The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-12

Washington city, until 10 O'clock on Thursday,
he LIST day of November next, for furnishing the
following goods in the quantities annexed, or there
,bouts for the use of the Indians and deliverable
IN the city of New York, viz:
Blankets.
2,lOO pairs point white Mackinac blankets TO
measure 90 by II inches, and weigh eight
pounds
800 pairs u point white Maekina blankets, 70
measure 81 by GO inches, and weigh SIX
pounds
l,l75 pairs point white Mackinac blankets, to
measure ~ by SO inches, and weigh hive
and quarter pounds
$50 pairs l ! point white Mackinac blankets To
measure 80 by 80 inches, and weigh four
and quarter pounds
900 pairs point white Macklnac blankets, 10
measure 80 by 40 inches, and weigh three
and quarter pounds
400 pairs point scarlet Mackinac blankets, TO
measure 90 by II inches, and weigh eight
pounds
800 pairs q point scarlet Mackinac blankets, to
measure 81 by 60 inches, and weigh SIX
pounds
100 pairs 81 point green Mackinac blankets, to
measure 66 by 81 inches, and weigh ten
pounds
800 pairs point green Mackinac blankets, TO
measure 90 by ~ inches, and weigh eight
pounds
$50 pairs 2. point green Mackinac blankets, to
measure 81 by &c inches, and weigh SIX
pounds
100 pairs 81 point gentinella blue Mackinac
blankets, to measure GO by 81 inches, and
weigh ten pounds
400 pairs 3 point gentinela blue Macknac
blankets, to measure 60 by ~ inches, and
weigh eight pounds
blankets to measure "a by sc inches and
weigh six pounds
Dry Goods.
900 yards scarlet strouds
800 yards blue strouds
800 yards fancy list cloth, blue
,y.,rIs Isf cln
$50 yards fancy list cloth, green
| 200 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
IT'S dozen black silk handkerchief
80 dozen Sd cotton shawls
so dozen Cd cotton shawls
65 dozen A cotton 5hawls
40 dozen S-4 woollen shawls
% 900 yards domestic calico
5000 yards English and French calico
10 900 yards Merrimack calico
$500 yards blue drilling
5000 yards Georgia stripes
1000 yards blue denims
600 yards cottonade
900 yards domestic shirting, bleached
$4,000 yards domestic shirtng, unbcached
Is, 900 yards domestic sheeting, unbleached
5000 yards checks stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woolen socks
1000 yards plaid linsey
1880 yards hannels, assorted
600 flannel shirts
700 calico shirts
430 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos. ! TO 81
so pounds sewing silk
700 pieces riband, assorted
1900 yards bed ticking
200 yards Kentucky jeans
500 yards sattinets
$50 gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese vermilion
20 dozen silk handkerchiefs, bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
HardUme.
1850 pounds brass kettles
900 tin kettles
rs nests ofjapanned kettles, in nest
276 dozen butcher knives
%, 900 gun flnts
% gross squaw avis
200 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
% 900 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
u dozen axes, to weigh from a to 81 pounds
80 dozen half axes, TO weigh 81 pounds
"a dozen hatchcts to weigh ) pounds
agricultural Implements, &c.
100 axes, to weigh from - to 5. pounds
400 half axes, To weigh 3 pounds
200 hatchets, to weigh pounds
% broad
200 drawing knives, II inches in length
700 augers, in equal proportions OF d, /, = and
inch
80 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
300 pounds brass kettles
500 wedding hoes
IT'S hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, Z feet in length
40 ross-cut saws, feet in length
100 hand-saw files
100 cross-cut saw files
40 LOG chains. TO gciVlI 25 hounds each
600 Whittemore cards, No. 10
700 quarter socket chsels
90 planes, fore and jack
Northeast Guns.
$50 Northwest guns, two thirds of which must
measure 80 inches in length Of barrel, and
one third AZ inches, TO be delivered in the
city of New York 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
are entirely new, and of better quality than the
ticles heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be divided into four parts, viz:
lst Blankets.
ID. Dry goods.
Sd. Hardware, to include agricultural implc-
ments, &c.
9TH. Northwest guns
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re-
ceive the whole any part of the contract accord
ing the above scale the Department rcserving 10
competent and responsible, or not
The whole amount in money to be applied TO the
purchase Of goods will be about $50 900, but the
Department reserves the right to increase or di
minish the quantity Of any Of the articles named,
or substitute others in lieu thereof 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 as all the samples of blankets and
cloths Of foreign manufacture, it will be neces-
sary, when domestic article is bid for, that a
sample Of it should accompany the bid, TO enable
the Department TO decide whether il is Of equal
quality with the samples to be exhibited.
The party proposing TO supply the articles will
make an invoice of all the items embraced in the
above list and ax the prices, in dollars and cents
| at which he they will furnish them, deliverable
in New York Tor If the contractor prefers il, about
one half of the quantity may be delivered in st.
Louis Missouri, free Of expense to tho Government
on or before the 18th day of May next, assuming
the quantity Of each article specified in this adj
vcrtiscmcnt, and extending the cost, making an
aggregate Of the whole invoice constituting the