The national Republican., 1861-04-15
Navy supplies-1S81-'82.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,


Bureau of Provisions aud Clothing,
March l5, 1861.
CEPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed and en-
~ dorsed proposals for Navy Supplies" will
be received at this Bureau until o'clock A. H.,
on Wednesday, the 18th day of April next, for
furnishing and delivering ION receiving ten days
notice, except for biscuit for which five days
notice shall be given t, every twe1ty thousand
pounds required) at the United States navy
yards, at Charlestown, Massachusetts,; Brooklyn,
New York; and Gosport, Virginia, such quanti-
ties only OF the following articles as may be re-
quired or ordered from the contractors by the
chief of this Bureau or by the res ectve COM
mandug officers of the said navy yards, during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1862, viz:
Biscuit -four, rice, dried apples, pickles, sugar,
tea, coffee, beans molas,es, vinegar, and whisky.
The biscuit shall be made wholly from sweet
super6ne -four, Of the manufacture of the year
1860 or 1861, but shall in all cases be msnufac-
tured from -four made of the crop Immediately
preceding the dates Of the requisitions for the
same; aud shall be fully equal in quality, and
conform in size and shape, to the samples which
are deposited in the said navy yards shall be
properly buked, thoroughly kiln. n.dred, we'll
packed, and delivered free of charge to the Uni
ted States, in good, sound, well-dried, bright
flour barrels, with the heads well secured, or in
air and water tight whisky or spirit barrels, at
quired at Gosport in tight barrels.
The -four shall lie equal to the best Richmond
and Baltimore brands, and of the manufacture of
wheat grown In the year 1860 or 1861 but shall
in all cases be manufactured from pure, sound,
FIRE III ground ~heat. of the crop Immediately pre-
ceding the dates of the acquisition for the same
shall be perfectly sweet, and In all respects Of
the best quality; and shall be delivered in good
shipping order, free Of all charge to the United
States, in the best new, well seasoned, souud,
bright barrels, or'half barrels, as the case may
be-tho slaves and headings to be. of red oak Of
the best quality, strong and we'll hooped, with
lining hoops around each head, and equal in
quality to sample barrel at the said navy yards
two half barrels to be considered as barrel, and
not more than onsssxth Of the required quantity
TO be in half barrels.
The rice shall be of tn, very best quality, and
Of the crop Immediately preceding the dates Of
the acquisitions for the same.
The dried apples shall be of the best quality,
and shall be prepared by ,un-drying only, and Of
the crop of the autumn Immediately preceding
the dates of the requisitions for the same; and
shall be delivered in packages containing not
more than three hundred pounds.
The pickles shall be put up in iron bound
casks, the iron hoops to be inch wide and Lie
inch thick, and ach cask shall contain one gal
Ion OF onions oae gallon Of peppers, and eight
gallons ofmedium cucumbers, fifty to the gallon
and the vegetables in each shall weigh ilty-seven
pounds, and they only be paid for; and each
cask shall then be filed with white wine vinegar
OF at least AZ degrees Of strength, and equal to
French vinegar; the casks, vegetables, and vim
egar, shall conform and be equal in all respects
to the samples deposited at the above-named
navy yards, and the contractors shall warrant
and guaranty that they will keep good and sound
for a, least two years.
The iron hoops on the barrels containing whis.
ky, molasses, vinegar, and pickles, to be well
painted with red lead.
The sugar sh III be according to the samples
at the said navy yards, and be dry and fit for
packing, and equal in quality to the best Havana
brown.
TIE tea shall be of good quality young hyson,
equal to the samples at said navy yards, and be
delivered in halt and quarter chests only.
The coffee shall be equal to the best Cuba, ac-
cording to sample.
The beans shall be of the very best quality
white beans and shall be of the crop immediately
preceding the dates Of the rtquisition for the
same "a pounds to be taken as one bushel.
The molasses shall be fully equal to tho very
best quality of New Orleans moasses and shall
be delivered in new, well seasoned red-oak bar
rels, with white pine heads not less than ID inch
thick; the slaves not less than s-inch thick the
barrels to be hree.quarterS hooped, and, in ad-
dition, TO have four iron hoops, one on each
bilge, u inch in width and l-l6th inch thick.
and one on each chime u inch in width and
l.l6th inch thick, and shall be thoroughly coon
cred and placed in the best shipping condition.
The vinegar shall be of the first quality, equal
TO the standard Of the United States Pha maco.
Pea, and shall contain no other than acetic
acid and shall be delivered in barrels similar in
all respects TO those required for molasses, with
the exception that white-oak slaves and heads
shall bs substituted for rsd-oak slaves and white.