The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-16

Dry Goods.
700 yards scarlet strouds
500 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
500 yards saved list CLOTH green
225 pounds worsted yarn, fold
100 dozen cotton flag handerchiefs
$50 dozen cotton Madras handkerchiefs
lis dozen black silk handkerchiefs
80 dozen 81 cotton shawls
80 dozen o. cotton shawls
% dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen S-4 woollen shawls
2S, 900 yards domestic calico
5000 yards English and French calico
0,000 yards Merrimack calico
$500 yards blue drilling
5000 yards Georgia stripes
1000 yards blue denims
900 yards cottonade
1000 yards domestic shirting, beached
$1,000 yards domestic shirting, unbleaohed
200 yards domestic sheeting, unbleached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plalds
400 dozen woollen socks
200 yards plaid linsey
800 yards flannels, assorted
500 flannel shirts
700 calico shirts
40 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos. to ~
SO pounds sewing silk
100 pieces riband, assorted
1900 yards bed ticking
700 yards Kentucky jeans
500 yards sattinets
$50 gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese vermiion
30 dozen silk handkerchiefs, bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
Hardpae.
1850 pounds brass kettles
900 tin kettles
rs nests of japanned kettles, 8 in a nest
276 dozen butcher knives
IS 900 gun flints
25 gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
% 900 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
y gross. gun worms u.s. - - :, :, o, r~--.--
so dozen half axes, TO weigh 81 pounds
"a dozen hatchets, TO weigh pounds
agricultural Implements, &c.
100 axes, to weigh from Il to 5. pounds
400 half axes, to weigh 3, pounds
! 200 hatchets, TO weigh 4 pounds
% broad
2O0,drawing knives, u inches in length
700 augers, in equal proportions OF D. l, :, and
! inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
300 pounds brass kettles
500 wedding hoes
IT'S hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, feet in length
40 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
100 quarter socket chisels
30 planes, fore and jack
Northwest Guns.
$50 Northwest guns, two thirds of which must
measure 80 inches in length of barrel, and
ne-third ~ inches, 10 be delivered in the
city of New York or Philadelphia as may
be required.
Samples Of all the above articles 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
are entirely new and Of better quality than the
tcles 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 to the above scale the Department reservng "a
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 S90,DO0, but the
Department reserves the right to increase or di
| rninish the quantity Of any Of the articles named
or substitute others in lieu thereof 10 require al
similar prices, such goods may be wanted for
presents other purposes IN the administration o.
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, 1t will be neces
| sary, when a domestic article is bid for, that q
sample Of il should accompany the bid, TO enable
4 the Department 10 decide whether il is Of equal
| quality with tire samples TO BE- exhibited.
The party proposing 70 supply the articles will
make an invoice Of all the items embraced in the
above list and sffx the prices, in dollars and cents
| at which he or they will furnish them, deiverabl,
in New York, Tor If the contractor prefers it, about
one 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 ad
vcrtisoment, and extending the cost, making al
aggregate Of the whole invoice constituting tn,
bid. The goods will be inspected in New Yorl
land in 81. Louis if any portion Of them should b,
delivered there) by agent OF the United States
who will be appointed by the Department for tn,
purpose, and ~ ascertain the conformity Of the ar
ticles purchased with the samples exhibited, wher
the contract shall be made, and with the terms o
the contract itself, which shall contain clause tina
il the articles are not furnished within the tim,
prescribed, if they Of insufficient quality il
the opinion OF the agent aforesaid, and If within
FIVE days after notice OF such insuffciency tn,
party shall furnish others in lieu thereof Of tn,
required quality, the United States shall be author
lied 10 purchase them Of Others and 10 charge an,
increase OF price hey may De compelled 10 pay
therefor 10 the contractor, who shall pay the san
difference 10 the United States.
Bonds will be required, in the amount Of the bids
with two good sureties, the sufficiency Of whom u
be certified by United States Judge. or Distric
| Attorney for the faithful performance Of the con
tracts Payment will be made after the contract il
completed and the delivery Of the goods AZ afore
said 70 an agent Of the Department, upon a dupl
cate invoice certified by him.
Communications TO b. marked Proposals. fol
Indian goods"
The bids will b. submitted with the following
heading, and none will be received that no
made in the form and terms here prcscribsd
81 (or we) propose 10 furnish for the service o
the Indian Department the following goD5s, At tn.
prices affixed 70 them respectively, viz
(iiere insert the listof goots)
Deliverable in tbs city Of Nov York tor st. Lygi.l
on or beiore the - day f. next; and ia cas- q