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SSSH Navy SuppHp 1861-'62. Navy Dipahtmint, Bureau of Provisions ruiI Clothing, June 26, 1801. SEPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed " Proposala for Navy Supplies," will be re ceived at this Bureau until 9 o'clock A. M. on Wednesday, the 24th day of July next, for fur nlshlng and delivering (on receiving ten clays' notice, except for liUctitt, lor which five days notice shall he git en for c-rery twenty thousand pounds required) at the United States Nary Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, such quanti ties only ot the following articles as may be re quired or ordt-rcd from the con'ractors by tho chief of this bureau, or by the commanding offi cer of the said Navy Yard, during the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1B02, vli- Biscuit, dour, rice, 'dried apples, plclles, su gar, tea, beans, tnolassw, vinegar, and whisky. The bWcult shall be made wholly trom sweet superfine flour, ol the manufacture of the year 1800 or 1861, but shall In nil cases be manufac tured from flour made of the crop Immediately preceding the dates of the requisitions for the same ; and shall he fully equal in quality, and conform In slxe and shape, to the samples which are deposited in the said Navy Yard; shall be properly baked, thoroughly klln-drlod, well packed, and delivered free of charse to the Unlttd States, in good, sound, well-dried, bright flour barrels, with the heads well secur.d. The Hour shall be equal to the best Richmond and Baltimore brands, and of the manufacture of wheat grown In the year 1860 or 1861 ; but shall la all caVes be manufactured trom pure, sound, fresh-ground wheat, of the crop Immediately preceding the dates of the requisition for the same; shall be perfectly sweet, and In all respects of thu best quality ; and shall bo delivered In good shipping order, free of all charge to the unitod Sta'es, In the best new, well-seasoned, sound, bright barrels, or half-barrels, as the case may be, the slaves and headings to be of red oak, of the best quality, strong and well hooped, with lining hoops around each head, and equal In quality to sample bairol at the said Navy Yard ; two half-barrels to be considered as a barrel, and cot more than onc-slxth of the required quantity to be In half-barrels The rice shall be of the very best quality, and of the crop Immediately preceding the dates of the requisitions for the same. 1 be dried Rpplc3 shall be of the best quality, and shall be prepared by tun-drying only, and of the crop of the autumn Immediately preceding the dates of the requisitions for the same ; and shall be delivered in packages containing not more than three hundred pounds. The pickles shall be put up in iron-bound casks, the iron hoops to be 1 Inch wide and 1-16 Inch thick, and each cask shall contain one gal on of onions, one gallon cf peppers, and eight gallons of m-dlum cucumbers, fifty to the gallon, and the vegetables in each shall weigh fifty seven pounds, and they only be paid lor; and each cask (hall then be filled with white wine vinegar, of at least 42 degrees of strength, and equal to French vinegar; and the contractors shall warrant and guaranty that they will keep good and sound tor at least two years. The Iron hoops on the barrels containing whls- kr. molasses, vlaear. end pickles, to be well I painted with red lead. The sugar shall be dry and fit for packing, and equal In quality to the best Havana brown. The tea shall 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 Immedi ately preceding the dates of the requisitions for the same, 04 pounds to be taken as one bushel The molasses shall be fully equal to the very best 'quality ol New Orleans molasses, and shall be delivered In new, well-seasoned red oak bar rels, with white pine heads not less than 1 Inch thick ; the slaves not less than J inch thick ; the barrels to be three-quarters hooped, and, In ad dition, to have four Iron hoops, one on each bilge, 1J Inch in width and 1-1 0th inch thick, and one on each chime, 1 inch In width, and 1-lClh inch thick, and shall be thoroughly coopered and placed In the best shipping condi tion. The vinegar shall be of the first quality, equal to the standard of the United States Pharmaco peia, und shall contain no other than ocetio acid ; and shall be delivered In barrels similar in all respects to ttiose required tor molasses, wun the exception that white oak stages and he.ids shall be substituted furred oak staves and white pine heads, and shall be thoroughly coopered and placed In th best ehippiug order The whisky shall he made wholly from grain, Bound and merchantable, and be lull first proof, according to the United States cusicm-houee standard, and shall be double rectified It shall be delivered in good, new, sound, bright, three-quarters hooped, well-seasoned white oak barrels, with white oak heads, the beads to be made ot three-piece beading, and well painted : the staves not to be less than J Inch thick, and the heads not lees than j inch thick; and each barrel shall be coopered, in addition, with one three-penny iron hoop ou each bilgo, 1 Inch In width and 1-1 6th inch thick; and one three penny hoop on each chime, 1 inch In width and l-16thlnch thick, as per diagram, the whole to be put in goad shipping order, free of all