The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-05

blankets, 10 measure % by 90 inches, anu
weigh six pounds
Dry Goods.
/ 900 yards scarlet strouds
800 yards blue strouds
800 yards fancy list cloth, blue
$50 yards fancy list cloth, scarlet
$50 yards fancy list CLOTH green
1000 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 handerchiefs
$50 dozen cotton Madras handkerchieis
lis dozen black silk handkerchief
80 dozen Sd cotton shawls
so dozen 6-4 cotton shawls
65 dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen "a woollen shawls
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
7 200 yards domestic shirting, bleached
$4,000 yards domestic shirting, unblcached
$4,000 yards domestic sheeting, unbeached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
1000 yards plaid linsey
800 yards hannels, assorted
500 flannel shirts
700 calico shirts
430 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos. TO 80
so pounds sewing silk
100 pieces riband, assorted
1890 yards bed ticking
| 900 yards Kentucky jeans
500 yards sattinets
$50 gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese vermillion
20 dozen silk handkerchiefs, bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
Hardware.
l,7S0 pounds brass kettles
| 900 tin kettles
TO nests of japanned kettles, s in a nest
30 dozen butcher knives
2s 900 gun hints
25 gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
rs, 600 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
IL dozen axes, to weigh from Al TO 5. pounds
80 dozen half axes, TO weigh 81 pounds
"a dozen hatchets, 10 weigh pounds
agricultural Implements, &c.
$50 axes, to weigh from Al TO 81 pounds
400 half axes, 10 weigh 81 pounds
200 hatchets, TO weigh ] pounds
% broad axes
POO drawing knives, II inches in length
700 augers, in equal proportions of !, ], 2, and
inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
300 pounds brass kettles
500 wedding hoes
l75 hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, feet in length
10 cross-cut saws, feet in length
100 hand saw files
100 cross-cut saw files
40 log chains, to weigh 25 pounds each
600 Whittemore cards, No. 10
200 quarter socket chisels
90 planes, fore and jack
hoYfI9,zof (r3s1o
$50 Northwest guns, two thirds Of which must
measure 80 inches in length Of barrel, and
one-third ~ inches, to be delivered in the
city of New York or Philadelphia, as may
be required
Samples Of all the above articles are deposited in
the office Of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs;
and il may be proper TO remark that those of hard
ware, agricultural Implements and northwest guns
entirely new, and Of better quality than the
ticles heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be divided into four parts viz:
LIST Blankets
ID. Dry goods.
3D.. Hardware, to include agricultural nipple
ments, &c.
4th. Northwest guns.
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re-
ceive the whole any part Of the contract accord
ing the above scale, the Department reserving to
itself the right TO determine whether the bidder IL
competent and responsible, or not
The whole amount in money TO be applied 10 the
purchase of goods will be about SO, 200, but the
Department reserves the right 10 increase or d.
minisb the quantity Of any of the articles named,
substitute others ia lieu thereof ~ require, at
similar prices, such goods may be wanted for
presents or other purposes, in the administration of
the affairs Of the Department. Goods Of American
manufacture, all other things being equal, will be
preferred; but all the samples Of blankets and
cloths Of foreign manufacture, it will be neces-
sary when a domestic article IL bid for, that
sample Of il should accompany the bid, 10 enable
the Department 10 decide whether il is Of equal
quality with the samples 30 be exhibited.
The party proposing TO supply the articles will
make an invoice Of all the items embraced in the
above list and ahx the prices, in dollars and cents,
at which he or they will furnish them, deliverable
in New York, Cor IL the contractor prefers it, about
half of the quantity may be delivered in st.
Louis Missouri, free Of expense 10 the Government
ON or before the 18th day of May next, assuming
the quantity Of each article specified in this adj
vertisement, and extending the cost, making an
aggregate Of the whole invoice constituting the
bid. The goods will be inspected in New York
land in St. Louis, If any portion Of them should be
delivered there) by an agent Of the United States,
who will be appointed by the Department for the
purpose, and " ascertain the conformity Of the
tcles purchased with the samples exhibited, when
the contract shall be made, and with the terms Of
the contract ITSELF which shall contain clause that
If the articles are not furnished within the time
prescribed, II they of insufficient quality in
the opinion Of the agent aforesaid, and If within
FIVE days after notice Of such insufficency the
party shall furnish others in lieu thereof Of the
required quality the United States shall be author
lied 10 purc hase them Of others, and to charge any
increase oi price they may be compelled 10 pay
therefor 10 he contractor who shall pay the SAID
difference ~ the United States.
Bonds will be required, in the amount Of the bids,
with two good sureties, the sufbciency of whom 10
be 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
said 70 an agent Of the Department, upon duph-
cate invoice certified by him.
Communications TO be marked "Proposals tor
Indian goods"
The bids will. b. submitted with the following
heading, and none will be received that are not
made in the form and terms here prescribed
al Tor we) propose 10 furnish for the service OF
the Indian Department tie following goods, at the
prices affixed 10 them respectively, viz
(Here insert the list Of goods.)
Deliverable in the city Of New York Tor 81 Louis)
before the day IL nestj and In case Of
the acceptance Of his proposals., the quantity being
prescribed by the Department, Tor veJ viii sxs