The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-06

weigh eight pounds
800 pairs % point gentlnella blue Macklnac
blankets, to measure 81 by DO lnches ana
weigh six pounds
Dry Goods.
1000 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
900 yards gray list cloth, blue
5000 yards saved list cloth, blue
600 yards saved list cloth, scarlet
800 yards saved list cloth, green
225 pounds worsted yarn, 3 fold
100 dozen cotton flag handerchiefs
$50 dozen cotton Madras handkerchiefs
IT'S dozen black silk handkerches
80 dozen S-4 cotton shawls
so dozen Cd cotton shawls
65 dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen 81 woollen shawls
%, 900 yards domestic calico
5000 yards English and French calico
l0, 900 yards Merrimack calico
$500 yards blue drilling
5000 yards Georgia stripes
1000 yards blue denims
1000 yards cottonade
1000 yards domestic shirting, beached
| $1,000 yards domestic shirting, unblcached
| $1,000 yards domestic sheetng, unbleached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
7 900 yards plaid lin5ey
| 800 yards flannels, assorted
900 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
1000 yards Kentucky jeans
500 yards sattinets
$50 gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese vermillion
20 dozen silk handkerchief bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
Hardware.
$50 pounds brass kettles
1000 tin kettles
76 nests of japanned kettles, : in nest
276 dozen butcher knives
| IS 900 gun fiints
% gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
| $4,000 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
l 10 gross gun worms
y dozen axes, to weigh from A 20 S. pounds
so dozen half axes, To weigh 81 pounds
"a dozen hatchets, to weigh pounds
agricultural Implements, &c.
100 axes, to weigh from y TO s! pounds
| 400 half axes, TO weigh 81 pounds
| 200 hatchets, TO weigh J pounds
I 25 broad axes
| 300 drawing knives, u 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
17Shand saws
4 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 % pounds each
| 600 Whittemore cards, No. 10
100 quarter socket chisels
| 80 planes, fore and jack
Northwest Guns.
$50 Northwest guns, two thirds of which must
measure 80 inches in length Of barrel, and
| one-t third ~ inches, 10 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 10 remark that those Of hard
ware, agricultural Implements and northwest guns
are entirely new and Of better quality than the
ticles heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be divided into four parts, viz:
I'd. Dry goods.
Sd. Hardware, to include agricultural impe-
| ments, &c.
| 4th Northwest guns
The lowest competent responsible bidder will
ceive the whole any part Of the contract accord
ing 10 the above scale, the Department reservnR 10
itself the right 10 determine whether the bidder is
| competent and responsible, not
| The whole amount in money TO be applied 10 the
purchase Of goods will be about $4,000, but the
Department reserves the right 20 increase or di-
minish the quantity Of any Of the articles named,
or substitute others in lieu thereof, 10 require at
similar prices, such goods may be wanted for
presents 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, it will be
| sary, when a domestic article is bid for, that a
| sample Of il should accompany the bid, 70 enable
] the Department TO decide whether IL is Of equal
| quality with the samples TO be exhibited.
The party proposing 20 supply the articles will
make an invoice Of all the items embraced in the
above list, and ax the prices in dollars and cent?,
at which he or they will furnish them, deliverable
in New York. Cor if the contractor prefers it, about
one half Of the quantity may be delivered in St.
Louis Missouri, free Of expense 70 the Government
on or before the 18th day Of May next, assuming
the quantity Of each article as specified in this ad
vertisemeni, 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 10 ascertain the conformity Of the
tclcs purchased with 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 are not furnished within the time
prescribed or If they Of insufficient quality in
the opinion Of the agent aforesaid, and If within
five days after notice Of such insufhciency the
party shall not furnish others in lieu thereof Of the
lied 10 purchase them of Others and to charge any
increase Of price they may be compelled TO pay
therefor 10 the contractor, who shall pay the said
difference 70 the United States
Bonds will be required, in the amount of the bids,
with two good sureties, the sufficency 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 70 a agent Of the Department, upon a dupi-
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 are not
made in the form and terms here prescribed:
| al Tor we) propose 10 furnish for the service Of
the Indian Department the following goods, at the
prices affixed 70 them respectively, viz
(Here insert the list Of goods.)
Deliverable in the city Of New York Tor ST. Louis)
on or before the 80 day If next; and ia case Of
the acceptance Of his proposals, the quantity being
prescribed by the Department, Tor WEI will exc.