charge to the United Mates. All the foregolug described articles, embracing casks, barrels, half-barrels, and boxes, shall be subject to such luspt-Uiou as the chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing my direct, the Inspecting officer to be appointed by the Navy Department All inspections to t at the place ot delivery. Biscuit mil, however, be in spected at the placo of manufacture, but will in all liases be subject to a final Inspection at the place of delivery betore the bills are signed therefor. The prices of all the foregoing articles to be the same throughout tho ycur, hdJ bidders may oiler for one or mora articles, and his ufler will be accepted for that article, for which his propo sal may be lowest. All the casks, barrels and half-barrels, boxes or packages, shall be marked with tbelr contents and the contractors name All the barrels and half-barrels of flour, bread and pickles, shall have, In addition to the above, the year when manufactured or put up marked upon them. The quantity of these articles which will be required cannot be precisely stated. The con tracts will therefore be made, not for specific quantities, but for such quantities as the service may require to be delivered. Contractors not residing at the place where deliveries aro required, must establish agencies at such place, that no delay may arise In fur nishing wbtt may be required , and when a con tractor falls promptly to comply with a requisi tion, the Chief of the Bureau of Provisions aud Clothing shall be authorized to direct purchases to be made to supply the deficiency, under the penalty to be expressed in the contract ; the record of a requisition, or a dupliea'o copy there of, at the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, or at the Navy Yaids aforesaid, shall be evidence that Buch requlsi'ion has been made aud rc oelved. Separate offers must be made for each article, and In case more than one article Is contained In the odor, the Chief of the Bureau will have the right to accept ono or more ot tho articled contained lu such offer, and reject the remainder ; and bidders whose proposals aio nicepted, (und none others,) will be forthwith notified, and curly as practicable a contract will bo tiansinlttcd to them for execution, which contract mnst bo re turned to the bureau within five days, exclusive of the time required for th" regular transmission of tho mail. Two or moro approved sureties in usum equal to the estimated amount of tho respective toa tracts will be required, and twenty per centum in addition will be withheld from the amount ot all payments on aocount thereof, as collateral security, In addition, to secure Its performance, and not In auy event to be paid until It Is in all respects complied with ; eighty per centum of ibe amount of all deliveries made will be paid by the navy agent within thirty days after bills, duly authenticated, shall have been presented to lilm. Blank forms of proposala may be obtained on application to the navy agent at Philadelphia. A record, or duplicate of the letter Informing a bidder ot the acceptance of his proposal, will be deemed a no'lfication thereof, within the meaning of the act of 1846, and his bid will be made and accepted In conformity with this un derstanding. Every offer made must be accompanied (as directed in the act of Congress making appro priations for the naval service for 1846-47, ap proved 10th of August, 1846,) by a written guaranty, signed by one or more responsible persons, to the effect that he or they nndeitake that the bidder or bidders will, If his or their bid be accepted, enter into an obligation within five days, with good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the supplies proposod. The bureau will not be obligated to consider any iroposal unless accompanied by the guaranty required by law ; the competency of the guaranty to be certified by the navy Hgont, district attorney, or collector of the customs. The attention of IMert i$ called to the tamplei and description of articles required, at, ii the in miction for reception, a just but rigid comparison will be made between the articUs ejftredand the sam ple and contraot,receiving none that fall below them; and their attention u also particularly directed to thtjiint resolution of 21th March, 1854, and to the art of the IOiA August, 1846. June 27 law4w Proposals for Army Baggage Wagons. Qcahtfrmastkb General's OrncK, Washington, June 21, 1861 PROPOSALS aro invited for the furnishing of army baggage wagons. Proposals should state the prices at which they can be furnished, delivered at New York, Balti more, or Washington, stating tho price, delivered at each place The number which can be made by any bidder within one month after receipt of the order, also the number which he can deliver within one week. The wagons must exactly conform to the fol lowing specifications, and to the established pat terns. Six-mule (coverod) wagons, of the size and description as follows, to wit: The front wheels to be three feet ten inches high ; hubs ten inches in diameter and fourteen and a quirter inches long; hind wheels fonr feet ten inches high, bubs ten and a quarter Inches in diameter and fourteen and a quarter inches long ; fellies two and a half inches wide and two and three-quarter inches deep ; cast iron pipe boxes