Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-04-21
sssmaIl stores,'' "Candles,' &c.-Isss-'5
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing,
PROPOSALS, SEALED AND EN6SRsED, 6GlHs aS ,' %oF.
IL fer for Small Stores" Offer for Candles" "Of-
Pepper" &c. as the case may be- will be received at this
bureau until o'clock the 18th day of May next.
for is ing and sR espg S.
Massachusetts,; Brooklyn, New York and Gospor Vir-
glns such Quantities only Of the following articles except.
separate proposals and contracts will be made be
ordered from the by the chief Of this
bureau by the respective commanding officers Of the
said navyyard during the fiscal year ending aoth june
1858, viz:
Boxes shaving India rubber Combs coarse India rub.
Brushes, scrubbing Combs, fine, India rubber,
Brushes, shoe or grtta percha
Broshes, clothes Grass for hats
Buttons, navy vest yack-knIves
Buttons, navy medium Razors, in single cases
Buttons, navy coat Razor straps, 0ldways
Buttons, dead eye Scissors
Cotton, spoos of Nos. 1e and 1s, 5000 yards eaeh
cords, equal parts
handkerchief cotton fast coors by 80 inches weight
not less than each, texture by to 4 inch.
Needles sewing Nos J. g g. and H. drilleyed betweens
Ribbon, hat best French black ls yards to the piece;
Soap, shaving in cakes; each cake not less than or
Silk sewng blueblack; wrapper not to exceed o. to
Thread black and white Marshalis best quality, and in
such proportions as may be required.
Tape, black twiled cotton, yards in length 4 inch
Thimbles, s-lo and e-Io diameter
WHITE SALTWATER soAp-separate bid 900 pounds
The soap must be manufactured from coeoanut OIL and
and be delivered sixty days notice. good strong boz
Aqnt rs pounds each and after inspection the boxes
must be hooped each end at the of the contrse
tor. The price to be uniform at all the yards.
CAxDLEs-separats bid for $1,000 pounds
The candles must be SKIES of prime leaf lard stearn.
10 inches in length. ecusiUs Of tip, six candles TO
weigh less than Il ounces SO than is oz
and be paid for according 10 the actual weight without
ference to commercial usage the melting point not to bs
less than l4o degees Fahrenheit The wick must be br.d
of No "a yarn The candles be delivered on sixty days
notice boxes containing about 30 pounds and
the box be marked with the contractors ana ths
weight of the candles.
MUSTARD SEED, BLACK PEPPER, &c.
Separate bids for all that may be required for the
the Navy, TO be delivered at New York only.
Mustard seed, American, brown
Pepper, black Malabar
Bottles, octagon for mustard and pepper
Corks, for bottles.
All the foregoing articles must be of the best quality
and conformable respects samples deposited
said navypards and in this burea and subject to such IN
specon ut the hayward where delivered the chief
the burea may direct the inspecting officer TO be appointed
by the Navy Department.
All delivered free of any incidental ex
the price Of each article be same at the 70
articles are delivered must be marked with their content
and the of the cont and be sufficient to nsur
their temporary saf>keeping.
The contractor must establish agencies at such station
other than his residence that delay may
shng what may be required ash when the
fails promptly to comply ID requisition the Chic
of p Provisions apd Clothing shall be author
lied TO direct purchases be made supply the decen
under the penalty be ed in the contract th
Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing either of the
yards aforesaid shall be evidence that such requsition
been made and received
Two more approved suretie in equal to the
twenty per centum in addition will be withheld th
amount of all payments account thereof coiater1
security to secure IFS performance and not u event
be paid until IL is in all respects complied with eight
per centum of the amount Of all deliveries made will
paid by the agent within thirty days after bills dui
| authenticated, shall have been presented to him.
Blank forms of proposals may be obtained applicsto
to the navy agInts at Portsmouth, New Hampshre Boz
ton New York, Philadepha Baltimore, Norfolk, Pensscol
| and at this Bureau.
record or duplicate of the letter informing bidder
the acceptance of his proposal will be deemed notifies
tion thereof within the meaning of the of ls46
his bid will be made and accepted in conformity with th
understanding -
Every Offer made mnst be accompanied las directed
the act of Congress making appropriations for the
service for 1s4647, spproved 10th August 1s46) by
written guarantee signed by responsible PEI
to the effect that he they undertake that the bidde
an obligation within ten days. with good and sufhcier
suretes, to furnish the supplies proposed The Burea
will not be obligated TO consider prpposi unless
companied by the guarantee required by law the comp
tsncy Of the guarantees TO be certified oy the navy agen
The attention OF bidders called TO the samples and d.
scripou Of articles required in the Inspection before
cepton just but rigid comparison wil be made betwee
the articles offered and the samples and contract
none that fall beow them and their attention is also pa
TO 9th Marcl