The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-30


5000 do do do plads
200 dozen socks, wooden
| 1000 yards plaid Lnsey
600 do hannes, ass orted
1900 flannel shirts
800 calico do
| 600 pounds thread, cotton
| $50 do do linen
40 do sewing silk
40 gross wost-d gathering
1000 yards sattinet
200 do bed ticking
| $40 pieces r,bbons--assorted
| $50 pounds beads do
IS gross clay and fancy pipes
SO pounds Vermon
| 5000 pounds brass kettles
| 500 TIN kettles
80 dozen frying pans
1000 tin pans
1000 TIN cups
SO dozen fire steels
Looking glasses-Sl25 worth
20 gross buttons-assorted
40 gross squaw avis
80 gross brass nails
1000 fish hooks
$50 dozen fish lines
Needles, assorted-$80 worth
200 dozen combs, assorted
~ DO scissors do
AZ gross iron spoons
100 dozen table knives and forks
Pewter and tin pates-Sl40 worth
10 Jacks pins
1hmbles, SIS worth
10 auguTs
Gimbels, S2O worth
20, 900 gun flnts
80 gross gun worms
36O dozen butcher knives
10 do
70 do half axes
AZ do squaw axes
"a do hatchets
Northwest Guns, to the amount of abou, 81 900,
two-thirds TO be 80 inches in the barrel, and
one-third AZ inches in the barrel.
A schedule of the articles, with samples, Except
of The plaid lmsrys, which must be Of better quality
than tho,e heretofore furnished-sampes 10 be pre-
sented by the bidders with their bids may be seen a,
The office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in
Washington, exhibiting The amount of money to be
expended for each article, but the Department re
serves the ght TO increase diminish the quantity
Of any of the articles named, substitute others in
lieu thereof
The whole amount in ney to be applied to the
purchase Of goods will be about SIS 600 of which
some SIC, 900 will be wanted on the ssaboard and
the residue in the West. Goods Of American man.
ufac,ure all other Ihings being equal will be pre-
ferred.
The party proposing to supply the articles will
make an invoice of all the items embraced in the
above list, AID aix the prices in dollars and cents,
at which he they will furnish them, deliverable IN
New York, Chat portion of the goods wanted West
may be hidden for deliverable at ST Lous,) on or
before the 18th day Of May nexr assuming the guam
y Of each article specified in this advertisemen
and extending the cost, making aggregate Of the
whole invoice before sending It on The goods will
be inspected at New York by agent Of the United
States who will be appointed by the Department for
the purpose and to ascertain the conformity Of the
articles purchased witt the samples exhibited when
the contract shall be made, and with the terms Of the
contract itself which shall contain clause that il the
articles not furnished within the time prescribed,
or if they OF INSULT lent quality in the opinion
he ptafo aUdtf TIN FIVE d,vS aiter
notice Of such nsuicency, the party shall fur
nsh others IN lieu thereof Of the required quality,
the United States shall be authorized to purchase
them Of Others and TO cha &c any increase Of price
they may be compelled to pay therefor to the con-
tractor who shall pay the said difference to the Uni
ted States.
As these goods will not be ready for delivery be-
fore the middle of May separate proposals will be
received for their transportat on from New ork or
ST Louis, to their destination in the Indian country,
up to first Of March ncr'.
Bonds will be required in the amount Of the bids,
with two good sureties, the suffc iercy of whom to
be certified by United States Judge or District At
iorney, for the fihfu performance of the contracts
Payment will be made at er the contract compile
ted and the delivery Of the goods TO agent Of the
Department, upon a duplicate invoice certified by
him.
Communications to be marked, Proposals for To-
dian goods"
The bids will be submitted with the following
meaning, and VIII Ue TtCtiVeu tnht
in the form and terms here prescribed:
al (or ws) propose to furnish for the service of
the Indian Department, the following goods, at the
prices affixed TO them respectively, viz;
(Iere insert the list of goods
Deliverable in the city Of New York St Louis
on or before the - day Of - next and
in Of the acceptance OF his proposal the guam
tity being prescribed by the Department, Cor WEI
will execute a contract according TO this agreement
and give satisfactory security to the Department,
within eight days after the acceptance Of this bid
and in Of failure enter into such contract and
give such security, (or we) will pay to the United
States the difference between the sums hidden by me-
Tor u.s. and the sum which the United States may
be obliged to pay for the same articles"
OrricE INDIAN AvrArRs,
September %, 1874.
+. HARTLEY CRAWFORD,
| Commissioner Of Indian .ifairs