twelve inches long, two and a half Inches at the large end and one and seven-eighths inch at small end ; tire two and a half Inches wide by live-eighths of an Inch thick, fastened with one screw bolt and nut in each fcllie ; hubs made of gum, the spokes and tellies of the best white oaK I free from defects each wheel to nave a sand band and liuchpin band two and three-quarter Inches wile, of So. 8 band Iron, and two driving bands outside band ono and a quarter inch by one-quarter inch thick, inside band one Inch by three-sixteenths Inch thl k; the hind wheols to be made and boxed so that they will measure, fiom the inside of the tiro to the large end of the box, six and a halt inches, and front wneels six and one eighth inches in a parallel line, and each axle to be three feet eleven and three-eighth inches from the outside of one shouldei -washer to the outside of the other, so as to have tho waeons all to track five feet from centre to centre of the wheels. Axletrees to be made of the best quality refined American iron, two and a half tncnes square at me snoutder, tapering down to one and a half Inch In the middle, with a seven eighths Inch king-bolt hole In each axlctree; washers and linchpins for each axletree ; size of linchpins one inch wide, thte-eighths of an inch thick, with a hole in each end ; a wooden stock four and three-quarter Inches wide and four inches deep, fastened substantially to ttie axle tree with clips ou the ends and with two bolts, six inches from the middle, and fastened to the hound and bolster, (the bolster to be four feet fivo inches long, hve Inches wide, and three and a half inches deep,) with four halt-Inch bol's. The tongue to be ten fcesseight Inches long, four inches wide, and three Inches thick at front end of the hounds, and two and n quarter inches wide by two and three-quarter inches deep at the front end, and so arranged as to lift up, the front end of it to hang within two feet of the ground when tho wagon Is standing at rest on a level surface. The front hounds to bo six feet two inches long, three Inches thick, and four inches wide over axlctree, and to retain that width to the bni-k end of the tongue ; jaws of the hounds cne foot eight inches long and three Inches square at the front end, with a plate of iron two and a ball Inches wide by three-eighths of an inch thick, fastened on top of the bounds over the back end of the tongue with one half inch screw bolt in each end, and a plate ot Iron of the same size turned up at each end one and a half Inches to clamp the front hounds together, and fastened on the undr side and at front end of the hounds with half loch screw bolt through each hound ; a seven-eighth Inch bolt through tongue and bounds in the centre of jaws, to secure the tongue In the hounds; a plato of iron three inches wide, one quarter inch thick, and one foot eight inches long, secured on the Inside of jaws ot hounds with two rivets, and a plate of same dimensions on each side of the tongue, where the tongue and bounds rub together, secured In like manner; a brace of seven-eighths of an inch round iron to extend from under the front axletree and take two bolts in front part of the bounds ; same brace three-qnarters of an Inch round to continue to the back part of the hounds, and to bo fastened with two bolts, one near the back end of the hounds and one through the slider and bounds ; a brace over front bolster one and a half inch wide, one quarter of an iuch thick, vith a bolt In each end to fasten It to the hounds ; the opening between the jaws of the bounds to receive the tongue four and three-quarter Inches In front, and four and a half inches at the back part of the jaws. The hind hounds four feet two Inches long, two and three-quarter inches thick, aud three inches wide ; jaws one foot long where tbey clasp the coupling pole ; the bolster four feet five inches lutg and five Inches w de by three Inches deep, with steady Iron two and a halt Inches wide by one-half Inch thick, turned up two and a half inches and fastenedou each end with three rivets ; the bolster stocks aud bounds to bn secured with lour half-inch bciw bolts, and oae half-lsah screw bolt through the coupling pole. The coupling pole nine feet eight Inches long, three inches deep, and four and a half Inches wide at front end, and two and thre-j-quarter Inches wide at back end ; distance from the centre of Mug. boll hole to the centre of the back axeitree, six feet one inch, and from the centre of king-fcolt hole to the centre of the mortice in the hind end of the pole, eight feet nlno inches ; king-bolt one and a quaiier inches diameter, of best refined iron, drawn down to seven-eighths uf fln Inch where It passes through tho Iron axletree ; iron plate six Inches long, three Inches wide, and one eighth cf an Inch thick on the doubletiee and tongue, whtro they rub together; lion plate one and a half by cnc-quiuler of nn inch on tin eliding bar, fiStened at each end by a screw bolt through the hounds; front bolster to havoplatC3 above and below, eleven Inches loog, three and a half Inches wide, and three-eighths of an inch thltk, corners drawn out and turned do. vn on the sh'oj of tho bolster, with a nail In Cudi corner, and four countersunk nails on top; two bands on the hind hounds, two and two aud a half inches wide, of No. 10 band Iron the rub plate S3B tou the coupling pole to be eight Inches long, one I and three-quarters Inches wide, and one-quarter of an Inch thick. Doubletree three feet ten inches long, slnglotree two feet eight Inches long, all I well made of hickory, with n iron ring and clip i . U -J .,. ........... .1.. .. 