The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-02

900 yards scarlet strOudS
500 yards blue strouds
500 yards fancy list cloth, blue
$50 yards fancy list cloth, scarlet
$50 yards fancy list cloth, green
900 yards gray list cloth, blue
5000 yards saved list cloth, blue
900 yards saved list cloth, scarlet
800 yards saved list cloth, green
225 pounds worsted yarn, fold
100 dozen cotton flag handerchicis
$50 dozen cotton Madras handkcrChiefs
IT'S dozen black silk handkerchies
80 dozen 81 cotton shawls
50 dozen 81 cotton shawls
65 dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen S-4 woollen shaws
Is 900 yards domestic calico
5000 yards English and French calico
1000 yards Merrimack calico
$500 yards blue drilling
5000 yards Georgia stripes
1000 yards blue denims
900 yards cottonade
1000 yards domestic shirting, bleached
$4,000 yards domestic shirting, unblcached
$1,000 yards domestic sheeting, unbleached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
Z 900 yards plaid linscy
500 yards hannels, assorted
600 flannel shirts
700 calico shirts
430 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos TO 80
80 pounds sewing silk
700 pieces riband, assorted
1900 yards bed ticking
900 yards Kentucky Jeans
500 yards sattnets
$50 gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese vermillion
20 dozen silk handkerchefs, bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
Hardware.
$50 pounds brass kettles
900 tin kettles
10 nests of japanned kettles, in nest
go dozen butcher knives
D, 900 gun fiints
25 gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
IS dozen fish lines
25,OOO needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
u dozen axes, to weigh from a to 5! pounds
80 dozen half axes, 10 weigh 81 pounds
p dozen hatchet-, Ia weigh y pounds
agricultural Implements, sc.
$50 axes, to weigh from a to s. pounds
400 half axes, 10 weigh 81 pounds
200 hatchets 20 weigh pounds
% broad axes
POO drawing knives, - inches in length
700 augers, in equal proportions of :, !, 2, and
inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
800 pounds brass kettles
500 wedding hoes
t75 hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, feet in length
40 cross-cut saws, o feet in length
100 hand-saW files
100 cross-cut saw files
40 log chains, TO weigh Is pounds each
ODD Whittemore cards, No. 10
200 quarter socket chiscls
30 planes fore and jack
Northwest Guns.
go Northwest guns, two thirds Of which must
measure 80 inches in length of barrel aud
onc-third ~ inches, 10 BE- delivered in the
city Of New York or Philadelphia, as may
De required.
Samples Of all the above articles arc deposited in
the office Of the Commissioner Of Indian Affair.";
and 10 may be proper 10 remark that those of hard
ware, agricultural implements and northwest gums
are entirely new, and Of better quality than tie ar
tices heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be- divided into four parts, viz
let. Blanket.
"a. Dry gvOds.
Sd. Hardware, 10 include agricultural nipple
mcnts, &c.
4th. Northwest guns.
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re-
cciye The whole any part Of the contract accord
ing 30 the above scale, the Department rcser,ing 10
tself the right 10 determine whether the bidder il
competent and responsible or not
The whole amount In money 10 H. applied 20 the
purchase II goods will be about S90.OOO but the
Department reserves the right ~ increase or III.
minish the quantity Of any IT the articles named,
substitute others IN cu thereof or % require al
similar prices, such goods may be- wanted for
presents other purposes In the administration Of
the affairs II the Department Goods II American
manufacture, all other things being equal, will b.
preferred; bat az all the samples IL blankets and
cloths Of foreign manufacture. IL will be- neces
sary, when domestic article is bid for, that a
sample Of il should accompany the bid, ~ enable
the Department ~ decide whether II h Of equal
quality with the samples b. b. exhibited.
The party proposing 10 supply the articles will
make iny0icc IT al the items embraced in the
above list, and afE the prces. IN dollars and cent?
az which be- Or they will furnish them. deliverable
n New York, Cor II the contractor prefers It, about
one half 81 the quantity may b. delivered in St
Louis, Missouri, free 81 expense 10 the Government
ON Or before the 18th day II May next assuming
the quantity II each article specified In tins adj
ycrtiscment and extending the cost making an
aggregate Of the whole invoice constituting the
bid. The gDOds will be inspected in New York
(aud in n. Louis, II any portion Of them should be
delivered there) by an agent ~ the United States,
who will BE- appointed BY the Department for the
purpose and " ascertain the conformity Of the ar
ticles purchased with the samples exhibited, when
tie contract shall be- made, and with The terms Of
the contract ITSELF which shall contain clause that
II the articles not furnished within the time
prescribed, ii they are Of insufficient quality in
tn opinion u tio agent Aforesaid, and il within
FIVE days after notice Of such insufficiency the
party shall not furnish others IN lieu thereof II the
required quality, the United States shall be author
ned 81 purchlse them 81 others and ~ charge any
increase Il price they may b. compelled 10 pay
therefor, o. ths contractor, who shall pay the saId
difference b. uio United States
Bonds will b. required, IN the amount Of the bids
with two gOOd surcties, the sufficcncy Of whom 10
b. certified BY United States Judge or District
Attorney, for the faithful performance of the con-
tracts. Payment will be made after the contract is
completed and the delivery Of the goods az afore
ssid 10 agent Of the Department, upon dupii-
cate invoice certified by him.
Communication 10 be marked Proposals for
Indian gOyds."
The bids will b. submitted with the following
heading, and none will b. received that arc not
made in the FORM and terms here prescribed
- Cor we) propose 10 furnish for the service 81
The Indian Department tie following goods at the
prices affixed 70 them respectively, viz:
(Here insert the list Of goodsD
Deliverable in the city Of New York Tor St Douis)
On or before the day f. next; aud in case II
the acceptance 81 bs proposals, the quantity being
prescribed by the Department, Cor we) will exc