The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-26

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
| 1000 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 handkerchieis
IT'S dozen black silk handkcrchiefs
80 dozen S-4 cotton shawls 4.
so dozen Cd cotton shaws
65 dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen S-4 woollen shawls
| IS 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 denms
| 900 yards cottonade
| 700 yards domestic shirting, bleached
! $4,000 yards domestic shirting, unbcached
| $4,000 yards domestic sheeting, unbleached
| 5000 yards checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
| Z 200 yards plaid insey
! 800 yards 1annes, assorted
| 900 flannel shirts
! TOO calico shirts
430 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos. to 80
so pounds sewing silk
700 pieces riband, assorted
| 1890 yards bed ticking
! 200 yards Kentucky jeans
500 yards sattinets
so gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese vermilon
20 dozen silk handkerchiefs, bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
Hardware.
$50 pounds brass kettles
900 tin kettles
TO nests of japanned kettles, S in a nest
go dozen butcher knives
$1,000 gun fints
% gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
$4,000 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors assorted
10 gross gun WORMS
IL dozen axes, to weigh from al TO S! pounds
so dozen half axes, to weigh 81 pounds
- dozen hatchetE, to weigh pounds
agricultural Implements, &c.
1870 axes, to weigh from a to 81 pounds
400 half axes, TO weigh 81 pounds
200 hatchets, to weigh pounds
25 broad axes
200 drawing knives II inches in length
700 augers, in equal proportions Of }, l, 2, and
inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
300 pounds brass kettles
800 wedding hoes
l75 hand saws
40 cross cut saws, feet in length
40 cross-cut saws, feet in length
100 hand saw filcs
100 cross-cut saw files
40 log chains, TO weigh 25 pounds each
600 Whttemore cards, No 10
700 quarter socket chiscls
90 planes, fore and jack
Northwest Guns.
650 Northwest guns two thirds Of which must
measure 80 inches in length Of barrel, and
onc-thrd ~ 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 it may be proper 10 remark that those of hard
ware, agricultural implements, and northwest guns
entirely new and Of better quality than the
tices heretofore furnished under former contracts.
The proposals may be divided into four parts, viz:
LIST. Blankets.
ID. Dry goods.
Sd. Hardware, 70 include agricultural imple-
ments, &c.
9TH. Northwest guns
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re-
ceive the whole any part Of the contract accord
ing 10 the above scale, the Department rescrving TO
itself the right 10 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 $4,000, but the
Department reserves the right 70 increase or d-
mnsh the quantity Of any Of the articles named,
substitute others in lieu thereof, To require, at
similar prices, such goods as may be wanted for
presents or other purposes in the administration Of
the affairs ofthe Department. Goods Of American
All OlntT tllngH DtlnR equal, Will DC
preferred; but all the samples Of blankets and
cloths Of foreign manufacture, il will be
sary, when domestic article IL bid for, that a
sample Of il should accompany the bid, TO enable
the Department 10 decide whether il IL Of equal
quality with the samples 10 be exhibited.
The party proposing TO supply the articles will
make an invoice Of all the items embraced in the
above list, and afx the prices, in dollars and cents,
at which he or they will furnish them, deliverable
in New York Tor If the contractor prefers it, about
one hall Of the quantity may be delivered in st.
Louis, Missouri, free Of expense 10 the GOyernment)
on or before the 18th day Of May next, assuming
the quantity Of each article specified in this adj
yertisemcnt, and extending the cost, making
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 thcrc) by agent of the United States
who will be appointed by the Department for the
purpose and O ASCERTAIN the conformity Of the ar
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
If the articles are not furnished within the time
prescribed, or if they arc Of insufficient quality in
the opinion OF the agent Aforesaid, and II within
i've days alter notice OF such insufhcicnCy the
party shall not furnish others In lieu thcrcofof the
required quality, the United States shall be author
lied TO purchase them Of others, and TO charge any
increase Of price they may be compelled TO pay
therefor, to the contractor, who shall pay the SAID
difference 10 the United States
Bonds will be required, In the amount Of the bids
with two good surcties, the sufficcncy Of whom TO
be certified by United States Judge or District
Attorney, for the faithful performance of tho con-
tracts. Payment will be made after the contract is
completed and the delivery Of the goods as afore
said TO an agent Of the Department, upon dupli-
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:
81 (or we) propose TO furnish for the service Of
the Indian Department the following goods at the
prices affixed TO them respectively, viz
(Here insert the list Of goods)
Deliverable in the city Of New York Cor ST. LOUISE
or before the - day Jf---nert; and In case OF
the acceptance Of his proposals., the quantity being