1... ..ll .....t.l-A.t . I Ufc vnuu cull, mc truuc vui iw mi wen ei-v.i. , lead bar and stretcher to be three feet two Inches long, two and a quarter Inches wide, and one I and a quarter Inch thick, Lead bars, stretchers, and singletrees fur six mule team ; the two sin gletrees for the lead mules to have hooks in the mIJJI. In tinnt- In lliu Ofllt tt itlA flflli rtiafn llin wheel and middle pairs with open rings to attach th m to the doubletree and lead bar. The fifth chain to bo ten feet long to the fork the fork one foot ten Inches long, with the stretcher attached to spread the forks apart; the links of the doubletree, stay and tongue chains, throe-eighths of an inch in diameter; the forked chain seven-sixteenth Inch In diameter ; the fifth chain to be seven-jlxlcenth Inch diameter to the fork ; the fork to be fire-sixteenth Inch diameter, the links of thesa and of the lock chains to be not more than two and n quarter Inches long. The body to be straight, three feet six inches wide, two feet deep, ten feet long at the bottom, and ten feet six Inches at the top, sloping equally at eaih end all In the clear or inside; tho bed pieces to bo two and a half inches wide, and three Inches deep ; fiont pieces two Inches deep by two and a half inches wide ; tail piece two and a half Inches wide and threo Inches deep, and four Inches deep in ttie middle to rest on the ooupling pole ; top rail one and a half inch thick by one aud seven-eighth Inch wide ; lower rails one inch thick by one and seven-eighth Inch wide; three Binds and one tall In front, with a seat on strap hinges to close it up us high as the sides ; a box three feet four Inches long, the bot tom five Inches wide front side, nine and a half inches deep, and eight and n half inches at the top in parallel line to the body, all in the clear, to bo substantially fastened to the front end of body, to have au iron strap passing round each end, secured to tho head piece and front rail by a rivet lu each end of It passing through them, the lid to be fastened to tho front rail with two good strap hinges, a strap of five-eighth inch iron around the box a half Inch from the top edge, and two straps same size on the ltd near the front edge to prevent the mules from eating the boxes; to haveajotnt hasp fastened to the mid dle of the lid, with a good wooden cleat on the Inside, a strap of iron on the centre of the box with a staple passing through It, to fasten the lid to; eight etids and two rails on each side; one bolster fastened to the body six Inches deep and four Inches wide at king-bolt hole ; Iron rod In front and centre, of eleven-sixteenths of as inch round iron, with a head on the top of rail, and nut on lower end ; Iron rod and brace be hind, with shoulders on top of tall piece, and nuts on the under side, and a nut on top of rail ; a plats two and a half inches wide of No. 10 band iron, on tall piece, across the body ; two mortices in tail piece and hind bar, two and a quarter Inches wide and one inch thick, to receive pieces three feet four Inches long, to be used as harness bearers ; four rivets through each side stud and two r.vets through each front stud, to secure tht lining boards, to be ol the best quality Iron and riveted on a good bur; one rivet through each end of the rails, floor fire-eighths of an inch oak boards ; sides live-eighths of an Inch white pine, tail-board three quarters of an Inch thick, of white pine, to be well cleated with five oak cleats riveted at each end through the tail board ; an Iron plate three feet eight Inches long, two and a quarter Inches wide, and three-eighths of an inch thick on tho under side of the bed piece, to extend from the bind end of the body to eight Inches in frent of the hind bolsters, to be fastened by the rod at the end ot the body, by the lateral rod and two three-eighths of an inch screw bolts, one at tho forward end of the plate and the other about equidistant betweeu It and the lateialrod. A half-iuch round iron rod or bolt to pass dia gonally through the rails between the two hind studs to and through the bed pleoe and plate under It, with a good head on the top and nut and screw at the bottom, to be at tho top one foot six Inches from inside of tall board, and on the bottom ten inches from the hind rod. An Iron clamp two Inches wide, one-quarter of an inch thick around the bed piece, the centre bolt to which the lock chain Is attached passing through it, to extend seven inches on the inside of the body, the ends, top, and bottom to be se cured by two three-eighths inch screw bolts, the middle bar at tho ends to be flush with the bed piece on the lower side. Two lock chains se cured to the centre bolt of the body, one end eleven inches, the other two feet six inches long, to be of threo-eighths of an inch round lion; feed trough to be four fet six inches long from out to out, the bottom and ends of oak, the sides of yellow piue, to Ve eight inches wide at bottom, twelve inches wido at top, and tight find a half Inches deep, all