The true Democrat., 1857-05-05
NAVY SUPPLIES-1a,,
NAVY DEPARTMENr

SEPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed and ', o7' O ed Proposals for Navy Supplies ,, rr;n neidors. ceved at this Bureau until o'clock "'n De re Monday, the 2Oth day of April next. for fnr19 A9 on and delivering Con receiving ten days cept for biscuit, for which five days notice H e1 given tor every twenty thousand pounds rec,': De at the United States nayy-varls at Cho.I 4ufed) Massachusetts, Brooklyn, New York and Go,, Virginia, such quantities only of the folov ces as may be required or ordered from th art tractors by the chief of this bureau or by t cOn- spective commanding officers of the said nayr re- during the fiscal year ending June 30, lS5S saUs,
 Biscuit, flour, rice, dried apples, pickles ,n1 ' tea, coffee, beans, molasses, vinegar and rb; ssf
 The biscuit shall be made wholly from svoat perhne flour, of the manufacture of the vo, .', sl or 1857, but shall in all cases be manuoctIol i'0o flour made of the crop immediately prece,in,i oR dates of the acquisitions for the same; and b9 'u 1ully equal in quality, and conform in s,o De shape, to the samples which are deposited n 'll said navy yards; shall be properly baked tbor1 1e ly klln-dried, well-packed, and delivered froas charge to the United States, in good, sound N dried, bright flour barrels, as above described "&' & the heads well secured; or in air and watar s' !' whiskey or spirit barrels, at the option of the h The flour shall be superfne, and of the ra,' lecture of wheat grown in the year 1856 or Is.e but shall in all cases be manufactured from ,rL of the crop immediately preceding the dates of I acquisition for the same shall be perfectly m N' and ill all respects of the best quality, and sbsyy delivered in good shipping order free of all c yv to the United States, in the best new, well-,aoss ed, sound bright barrels, or halt-barres, as the may be-the slaves and headings to be of red o,s ', the best quality, strong and well hooped With r ing hoops around each head, and equal in on,= to sample barrel at said hayward; two halGfsri | Itf, b., ba, J sixth the required quantity to be in halfbaTal.
 The rice shall be of the very best quality. an5 , the crop immediately preceding the dates of fl. requsitions for the same.
 The dried apples shall be of the best quality md shall be prepared by sun-drying only, and shs-s of the crop of the autumn immediately preceH, the dates of the acquisitions for the same.
 The pickles shall be put up in iron-bound cas., and each cask shall contain one gallon of or;(, one gallon of peppers, and eight gallons of medf- cucumbcrs, fifty to the gallon, and the vegetob in each shall weigh hfty-seven pounds, and h., only be paid for; and each cask shall then be fr with white wine venegar of at least F degree, strength, and equal to French vinegar; the c,s., vegetables, and vinegar shall conform and be eqr, in all respects to the samples deposited at n above-named navy yards and the contractors sf,l warrant and guaranty that they will keep god an, sound for at least tNto years.
 The iron hoops oa the barrels containing wb, key, molasses, vinegar, and pickles to be well pl, ed with red lead.
 The sugar shall be according to samples at ll said navy yards, and be dry and fit for packing
 The tea shall be of good quality young hysr equal to the samples at said navy-yards, and be {, | liyered in half and quarter chests only.
 The coffee shall be equal to the best Cuba, g cording to sample
 | The beans shall be of the very best quality wlr beans, and shall be of the crop immediately prece ing the dates of the requisition for the same, pounds to be taken as one bushel.
 | The molasses shall be fully equal to the vq best quality of New Orleans molasscs, and shall delivered iI well-seasoned red oak barrels vii white-pne heads not less than , inch thick: ii slaves not less than 5a inch thick the barrels tot three-quarters hooped, and, in addition. to ha, four iron hoops, one on each bilgc. b inch width and 10th inch thick, and one on each chin | l |, inch in width and ll6th inch thick, aud ,1a be thoroughly ceopered and placed in the best sbh ping condition.
 The vinegar shall be of the first quality, eausl the standard of the United States Pharmacorai and shall contain no other than acetic acid: I shall be delivered ill barrels similar in all res7ec to those required for molasses, with the exceDt. that rhte oak slaves and heads shall be subsi-u, for red-oak slaves and white pine heads, and shl be thoroughly coopered and placed in the best .hf ping order.
 The whiskey shall he made wholly from ss;r sound and mcrchantable, and be full first proof e coriug to the United States custom house sa- dard. and shall be rectifed. It shall be deliver in good, new, sound, bright, three-quarters hoop4 wcll-SeasOned white-oak barrels, with white-0. heads, the heads to be made of three-pece he.
 ing, and well painted, the slaves not to be less ;h | |, inch thick, and the heads not less than 3 il thick and each barrel shall be coopered, in ad, tion, with one three-penny iron hoop on each b. l ? inch in width, and l-l6th inch thick and d | three-penny hoop on each chime, s inch in widt and l-l6th inch thick, as per diagram. The wh. to be put in good shipping order, free of all char to the United States.
 All the foregoing described articles, embrac casks, barrels, half-barres. and boxes, shall subject to such inspection as the chiet of this reau may direct, the inspecting officer to be pointed by the Navy Department. All inspeciC to be at the place of delivery. Biscuit may ho ever, be inspected at the place of manufacture, will i'll all cases be subject to final inspection at | place of delivery before bills are signed therei The prices of all the foregoing articles to bet same throughout the year, and bidders may Of for one or more articles.
 All the casks, barrels, and half-barrelS. boxes packages, shall be marked with their content, the contractors name. All the barrels and h barrels of flour, bread and pickles shall have, addition to the above. the year when manafactu or put up, marked upon them.
 The samples referred to ill this advertisement those selected for the ensuing fiscal year, and h no rGereHce to such as hdre been Dreuiousiy erhbr The quantity of these articles which will be quired cannot be precisely stated. They will p bably be about