The national Republican., 1861-05-04
Small Stores" Candles" &C.
1S61-62,
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing,

April II, 1851.
DPROPOSALS, sealed, aud endorsed "Ofer
i for Small Stores" or "Offer for Candles" or
"Oifer for s lt-wster So p, or Of-r for Mus
tard Seed, Black Pepper" &C., as the case may be,
will be received at this Bureau until o'clock A.
NJ, Oh the 2lst day of May next, for furnishing
and delivering ION receiving twenty days notice.
at the United States ravy yards, at Charlestown,
Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York and Cos
port, Virginia, such quantities only Of the follow
ing articles excepting the saltwater soap and
the candles, for each of which separate proposals
and contracts will be made) as may be required
or ordered from the contractor by the chief Of
this Bureau, or by the res ective commanding
officers of the said navy yards, during the fiscal
year ending June 3O 1862, viz:
B xes, shaving, India Backing, boxes Of
rubber Combs, coarse, India
Brushes, shaving rubber, or gutta per-
Brushes, scrubbing cha
Brushes, shce Combs, fine, India rub
Brushes, clothes Der, or gutta percha
Buttons, navy vest Grass for hats
Buttons, navy medium Jack-knives
Buttons, navy coat Razors in single cases
Buttons, dead eye Razor straps
Beeswax, in Id. cakes, Scissors
pure Spoons
Cotton, spools Of Nos. IL and lG, 900 yards
each, cords, equal parts.
Handkerchefs, cotton, fast colors, 80 by 80
inches, weight not less than 2 OF. each, textures
by to inch.
Needles, sewing, Nos. |, 2, 3, and 4, drill-eyed
betweens.
Ribbon, hat, best French black, l2 yards to
the piece, width II inch.
Soap, shaving, in cakes each cake not less
than 2 oE-.
Silk, Swing, blue-back wrapper not to ex-
coed OF. to the pound.
Thread, black and white, Marsball's or Bar
bour's best quality, and in such proportions as
may be required.
Tape, white linen, yards in length, inch
wide,
Tape, black, twiled cotton, yards in length,
J inch wide
Thimbles, $40 and 9-lo In diameter.
All the above articles must be included in the
offer.
WHTTE SALTWATER SOAP SEPARATE bid for
10000 pound', and such additional quantity as
may Be required
The soap must be manufactured from cocoa
nut oil, and be Of the best quality, denominated
"white saltwater soap" and be delivered on
sixty days notice, in good strong boxes Of about
Is pounds each, and, after inspection, the boxes
must hoopcd at each end, at the expense of
the contractor The price TO be uniform at all
the yards.
STEARINE CANDLES. - Separate bid for 10000
pounds, and such further quantity as may Be re-
CURED.
The candles must be "sixes,' of prime leaf. lurd
stearine $40 inch in length, exclusive Of tp six
candles to weigh not less than IA ounces oo-l0O,
nor more than lG ounces, and be paid for accord
ing to the actual weight, without reference to
commercial usage the melting point not 10 be
less than l40 degrees Fahrenheit. The wick
must be braided, and composed of IS cotton
threads of the best quality OF No. II yarn. The
candles to be delivered on sixty days notice, in
good boz es, contain ny about 80 pounds each,
and the box TO be marked with the contractors 9
name and the weight of the candles.
PARAFFNE CANDLES.
This offer is separate and distinct for ten thou.
sand pounds, according to sample, and such fur.
ther quantity as may be requ.ed, for which sixty
days notice will be given.
Mustard SEED BLACK PEPPER, &c.
Separate bids for all that mag be required fol
the use of the navy, to be delivered at New York
only.
Mustard seed, American brown.
Pepper, black, Malabar.
Bottles, octagon, for mustard ard pepper
COrks for bottles.
All the foregoing articles must be of the bes
quality, and confornab.e in Ill respects to the
samples deposited at said navy yards, and sub.
ject to such inspection at the navy y ard where
delivered as the Chief of the Bureau uuy direct