in the cicar, well Ironed, with a band of hoop iron around the top, one around each end and three between the end, strong and suitable irons to fasten them on the tongoe when feeding; good strong chains to be attached to the top rail ot the body, Bccured by a staple with a book to attach it to the trough. Six bows of good aBh, two Inches wide and one-half inch thick, with three Btaples to confine the ridge pole to Its place ; two staples on the body, to secure each end of the bows ; one ridge pole twelve feet long, one and three-quarters Inch wide by five-eighths of an inch thick: the cover to be of the first quality cotton duck, No. , fifteen feet long and nine feet eight inches wide, made in the best manner, with four hemp cords on each side, and one through each end to close it at both ends ; two rings on each end of the body, to close and secure the ends of tho cover; a staple In the lower rail, near the second stud from ejch end, to fasten tho side cords. The outside of the body and feed trough to havo two good coats of white lead, colored to a blue tint, the Inside of them to have two coats of -enitlan red paint ; the running gear and wheels to hsve two good coats of venitian red, darkened to a chocolate color, the hub and fellies to be well pitched, instead of painted, if required. A tar-pot, an extra king bolt, and two extra singletrees to be furnished with each wagon, the king bolt and siogletiees similar in allrespects to those belonging to it. Each Bide of the body of the wagon to be marked U. 8., and numbered as directed; all other parts to be lettered U. S.; the cover, feed box, bolts, linchpins, tar-pot, aud harness bear ers for each wagon to be put up in a strong box, (coopered,) and the contents marked thereon. It is to be distinctly understood that the wag ons aro to be so constructed that the several parts of any one wagon w.ll agree and exactly fit those ot any other, so as to require no num bering or arranging for putting together, and all the materials used for their construction to be of the best quality ; all the wood thoroughly seasoned, and the work lu all Its parts faithfully executed In the best workmanlike manner. The work may be Inspected, from time to time, as It progiejses, by an officer or agent of the Quartermaster's Department, and note of it shall be painted until It shall havo been iuspected and approved by Bald officer or iigint authorizedto Inspect It. When finished, paiuUd, and accepted by an officer or agent of the Quartermaster's Department, and deliered as herein agreed, they shall be paid for M. C. MEICI3, Quartermaster General C. S. June 24 2aw2w G. W. GOODALL, Plumbor and Gas and Steam Fitter 601 Seventh street, near Canal Bridge, Washington. ALL orders executed at the shortest notice, In the most substantial manner, and on rea sonable terms. Personal attention given to every department of the business. nov 26 WANTED A white girl to do house-work luqulra at Nn 247 Pi-nutylvauia avenue. .KL1. LWV- r.:Ma. -j ARMY 8UPPLIE8. Orrici or Attirr Clothino and Konrior, , Corner of Jloicard and Mercer Streets, I AVir V r, July fl, IRtil. . SKALED PROPOSALS are Invited and will be I J received at thin offlce until the 1st of Au- ' KU,t ext) fur mklng by contract the following iVrmy Clothing, tn bo m.ide of materials furnish til by the Government, tho attic es to be dcliv-tn-d at the United States Ddpot of Atmj Cloth tug and Equipage iu this city. That Is to id) ' 200,000 Intantry forage caps. 200,000 Infantry uniform coats 400,000 blue flannel sack csati 600,000 trowsers. 800,000 flannel shirts , 800,000 drawers. 200,000 greatcoats. 200,000 leather stocks. Tho above articles must be as well made In ever- respect as the sealed patterns In this office, where they may be examined. All articles made under contracts herein invited, will be received under rigid Inspection, made by sworn Inspectors appointed by authority of the United States. Proposals will be preferred for each kind of garment separately, aud for moderate, though not small quantities of each. Bidders will state the quantities tbey will contract for, and the shortest periods within which deliveries will be made. Kach bidder In bis proposals will distinctly state his place of business, and the names, ad dree, and responsibility of two persons prbposed as sureties for the material delivered, and tho quality of the work required ; and be will also state the shortest poriods within which delivery will be made. Bids for clothing will be accepted only from tailors In extenslro business, or dealers In clothing accustomed to employ many operatives In that line. It Is to be distinctly understood that contracts are not transferable without the consent of the proper authority, and that any sale, assignment, or transfer, without such consent, (except under a nrocess of law.) will be retarded as an aban donment for which the contractor and bis sure ties will be held responsible. Delivery of clothing is to commence ten days after the material shall have been Issued, and the whole contracted for is to be promptly de livered according to the terms of each contract. Payment will be made on the delivery of one half of the amountofany article contracted for, provid ed appropriations for that purpose be made by Con gress but one-tenth of the amount due for each delivery shall