The national Republican., 1861-04-09
Navy Supplies -188l-'62.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing,

~ uorsed " proposals for Navy supplies" will
be received at this Bureau until 0 o'clock A. NJ,
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 every twenty 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, ective COM
mandng 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 molasses, vinegar, and whisky.
I The biscuit shall be made wholly from sweet
superfne -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; and 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 baked, thoroughly kiln-dried, well
packed, and delivered free Of charge to the Uni
ted States, in good, sound, well-dried bright
aour barrels, with the heads we'll secured, or in
air and water tight whisky or spirit barrels, at
the option Of the Bureau. No biscuit will be re-
quired at Gosport in tight barrels.
The flour shall he 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,
fresh ground wheat Of the crop Immediately pre-
ceding the dates Of the requisition for the same
| hall be perfectly sweet, and in all respects of
| !ks best quality and shall be delivered in good
shipping order, free of all charge to the United
States, in the best new, well seasoned, SQUAD,
bright barrels, or half barrels, as the case may
be-the slaves and headings to be Of red oak Of
the best quality, strong and well 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
net more than one-sixth of the required quantity
to be in half barrels.
| The rice shall be Of ths 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 acquisitions 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 each cask shall contain one gal
Ion OF onions one gallon Of peppers, and eight
gallons of medium cucumbers fifty to the gallon,
and the vegetables in each shall weigh fifty seven
pounds, and they only be paid for; and each
cask shall then be filled 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 at 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 shall be according to the samples
at the said navy yards, and be dry and it for
packing, and equal in quality to the best Havana
brown.
The tea shall be of good quality young hyson,
equal to the samples at said navy yards and be
delivered in half 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 rcquistion for the
same ; Ga pounds to be taken as one bushel.
The molasses shall be fully equal to tho very
best quality of New Orleans molasses, and shall
be delivered in new, well. seasoned red-oak bar
rels with white pine heads not less than | ! inch
thick; the slaves not less than s-inch thick the
barrels to be three quarters hooped, and, in ad-
dition, to have four iron hoops one on each
bilge, IL inch in width and l-l6th inch thick,
and ono on each chime II inch in width and
l-l6th inch thick, and shall be thoroughly coop
cred and placed in the best shipping condition.
The vinegar shall be of the first qua ity, equal
to the standard of the United States Pha maco-
peia, 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 be substituted for red-oak slaves and white
pine heads, and shall be thoroughly coopered
and placed in the best shipping order.
The whi:ky shall be made wholly from grain,
, sound and merchantable, and be full fret proof
according to the United States custom. house
standard, and shall be double rectfed. 1t shall
be delivered in good, new, sound, bright, three
quarters hooped, well-seasoned white.oak bar.
rss, with white-oak heads, the heads to be made
of three.piece heading, and well painted the
slaves no: to be less than s-inch thick, and the
heads not less than i-iuch thick and each bar
rel shall be coopered in addi ion, with one three
penny iron hoop on each bige, / J inch in width
and l-l0th inch thick, and one three penny hoop
f on each chime, "a inch in width and l-l6th inch
. thick, as per diagram The whole to be put il
r good shipping order, free OF all charge to tn,
{ United States.
r All the foregoing described articles, embracing
casks, barrels, half barrels, and boxes, shall b.
subject to such inspection as the chief of the Blu
| reau of Provisions and Clothing may direct, III,
inspecting officer to be appointed by the Navy
Department. All inspections to be at the plac,
Of delivery. Biscuit may, however, be in pectet
ut the place of manufacture, but will in all case.
, be subject to final inspection at the place O
! delivery before the bills are signed therefor.
The prices of all the foregoing articles te
be the same throughout the year, and bidder:
may fer for one or more articles; and his offel
7 will be accepted for that yard for which his pro-
posal may be lowest.
All the casks, bsrrels, and hslf barrels boxes
or packages, shall be marked with their content.
and the contractors name All the barrels and
half barrels of -four, bread and pickles, shal
have, in addition to the above, the year when
manufactured or put up marked upon them.
The samples referred to in this advertisement
those selected for the ensuing fiscal year. anG
have no reference 10 such as hare been previously
= hibited.