Daily national Republican., 1863-03-16
LBATHBR MAIL POUCHES, .
(Saddls-Oags Jorm,)


OF sire No. measuring y-eight inches In length
and twenty-one inches An width at the widest
pNrtsy the ends or bottoms being fourteen by
or size No. 2 measuring iorty-hve Inches in length
and eighteen inches In width at the widest parts
the ends or bottoms being twelve by twenty
OF size No. 3, measuring forty-two inches In length
and sixteen inches In width at the widest parts
the ends or bottoms being ten by twenty
These bags are to be made of good and substan.
tiAl bag leather, well tanned, weighing not less
than seven ounces to ne square loot the seams tc
or II riyeted to be 30 done AZ not to ehae horse
rider.
CANVASS MAIL SACKS,
OF size No, !, measuring forty-threo inches In
length and slxty-twO inches in circumference,
or sire No. p measuring forty-one inches in length
and forty-eight inches in circumference.
OF size No. D. measuring thirty-two inches In length
and thITtY-eight inches In circumference.
The sacks OF sizes numbered and 2 are to be
made with tabllng or hem at the top, two inches
wide, upon which q sufficient number OF eyelet
holes-at leaSt ten to the former and eight 70 the
lAtter-are to be wroughtj and they are each to be
provided with good and sufficient hemp cord to
lace and tie them thoroughly. All are to be mark
ed inside and outside U. s. Mail" in large dis
tinet and durable letters.
In view Of the present scarcity and high price of
the cotton duck or canvass ofwhioh the mall sacks
have hitherto been made, II 10 deemed IneXpedlent
to limit the proposed material Of such sacks to cot
ton alone, or to prescribe any standard as to kind
therefore invited to submit specimen mail sacks,
made OF cotton, hAN, hemp, or jute canvass, or
Dundee baggng, or Of any material possessing
considered an economical substitute for cotton
canyAssj and the Postmaster General will make
such selection therefrom as he may deem TO be, in
connection with the bids, the most advantageous
to the Department
Proposals for improvements in the form or con.
struction, rs well as in the materials Of any Of the
above described bags and pouches are Invited. And
the relative price and adaptation to the Service
well as specified price OF any such improvements,
will be considered in determining the lowest and
best bid.
~ All articles contracted for are to be delivered
at the expense OF the contractor in Boston, Mass
adelphia and Pittsburg, Pennsy ylvaniai Baltimore,
MRrylandj Washington, D. G.; Louisville, KEN
tuckyi CINCINNATI, OhiOi st. Louis, Missouri, and
Chicago, Illinois, In such quantities and at such
times as the Department may order. And they
arc to be rigidly inspected before deliN cry, and
none are to be received which inferior, In any
respect, to the specimens adopted as the standard
bags.
The proposals should specify the price Of each
article proposed TO be furnished.
No proposal will be considered II not accOmpa-
MED with specimens or samples Of each article bid
for showing the construction, size, and quality Of
materials and workmanship offered, and also with
written guarantee from the persons proposed aB
sureties, (whoBe responsibility must be certified
by the postmaster Of the place where they reside)
that they viii become responsible sufficient
bond, for the due performance OF the contract, in
case such proposal be accepted.
The specimens or samples must be delivered
this Department on or before the 2lHt day OF Apr
next, and those which shall have AcoOmp panied tn
accepted proposals will, in connection with such
proposals, form the basis Of the contracts to be
made,
Every specimen submitted should be well and
distinctly marked with the nun Der denOting its
size, and have affixed to It sample Of the mate
rials Qeather or canvAss) of which II is made.
All specimens deposited by bidders which can,
with safety and convenience, be used In the mail
service will be paid for at the pFices in the
proposals. relating to the same.
decision on the bids Will be made on or before
the 9th day Of May next the accepted bidder
sufficient bond and sureties on or before the Dad
day Of June, 1863.
fhe average number Of mail bags annually re-
quired viii probably not exceed the following eStl
5000 mail pouches
600 horse mail bagsi and
10000 oanVAsa mail HaOlSs,
But the Postmaster General will reserve the right
to order more or less mall bags of the kinds above
described to be furnished and ecelyod as the wants
and intereaA o. the service may seem to him to de
mand, during the term for which the contracts are
to be made.
ThepropoSalS should be transmitted In a sealed
envelope, endorsed Proposals for Mail Bags and
be Addreaaed to the Postmaster General, Washing
ton ID. e.
M. BLAIR,
Jan 2l-WlOW Postmaster General.
TIVHIs Is TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE
L subscriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court OF Washington County, In the District Of
Columbia letters Of administration on the personal
estate Of John Heissler, late OF the county
aforesaid, deceased; All persons having claims
against the SAID deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to tho
subscriber, on or before the Gath day of February
next. They may. otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit OF the said estate,
Given under my hand this 9lth day Of February,
A. d, 1868, JONATHAN W. BARNACLO
mar S-laWsws Admipi6tratoF