be retained till the contract Is com pleted ; and the sum retained shall be forfeited to the United States in case of defalcation or non fulfillment by the contractor. Forms of proposals and guarantee will be fur nished on application to this office ; and no pro posal will be considered that does not conform thereto. Proposals will be endorsed, "Proposals for Manufacturing Army Supplies," and will be ad dressed to Major D. H. VINTON, Quartermaster U. 9. Army, N. Y. jy 16 id Box 3,298 Post Office. OdeonHalll Odeon Hall! Pdeon Hall I The Cheapest and Best Spring and Summer Clothing in Washington can be had at WIE8ENFELD & GO'S, Corner of Four-and-a-half street and Penn, av. Spring Overcoats and Dusters, AT WIESENFELD CO'3. Elegant Dress Suits, at lowest rates, AT WIESENFELD & CO'S. Beautiful Business Suits, nt trifling cost, AT WIESENFELD & CO'S. Business Suits for young men, Business Suits for middle ages, Business Suits for all ages, AT WIESENFELD & CO'8. Dress Suits for weddings, DreBS Suits for parties, Dress Suits for best wear, AT WIESENFELD 4 CO'S. Coats by the thousand, Pants by the thousand, Vests by the thousand, AT WIESENFELD & CO'8. Boy's Clothing for the youngest, Boy's Clothing for all sizes, Boy's Clothing for larger boys, AT WIESENFELD 4 CO'8. Cheaper than the cheapest, Finer than the finest, Better than tho hest, Aro the garments, AT WIESENFELD 4 CO'S. Save your money, as a very lew doilaro Will give you a splendid outfit for eusitner, It you call nt AT WIESENFELD 4 CO'S, mar 8 TT&B Cor. Peuu. av. and 4 et. Gentlemen's Ready-made Clothing. OUR present assortment of GENTLEUKN'S READY-MADE CLOTHING offors to citi zens and strangers wishing an immediate outfit superior luduceincutc, embracing, at this time, all styles and qualities of Dress and Bnsluess Garments and Overcoats, in all varieties. Fine Shirts and Under-clothing of all kinds. Kid and other Gloves of bcBt quality. Scarfs, Ties, Cravats, Stocks, Hosiery, 4c, &c. All of which wo are offering at our usual low prices. ggjy Clothing made to order In the most su perior manner. WALL, STEPHENS, 4 CO., mar 27 tf 322 Penn. avenuo. House Decorators & Upholsterers. We would respectfully notify all In want of an Upholsterer or Paper Hang er that we are prepared to execute all work Intrusted to us lu the most supe rior manner and on tho shortest possi ble notice. All work done by us le under our owu immedlato supervision, and satisfaction is guarantied In every cose. JOSEPn T. K. PLANT 4 CO., 350 D St., bet. Ninth and Tenth. Rifer to Messrs. Louis F. Perry 4 Co., Dealers in Carpets, Oil-cloths, 4c, corner of Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue fob 26 ly MONET! MONEY 1 1 MONEY! 1 1 368 D 8.IiBET- 368 I WILL give for good cast-off clothing the high est cash prices in gold. All kinds wanted. Call before selling elsewbero I also have a large stock of nico new clothing, which I am selling at extreme low priren for CASH. All, thoiefore, who have good clothes for sale can get tho high est cash pilco here, and buy at tho lowest, as I buy and sull for tash. Come and sec. No. 368 D street, between Ninth and Tenth. feb 38 ly 70 INVENTORS AND PATENTEES MVNN AND COMPANY, Proprietors of tho Scientific American, and Agents for procuring American and Foreign PATENTS, TTifA Sixteen Tears Experi.nce in tht Business. Refer to Hon. Judge Mason, Hon. Joseph Holt, Hon. W. D. Uishon, ex-CoinmisSloue rs of Patents, and to more than fifteen thousand Inventors who have had business done through Muna 4 Co.'s Patent Agency. Pamphlet of advice sent free by mall. Patent Lawa and Regulations, 100 rages, 25 cents, mail. No chargo for consultation, orally or by mall. PrcliiL.nary Examination in United States Patent Office," $5. Offices No. 37 Park Row, New York ; Wash ington, corner of F aud Seventh streets, oppo site the Patent Oflioo. mar 146mlf OAS FIXTURES. . V7"K huvo In store, and aro dallv receiving. VV QAS FIXTURES of cntltoly new patterns and designs and finish, superior In style to any. thing heretofore offered In this marltot. We tn- vilo cltlicns generally to rail aud examine our stock or Uas and water 1 Ixluree, reeling coiili dent that we have the best-selected stock In Washington. All work In the above Hue Intrusted to our imp- w 1 1 1 be promptly attended to. MYERS & McGHAN, mar 20 6m 376 D street. TEETH. MLOOMIS, M. D., the inventor and patentee of the Mineral Plate Teeth, attends per sonally at his office In this city. Many persons can wear those teeth who can not wear others, and uo person can wear others who cannot wear these. Persons calling at my offico can be accommo dated with auy style and price of Teeth they may destro ; but to those who are part'cular, and wish the purest, cleanest, strongest, and most perfect denture that art can produce, the Mineral Plate will be more fully warranted. Rooms In this city No. 338 Pa. avenue, be tween Ninth and Tenth streets. Also, 907 Arch stroet, Philadelphia. mar 18 ly THE LARGEST COACH FACTORY IN WASHINGTON. SIXTY OARRIAGRsTnOW ON HAND, AUD FOR HALK. THOSE In want of a Buggy, Rockaway, or Carriage of any description, should not fall to call and examine my assortment before pur chasing. My vesicles are all made of the best matorials, in tho latest styles, and by tho best workmen this country can produce ; and I will sell them at as low prlces'iu those of an Interior quality can be purchased for In any of the North ern cities. VEHICLES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Made to order at the shortest notice, gtW-And Warranted to Oive Satitfattion.'