requistion win be
: made upon the Treasury for payment, which will
De enected In such public money as may be con
veent TO the points Of delivery, the places OF pur.
chase, or the residence Of the contractors at the
option OF the Treasury Department
NO drafts ON this Office will be accepted or paid
| under any circumstances
| Each proposal will be sealed In separate en-.
veioPe, and marked Proposals for Furnishing
| Army Subsistence"
| GEO. GIBSON, C. G. 9.
| NofE.-Editors will not be paid for inserting IN
their papers this advertisement unless authorizes
to do 20 by the eommissary General Of Subsist-
ence. oo9t-laWtJani