Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-04
GOVERNMENT SALE OF WHISKY

OFFICE DEPOT COmMISSARY,
FORTRESS MONROE, Va, Sept. I'D, 1865. !
SEALED PROPOSALS in duplicate are invited
and will be received by the undersigned at this Depot
until II O'CLOCK NJ. ON THE 18th DAY OF OGTO-
Der, 1865 for the sale of One Thousand Seven Hun
bred and Fifteen 7l5) Barrels of Whiskey more or
LOT No. consisting Otter hundred and sixty
seven Q,Q6T barrels Of Rectfed Whiskey originally
inspected in April, May and June 1854 and January
| drGd and fOrtyfve 42.3i5) gallons.
Proposals for ten QO) barrels and upwards of this
| lot will be received.
LOT No. 2-Consisting of four hundred and sixty
QG0) barrels Of Pure Copper Distilled and Superior
Bourbon Nhiskey, originally inspected in February
bred and ninety eight qS,l9s) gallons
Proposals for five % barrels and upwards of this
| lot will be received.
LOT No. 3-Consistng of one hundred and twenty
| Q2O barrels of Pure Rye Whiskey, originally in
spected in February, 1863. containing about four
| thousand eight hundred q 800, gallons.
Proposals for three 81 barrels and upwards of this
lot viii DE received,
Pure Old Rye Whiskey. originally inspected in Feb
ruary, 1865, containing about two thousand five hun
dred and twenty (2,52Q gallons.
Proposals for two ~ barrels and upwards of this
lot will he received.
LOT No. 5-gonsisting Of five o. barrels of Pure
Old Bourbon WhiSkey originally inspected in June
1861, containing about one hundred and sXty-three
Proposals for one q barrel and upwards of this lot
The Win 10y was originally selected with great
care, and is s pure and Of prime quality The recti-
fed designed for issue to the troops in the field
and the Bourbon and Rye for sales to officers, and
equal, If not superior, to any WHISTLES in the
market; has all been regauged within the present
month and = in excellent ordcr-packages being of
the best quality.
Samples Of the Whiskey can be seen and Blank
Proposals obtained at the following named offices of
tt.o Subsistence Department, viz:
COLONEL IL. I. CLARKE, A. D. c. and A. c. G. S.,
New York.
= BaEyEr BRIG. GENT THOMAS WILSON, C. S.,
Baltimore
MAJOR GEORGE BELL, C. s.. Washington, D. C.
CAPTAIN IHOS. c. SULLIVAN, G. S., Richmond,
Va.
CAPTAIN E. D. BRIGHAM. c. s., Boston, Mass.
CAPTAIN j. i. VIRGINS, C. s., Philadelphia, Pa.
The government reserves the right to withdraw
any or all of the above lots, and to reject any pro-
p0sals deemed too low.
Payment to be made in United States currency
within ten Q0 days after notification of acceptance
OF bid, and prior to the delivery of the property.
guarantee equal to one-half the amount proposed
for must accompany the bid, signed by two ~ respon
sible parties.
When removing the Whiskey purchasers will pro-
vide their own transportation and the Government
Will load the vessels, free of wharfage dOckage or
labor.
Bidders are invited to be present at the opening of
their proposals. Breyct BrigaGier General joseph
Roberts, L. 5. A., commanding at Fortress Monroe
Va, some other officer of rank will be present at
the opening OF the bids to represent absentees.
JAMES CURRY
Colonel and G. S. V.
The above is published by order of the Commissary
General of Subsistence.
THOMAS WILSON,
se22-ts Brevct Brig. Gen. and c. s., U. S. A.