The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-17

l,OUU yardS saved list ciOtll, scarlet
500 yards saved list cloth, green
225 pounds worsted yarn, 3 fold
100 dozen cotton flag handerchefs
$50 dozen cotton Madras handkerchief
l75 dozen black silk handkerchicis
80 dozen 81 cotton shawls
so dozen Ga cotton shawls
G5 dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen Sd wooen shawls
% 900 yards domestic calico
5000 yards English and French calico
10000 yards Merrimack calico
$500 yards blue drilling
5000 yards Georgia stripes
1000 yards blue denims
1000 yards cottonadc
1000 yards domestic shirting, bleached
1000 yards domestic shirting, unblcached
$4,000 yards domestic shceting, unbleached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
1000 yards plaid linsey
l,5O0 yards tlannels, assorted
900 flannel shirts
700 calico shirts
400 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos. ! to 30
SO pounds sewing silk
700 pieces riband, assorted
1890 yards bed ticking
1000 yards kentucky jeans
500 yards sattinets
$50 gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese vermilion
90 dozen silk handkerchiefs, bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
Hardware.
l,7S0 pounds brass kettles
900 tin kettles
76 nests of japanned kettles, in a nest
go dozen butcher knives
% 900 gun fints
25 gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
25 900 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
u dozen axes, to weigh from 4 to 8. pounds
so dozen half axes, To weigh g. pounds
"a dozen hatchets, To weigh pounds
agricultural Implements, &c.
1870 axes, to weigh from a. to 81 pounds
400 half axes, To weigh g. pounds
POO hatchets, to weigh pounds
% broad axes
300 drawing knives, II inches in length
700 augers, in equal proportions of !, J, ?, 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
40 cross-cut saws, g feet in length
100 hand-saw files
100 cross-cut saw files
40 log chains, tO weigh % pounds each
600 Whittemore cards, No. 10
100 quarter socket chisels
30 planes, fore and jack
Northwest Cans.
$50 Northwest guns, two thirds of which must
measure 80 inches in length of barrel, and
onc-third ~ inches, TO be- delivered in the
city of New York or Philadelphia, as may
be required
Samples of all the above articles arc deposited i'm
the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs;
and il may be proper 10 remark that those Of hard
i1Y
entirely new, and Of better quality than the
ticlcs heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be divided into four parts, viz
lst Blankets.
I'd. Dry goods.
3D.. Hardware, to include agricultural nipple
mcnts, &c.
4th. Northwest guns.
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re-
ceive the whole or any part of the contract accord
ing 10 the above scale the Department rcserving 10
itself the right to determine whether the bidder is
competent and responsible, or not.
The whole amount in money to be applied to the
purchase Of goods will be about 800 000 but the
Department reserves the right 10 increase or di-
minish the quantity of any of the articles named,
substitute Others in lieu thereof 10 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 are Of foreign manufacture, IL will be mecca
sary, when domestic article is bid for, that a
sample Of il should accompany the bid, 10 enable
the Department 70 decide whether it is Of equal
quality with the samples 20 be exhibited.
The party proposing 10 supply the articles will
make an invoice If all the items embraced in the
above list and ax the prices, in dollars and cents,
az which he or they will furnish them, deliverable
in New York, (Or If the contractor prefers IT, about
half of the quantity may be delivered in St.
Louis Missouri, free of expense TO the Government
on or before The 18th day of May next, assuming
the quantity Of each article M specified in this adj
vcrtiscmcnt, aud extending the cost, making an
aggregate Of the whole invoice constituting the
bid. The goods will be inspected in New York
(and in st. Louis, if any portion Of them should be
delivered thcre) by agent of the United States,
who will be appointed by the Department for the
purpose and ~ ascertain the conformity Of the ar
ticlcs purchased with the samples exhibited, when
the contract shall be made, and with the terms Of
the contract ITSELF which shall contain clause that
u the articles are not furnished within the time
prescribed, If they are Of insufficient quality in
the opinion Uf the agent aforesaid, and if within
five days after notice of such insuficiency the
party shall not furnish others in lieu thcreofof the
required Quality, the United States shall be author
lied 10 purchase them Of Others and TO charge any
increase Of price they may be compelled 10 pay
therefor 10 the contractor, who shall pay the sand
difference 10 the United States
Bonds will be required, in the amount of the bids,
with two good surcties, the suficiCncy Of whom to
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 afore
said 10 an agent Of the Department, upon duph
cate invoice certified by him.
Communications to be marked Proposals for
Indian goods"
The bids will be submitted with the following
heading, and none will be received that arc not
made in the form and terms here prescribed
81 Tor wc) propose TO furnish for the service Of
the Indian Department the following goods, at the
AZ IfVs a. I.,,, fts.slry 90.
UIcrc insert the listo goods.)
Deliverable in the city Of New York Cor st. Louis)
on or before the day Jf-----next; and in case Of
the acceptance Of his proposals, the quantity being
prescribed by the Department, ] Tor we) will exc