&S Repairing promptly attended to. GEORGE R. HALL, Southwest corner of Pa. avenue apr 6 ly and Thirteen-and-a-half street. NEW PAPER-llANaiNG 8T0KK. PRAHCIS WILLNER, UPHOLSTERER, Importer and Dealtr in French, English, and American Paper- Hangings and Window Shades, Ko. 365 New York av., bet. 10th and 11th sts., WAiTlEsOTtlV OTT All work personally attended to and satisfac torily guarantied. feh 18 6m Gunboats for tho Western Rivers. QCABTIBUABTIB GkSIRAl's Omen, Washington, June 17, 1861. PROPOSALS are invited for constructing Gunboats upon the Western rivers. Specifications will be Imraodlivtely prepared, and may be examined at tho Quartermaster's Office at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and at this office. Proposals fiom boat-builders and engine builders alone will bo considered. Plans submitted by bidders will bo taken Into consideration. M. O. MEIGS, Quartermaster General United States. June 19 THE UNION WILL STAND, NO MATTER WHO'S PRESIDENT I CONSEQUENTLY, I shall remain lu Wash ington, and continue to pursue my occu pation of HOUSE, SIGN, and ORNAMENTAL PAINTING. Gilding in all Its branches. Old Glaring promptly attended to. Painting and Ornamenting Cottage Furniture in the best style. I also call attention to the Painting of Roofs and Brick Walls. All of thu above I will do as cheap as tho ehoapost. I therefore- solicit the patronage of my friends and fellow citizens of tho Dlstrlot. Punctuality strictly observed, and work done in tho host manner. You will please mind your stops, and stop nt M. T. PARKER'S Pnlntlng Establishment, No. 53 1 E;ill 63 II I Lmiisiana avciiuv, U'jilh si le, be tween Sixth and eventh meets. P. S. Signs put up tree of chargo, r.e usual. no 26 CONGRESS HALL, SARATOGA SPRINGS. 'I HIS well-known hotel, which has received so JL generous a patronage from the public, is now open for the season. The ample grounds of the hotel adjoin thoso of Congress Spring. A Dno band of music Is attached to the hotel. The table will bo supplied, as formerly, with all the luxuries of the season. The proprietors will spare no effort to main tain and augment the high character which Con gress Hall has maintained for so many years. HATHORNK 4 McMlCHAEL. Saratoga Springs, June 15, 1861. June 25 2m OFFICE OF SECRETARY AND TREASURER, Solduus' Hoyi, Near the city of Washington. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this office until Monday, (noon,) the 29th of July, 1861, for the construction of two buildings at the Soldiers' Home, somewhat similar to the two now there known as officers' quarters. The plans and specifications may bo examined at this office, where all information relative to the location and character of the buildings will be given. Every offer for the construction of these build ings must be accompanied by a responsible writ ten guaranty that, If tho bid should be accepted, the party or parties will, within ten days, enter Into an obligation, with good and sufficient se curity, to erect the proposed buildings according to tho plans and specifications which have been or may hereafter be furnished and adopted. The proposals will state tho difference between facing the walls with white stone or marble, sim ilar to the buildings already erected, or facings with the best pressed bricks ; or bidders may, In addition, mako such proposals as to other mate rials as their experience may suggest. In deciding on the bids, regard will be had to tho materials offered, and the right will bo re served by the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home to accept such offers only as may be deemed most advantageous for the institu tion ; and also to reject thu whole should none of them he deemed acceptable. All bids to bo sealed aud endorsed "Proposals for Building," and addressed to BENJAMIN KING, Ass't Surgeon,' Secretary and Treusurer. July 3 dtd Snmmer Clothing at Reduced Prices. WE offer our large assortment of tbin Sum mer Clothing at reduced prices. Our stock embraces all styles and qualities of Gen tlemen's, Youths', and Boys' WcuringAppnrel, of tue most desirable and lasuionable styles. Also, Shirts and Furnishing Goods in groat variety. Clothing mado to ordnr nt the shortest notice. WALL, STEPHENS & CO , 322 Pennsylvania avenue, jv 16 bet. 9th and 10th sts. OTOP AT THE right place, aud buy your -3 Olotbing, Furnishing Goods, flats, and Caps, at No, 460 Seventh street, Opposite the Post Seventh street, Opposite the Post Office Ibb 28 Bra i.'ii.'i-'jJiafl JLLL'i!.i"W FOB THE CURE OF DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, Weakness or DsbUIty, Flatolenoy and Nausea, Loss of Appetite, Nervousness, Llvsr Com plaints, Billons Fevers, and ail Diseases of th Stomach, Liver, and Bowtli. as a nutvumvE ron vetxii and aock, THEtt BITTtW ARE HOT EflUAUEa W. I. A. Tf. OBXELET, rreprWtrw, Boston, THK OBJECT of all medicine is either to pre vent disease, or to assist Nature In restoring tht varloun organs of the body to a hoalthfnl action, and that medicine Is certainly the best whlci will perform those offices thoroughly, yet mildly, and without endangering the vital