The national Republican., 1861-06-27

Of TIE best quality; and shall be delivered iu |
good shipping order, free OF all charge to the
United States, in the best new, well seasoned,
sound bright barrels, or half barrels as the case
may be The 8 aves and headings to be of red oak,
Of tbsttr quality, strong and well hooped, with
liniop hoops around each head, and equal In
quality TO sample barrel at the said Navy Yard
two half barrels to be considered as q barrel,
and not more than siith Of the required
quantity TO bs 10 half barrels. ... ..
The rice shall he Of the very best quality, and
OF the crop Immediately preceding the dates Of
the acquisitions for the same - --U a..u. .r |
Ihe dried apples shall be of the bes. quality,
and shall be prepared by sun. drying only, and Of
the crop Of the autumn Immediately preceding
shall be delivered In packages containing not
more than three hundred pounds.
Inc pickles shall be put up in iron-bound
casks, the iron hoops to be iuch wide and Lie
inch thick, and each cask shall contain one gAl-
Ion OF onions, one gallon cf peppers, and eight
gallons OF m 'dium cucumbers, fifty to the gallon,
and the vegetables In each shall weigh fhy-
seven pounds, and they only be paid Tor; and
each cask shall then be filed with white wine
vinegar, Of at least AZ degrees of strength aud
equal to French vinegar 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 dry and fit for packing,
and equal 10 quality to the best Havana brown.
The tea .ball be of good quality young hyson,
and be delivered In half or quarter chests on y.
The beans shall be of the very best quality
white beans, and shall be Of the crop immed-
atsly preceding the dates Of the requisitions for
the same, "a pounds to be taken as one bushel.
The molasses shall be fully equal 70 the very
best quality Of New Orleans molasses, and shall
be delivered In new, well-seasoned red oak bar
reis, with white pine heads not less than II inch
thick; the slaves not less than inch thick; the
barrels to be three-quarters hooped, and, In ad-
dition, TO have four iron hoops, one on each
bilge, "a 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
coopered and placed in the best shipping condi-
| ton.
The vinegar shall be Of the first quality, equal
to the standard Of the United States Phsrmacc-
paa, 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 phite 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 whisky shall be made wholly from grain,
according to the United States custom house
standard, and shall be double rectifed. 1t
shall be delivered in good, new, sound, bright,
three quarters hooped, we'll seasoned white oak
barrels, with white oak heads, the heads to be
made Of three piece heading, and we'll painted
the slaves not to be less than inch thick, and
the heads not less than inch thick; and each
barrel shall be coopered, in addition, with on,
three e-penpy iron hoop on each bilge, u inch il
| width and l.1eth inch thick nd thrao
pc ny hoop on each chime, u inch in widtl
and l.l6th inch thick, as per diagram the who'll
to be put In good shipping order free Of al
charge to the United States.
All the foregoing describ, d articles, embracing
casks, barrels, half-barrels, and boxes shall b,
subject to such inspection as the chief of th,
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing may direct
the inspecting officer to be appointed by III,
Navy Department. All Inspections to be at th,
place Of delivery Biscuit may, however, be in
spected at the place Of manufacture, but will II
all cases be subject to final inspt cton at th,
place Of delivery before the bills are signet
therefor.
The prices of all the foregoing articles 10 b.
the same throughout the year, and bidders ma.
offer for one or more articles, and his offer viii
, be accepted for that article for which his propo
sal may be lowest.
All the casks, barrels and halt. barrels, boxe
or packages, shall be marked with their content
and the contractors name. All the barrels an
: half-barrsls Of -four bread and pickles, shal
have, In addition to the above, the year whe
manufactured or put up marked upon them.
The quantity of these articles which will b
: required cannot be precisely stated. The con
J. tracts will therefore be made, not for speci6
quantities, but for such quantities as the servic
may require to be delivered.
Contractors not residing at the place wher
, deliveries are required, must establish sgencie
, at such place, that no delay may arise In fur
q nishing what may be required; and when q con
tractor fails promptly to comply with a requisi
tion, the Chief Of the Bureau Of Provisions an
Clothing shall be authorized to direct purchase
q to bs made to supply the deficiency, under til
penalty TO be expressed In the contract; tn
). record Of requisiton, or duplica'e copy there
Of at the Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing q
at the Navy Yards aforesaid, shall be evidenc
that such requsition has been made and re
ceived.
Separate offers must be made for each article
and In case more than one article IL containe
In the offer, the Chief of the Bureau will hav
l. the right to accept one or more OF the article
contained in such offer, and reject the remainder
and bidders whose proposals are accepted, ian
none Others will be forthwith notified, and earl
as practicable contract will be transmitted
them for execution which contract mnst be re
turned u the bureau within FIVE days, exclusiv
N OF the time required for the regular transmissio
Of the mail.
Two or n ore approved sureties In a sum equ'
a to the estimated amount Of the respective cor
tracts will be required, and twenty per centu
In addition will be Withheld from the amount
ell payments on account thereof, as collater'
security, in addition to secure its Performance
and not in any event 10 be paid until 1t is in a
respects complied with eighty per centum {
the amount Of all deliveries made will be pal
by the navy agent within thirty days after bill
ID duly authenticated, shall have been presente
E. to him
IN Blank forms of proposals may be obtained o
= applicat on to the navy agent at Philadelphia.
s' record, or duplicate Of the letter informin