, 1864-02-11
ARMY SUBSISTENCE.
Ufds OF Government Supplies for Com
mtssary St0rcSs

On the third Of February, Lieut.. Col. Smal;
Commissary Of Subsistence at this Post, adver
tteed for sca1ed proposals for furnishing the fol
lowing Subsistence stores: 500 pounds Of bes
quality coarse Hominv 80 0a pounds beet qualit,
klln-dried Grits; .G00c0 pounta OF dry, light rel
low Coffee Sugar, or choice dEy, raw Sugar; 1000
pounds Of Prime Rice; 800 bushels Of best qualit1
Split Pens; 1,503 pounds Pure Ground Black Pep
per; T., go pou, ds best quality Of AdamaatInt
Star Candles, or Stearic Ighte; 1000 pounds gool
hard Soap; 10000 gallons Of the best quality O
pure Vinegar; e,5a0 gallons Of good alolasses; a.
GOO pounds Of good, clean, dry fine Salt. As vii
he ecen below there was an nctirc competition ant
On come articles prices took s1de range. Tit
bids were opened On Tnesday and thu awards
mnde rs follows:
OF this article proposals for thirty thousand t,s
were invited. Bids were received for 1o5.0 ios
At prices ranging from 1886 to 4.5o per poucd
knoepfel & Co.. received IN award OF 5000 lbs. q,
3.od. The Ealue cfthis contract Is 51,1s3.
GIFTS.
Proposals. were Invited for 900, and lis oO1 l1z
were offered at prices ranging from 3,o5 to 4.5o
Knoepfel Co., were the fortunate bidders, AMI
$1,000 lbs were awarded to them ut s.06. The coz
tract will realize si,lSs.'
SUGAR.
vlted. The competition for 1t was very st-oar,
and bids aggregated 661, GOO lbs. The proposals o.
Clinton Futbish for o. COD lbs At 1880: Of the same
for &. 900 lbs. at 1410, John N. Williams for as
COO lbs: at 1455; c. Il. Waterman & Co., OF 5o,0aQ
1be at 1s45: and D. ]. Ely s Co.. Of 70. % lbs at
14.10 were accepted. The bids ranged from Il. IS
to 1h.75 and the accepted tenders aggregate Sal
cs0-50.
Proposals were invited for 1000 lbs; only two
b1da were rendered, and they were reJested.
VINEGAR.
For this article orders were fnvitcd for 10,090
gals; two bidders only responded, aud the award
will not be made for a few days.
Webster & Co., offered {, 900 gallons at 1911, and
Harris & Geddes II, 900 cn1lona ut 194.
CANDLES.
Proposals for II ESQ MS. adamAntine or etearinc
candles were invited. Bids to the amount OF 6515o
1Ds. were rendered. shaaer j. Co., St. Louis ten
The value Of the award is SAFE II. Offers ranged
from 16A to 21.85.
Proposals for 10000 were invited, and bids to the
amount Of aSn0o0 Tbs were rendered. The ENC
ccesfn1 bidders were Schaffer g. Co Of st. Louis,
10 COO LBS. at 7.s0 and Kirk Co., 0o0lbs ut 49,
Offers ranged from .07.l5 to cents. The value
of the awards is S6.sso.
For The 90 COO Tbs ealt for which tenders were 1n-
vite1, 1T, ,00o lbs were proposed: Webster + Co.,
received the contract Of sO 00 lbs. ut TAX cts per
hundred, value 500. The highest price for which
the salt was offered Was s3 X cts.
LoLAEsCs-
Twenty five hundred gallons were awarded to II.
W. ufnsdale, ut Gt cts. Tenders were received
for q, 500 gallons, at prices ranging from 5s7e-
The valuc Of this contract ia $1,e50-
BxACK FEFFEn.
The amount for which proposals were invited
Was 200 os. Bids for 100000 Ms were rendered,
but none we1e accepted.
Only two bids were tendered for this article
both at S2.S5 and they were rejected
OATH or AnREEXKET.
All parties to whom bids are awarded must Sign
be cancelled:
The undersigned hereby solcmnly promise thst
We viii bear tine allegiance to the United Statea.
and support and eustain the Constitution thereofs
that VIC will maintain the national Sovereignty par
mount e all State, county or confederate powers;
Ge6eloh and the disi1fesration Of the Federal
ei,h nion tnat Te discla!m all nith and fellowship
WIN the so-called Confederate States and Confede
md oar nve Sqr hono on
solemn pledge to the government Of the United
States q America. We furthermore soiemnly
aboys p saHs ES1 d0ss snsaebs to
Or indirectly, IN any Contract now made or Which
hereafter may be made By u, and shnnld ~ IN an1
manner violate any portion Of tho aboya piodrc.
from the Subsistence department shsT ~ fnrfs;tsd
to the United StateA. y. -~~NsA|'~