forces of the system, by whoso normal condition alone health and strength can bo preserved. Most of tho Hit ters that have heretofore been brought Into pop ular favor, havo only sorved the purpose of totu pcrarlly stimulating or exciting tho organs Into a condition resembling healthful action, without any remedial effect, and generally followed by r. return of the disease, or a prostration of ncrvcu; energy moro disastrous than though Nr.turo had been loft to tako its own courno. Dr. Greeley's Bitters are a preparation of tht nutritive properties of tho grain of the fields ii. combination with the active principle of many simple alteratives and bitter tonics, and It Is a ploasuro to the proprietors to state that Its use fulness la being gt-ncrally acknowledged by the largely-Increasing consumption in thoso section whero it is best known, and by tho testimony of many eminent physicians, who havo not ncly made trial of It, but continually proscribe the 'Bitters In those canes for which It h: recom mended. AGED PEOPLE, AND ALL WEAKLY VRP- SONS, Consumptive patients, and others, whose con stitutions have become Impaired by ttmo, or en feebled by dlscaso, and in whom tho procena cf digestion does not replace the fat and tissued of the body as fast as they waste, will find these Bitters at once nourishing and strengthening, and happily adapted for their use. The great advantage the Bitters posses over ordinary stimulants usually prescribed in treating lung complaints and kindred dtseaso3, is tho fact thai they combine many safe and certain healing properties in connection with the best known stimulant, DELICATE LADIKfJ Will derive great benefit from it. Ko unpleasant effect will ever result from taking the Bitters, It the directions aro followed. For those who suf fer from nervous debility, languor, want of rest, exhaustion, and in all cibs of weakness, the Hitters are not equalled. As an nTPer.b'.x stomarhlc, It Is mU'Ji ad ailrcd; II c!"irpem! the appetite, hrighteu the Intellect, and infiucs n.tw life and vigor. No one. A'ho uses tbeso Bitters ..n bo subject to un at tack of FEVER aul AGUE, or DIAKRHCHA. Of all the ills that atlllct men and women, few uo so agonising as Dyspepsia. It 1j a Bort of combination ot' many disease. Thanks to science and Da. Uhkiu.ky, u specific has uow been ob tained. (Ikkklev'.'i BouuisoN Bittubs tako straight hold of tba disease, and be.jin a euro. Thou sands of well-uttcfctcd cased of cares of Dyspcp sli, lndlgestlou, and Fover and Ague, even of the moot desperate kind, ore in tho possession of tho proprietors. Not a few people, everywhere, complain of Weakness or Debility. This Is tho gentle hint of naturo for ft little help in the way of invlgora- tion. Tho bint should not bo neglected. " A stitch In time eaves nine." Get n supply of Gnu lkv's BonnsoN Bittkus, tako them regularly, and our word for It you vt 111 feel bettor, llvo longer, be stronger, and think and net with very much more satisfaction. The Bitters are a tonic, and of a nature never before attained In any medicine. will mako the woak strong, the desponding hope ful, tho sick well. For uny complaint of the Stomach, Liver, or Bowels, there Is nothing corn parable with this medicine. In America, tho Liver is tho best abused of all the organs in tho body. It is mado the saddle of all other organs. As n con90iiuonco, it Is often out of order, and not unfrcquontly nearly inopera tive. This need not bo ; on tho contrary ,'lt is quite unnecessary. A little common oenso, and a suf ficiency of GntsLEY'a Domino:; BrriEns, will keep the Liver right, and make man a max and wo man, now miserable, quito happy. Tho Bitters rcguiato aud strengthen the Liver, no les3 than parity it. The Increase of Nervous Disorders, at tho pres ent day, Is one of tho most alarming indication of the age, or rather, would bo, were it not that b most admirable cute bad been found. Thc-ra Is not a phase of Nervous disease, wliatovcr It may be, that these Bitters will not act upon favorably, and in the most efficient manner. AM who aro unfortunately ulHictcd with complaints of this nature, or with Indigestion, or any dis eases of the Stomach, should not tail to make us of GutsLEva Bourbon Bittios, Chills and Fever. In many portions of th United States this terrible, disease oeI:cs its vic tims as naturally as water seeks Its level. Tti Bystam In a particular condition Invites It The right medlclno to pruvent and cure this malady, wo unhosititlngly say, is GaRELiVs Eomuioji Bitikiis. It bleaks up the fovur, drives it from the system, and will keep It at bay, If taken in accordnnco with directions on the bottle. Tt Blttors purify and ourlch tho blood, and this lu return slicngtheus the constitution. As an agree uble tonio, thoso Bitters have no equal. Greeloj'i Bo.irbon Bitters nro meotlng a aah unparalleled In tho hi3..ory ol popular medicines. In nil d3fa3e3 of tho Stomach and Bowels thoy aro a tocrolgii euro. Tho worst cases of Dye. pepsia and Iu.ligostlon yield to tho rciaurk&bl potency cf tho Bitters, wbi.h it n.i agroo.iblo to the tasto as It is speedy and unfailing In its good effectfl. f'ursalo by Druggists and Grocers, every whore, V. F. A A. W. GREELEY, Proprietors, Boston, Macs. And Sold by D. B. CLABK, S. B. WAITB, J. I). WILSON. Washlueton, D. C. and PEKL j 8T13VT,8, AleifcndrU, V. ft IJ