Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-03-23
NAVY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


Bureau o. Provisions and Clothing, March Il, 1858.
SEPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed endorsed Proposals
for Navy supplies viii e received at this Bareau until
furnishing aud delivering ION receiving days notice. except
for bseui for which i've days shall be given
twenty t.usal pounds reaiFt1 at the United states navy
yards CrstoWH, Maacusetts brooklyn, New and
rs NAV e required Or osre from the contractors ~ the ehe
this huau b. the respective commanding officers Of
sld navy Fus le isca year enung She 80 lSou VIZ
beans, nolass-s vinegar, and WHISKY
The biscuit shall e wsy sweet suPerne -four of
the manu'aenre o. me year @ or s19 but shall in All eses
he manufactured IRON oar made Of he crop Immediately prec
n he dates Of the re aitions for the and shall he fully
wlich deposited in the said navy yards shall h properly
charge 70 tse States, goa suud, weldried bright
els, tl the haas we'd secured air aud
The shalt equal TO the best Richmond Baltimore
aud Of the Of wheat grown the year
s59but shall Il all he pure sound
fresh grourd wheat Of the crop immediately preceding the
OF the ustion FOR the lane shall De perfectly sweet and in
bt new we'll eSsone sonnI bright barrels or haif blrre
may lie and headings
best quality strong and well hoope with lining hoops around
yards conlered barel
than the rqu red quantity TO be in half barrels.
The very quality, and the crop
meiatey preceding the the acquisitions sae
The dried apples sha. be or the best quality, and shall pre-
pared by dg oniy and Of the crop q the autumn imrne
datey prce dates Of the requstOns for the
shall be delivered in packages containing not than three hun
The pickles shall put up casks and each
shall contain gallon Of onions one goa Il peppers, and
eight gallons cucumlers, fifty gallon the
vegetables each shall weigh fifty polnds they only
paid for shall then be filled
vinegar OF at least ~ degrees Of strength and equal to French
the casks vegetables and vinegar snail conform and
equal all respects tho deposited the named
navy yards and tie contractors snail NArapt and graESn thai
they will p good and sound for a. least years.
The hoops containing whiskey, molasses
vinegar, aud plekles to he well painted Hlit red iei
Tie sugar snail beaccodng TO samples the said navyards,
The tea shall Dv0i good quality young hOn equal the sam
pies said nayyya, and be delivered in ha and quarter
The coffee shall be equal Cuba according sample.
The beans shall be Of the quality white beans and shall
for the same "a pounds to be taken as enc tushel.
Tie moasse shall be fully equal TO he best quality Of
New 0re ard rf be delivered in new,
soned red oak barrels, with white pue heads not less than M
inch thick than Thick The
quarters hooped addition, hoops,
one on eeh chime TX inch in width and EI6t inch thick aud
shall thorOus aud placed in the best shpngcO3
The vinegar shall be of the first qslity to the standard
Of the United States Parmaco shall contain oother
than acid; shall delivered in barrels similar in all
respects required with the exception that
slaves aud
white pine he sha h thoroughly coopeel and
The whisky shall Re m de wholly gra sound
chanlabe be full proof according the United States
custom house stan ard and shall he double rected Il shall
he deyeed good souhd bright three quarters hooe
white OAK barrels, with white oak heads the heads
u be MADE OF three piece heading. and Se pahed me STAY IS
not to be less than inch ck, and the heads not less than
inch Thick and barrel shall he coopred IN addition wiz
enc penny iron hoop on eSh us IA lsh IN widths aa
l6ihnch thick, and three SGny hoop each chime, Ia
IN width, l6th thick, The
70 be put in good shipping order OF all charge to the United
States
All the foregoing described articles, embracing casks barrels
haf barrels boxes, shall subject inspection the
chief Of this bureau my Direct The inspecting officer tObe ap
pointed by the Navy Department. All INSPECTIONS to lie ut
place delivery Biscuit may, however, lie inspected at the
place Of manufacture, viii all be subject final
inspection place delivery before Is signed therefor.
The OF all the foregoing articles t. be the through
out the bidders may oro articles.
All casks barrC Packages shall
he marked with their and tie conactOTs All the
barrels and ha barrels Of hour bread and pickles shall have IN
/ TO he
marked upon item.
HE referred to in this advertisement those selected
os ensuing fiscal year, and hare Tsreace 20 such
hdce 65sa previously estj5td
The quantity which viii be required cannot be
precisely slated. THY will pruabIy be abeut-