The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-15

Dry Goods.
200 yards scarlet strouds
500 yards blue strouds
500 yards fancy list cloth, blue
100 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
IFS dozen black silk handkerchiets
80 dozen S-4cotton shawls
50 dozen 81 cotton shawls
% dozen Al 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 denims
1000 yards cottonade
1000 yards domestic shirtng, bleached
| II 900 yards domestic shirting, unbleached
| $4,000 yards domestic sheeting, unbeached
5000 yards checks, stripes and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
| 1000 yards plaid lnsey
| $500 yards iannels, assorted
| 900 flannel shirts
! 700 calico shirts
430 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos TO 30
50 pounds sewing silk
700 pieces rband, assorted
1900 yards bed ticking
900 yards Kentucky jeans
500 yards sattinets
$50 gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese vermilion
30 dozen silk handkerchief, bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
Hardware.
$50 pounds brass kettles
1890 tin kettles
10 nests of japanned kettles, in nest
go dozen butcher knives
2s 900 gun hints
% 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
Y dozen axes, To weigh from y to 5, pounds
30 dozen half axes, 10 weigh 81 pound.
| "a dozen hatchets, 10 weigh pounds
agricultural Implements, &c.
100 axes, to weigh from a to 5, pounds
/ 400 half axes, 90 weigh 81 pounds
200 hatchets, 10 weigh pounds
| % broad axes
POO drawing knives, u inches in length
200 augers, in equal proportions of :, !, 2, and
| ! inch
80 pairs names
80 pairs trace chains
300 pounds brass kettles
! 800 wedding hoes
IFS hand saws
| 40 crOss-cut saws, feet in length
40 crOss-cut saws, feet IN length
100 hand-saw file.
| 100 CrOss-cut saw files
40 log chains, 10 weigh 25 pounds each
! 90 Whittemore cards, No. 10
! 100 quarter socket chisels
! 20 planes fore and jack
horfb,peSf I1lDS
! $50 Northwest guns two thirds Of which must
measure 80 inches in length Of barrel, and
| one third ~ inches, 10 be delivered in the
city Of New York Philadelphia, as may
! be required.
Samples 81 all the above articles are deposited i'm
/ the office Of the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
aud il may be proper ~ remark that those of hard
! ware, agricultural implements and northwest guns
are entirely new and Of better quality than the ar
tces heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be divided into four parts, viz
| 2d. Dry goods.
81. Hardware, 10 include agricultural imple-
ments, &c.
ith. 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 reseryng 10
itself the right % determine whether the bidder Is
competent and responsible, or not
The whole amount in money 10 be- applied to the
Department reserves the right 10 increase or iii.
minish the quantity Of any Of the articles named,
OF substitute others in lieu thereof require at
similar prices such goods az 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; bat a. all the samples Of blankets and
cloths Of foreign manufacture, 1t will be ncccs
sary, when a domestic article is bid for, that a
sample Of il should accompany the bid, 10 enable
! the Department ~ decide whether IL IL " equal
| quality with the samples a. be exhibited.
The party proposing 10 supply the articles will
make an invoice Of all the items embraced in the
above st, and aiIx the prices in dollars and cents
~ which be- they will furnish them, deliverable
IN New York, Cor II the contractor prefers IT, about
one half Of the quantity may be delivered in 1t
Louis Missouri, free Of expense 20 the Government
on OF before the 18th day Of May next, assuiuing
the quantity Of each article as specified in this al.
ycrtscmcnt, and extending the cost, making an
aggregate Of the whole invoice constituting the
bid. The goods will be inspected in New York
land IN ii Louis, II any portion Of them should b.
delivered thcre) by an agent Of the United States
who will be- appointed by the Department for the
purpose and ascertain the conformity Of the ar
ticles purchased with the samples exhibited when
the contract shall b. made and with the terms oi
the contract itself which shall contain clause that
II the articles not furnished within the time
prescribed, or II they Of insufficient quality in
the opinion Of the agent aforesaid and If within
i've days alter notice Of such insuificiency 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 70 pa '
therefor ~ the contractor, who shall pay the sad
difference to the United States.
Bonds will BE- required, in the amount Of the bids
with two good surctes, the sufiiCiency Of whom D.
be certified by United States Judge or District
Attorney, for the faithful performance Of the con.
tracts Payment will be made after the contract 1.
completed and the delivery Of the gods IA afore
said to an agent Of the Department upon dupl
cate invoice certified by him.
Communications 10 b. marked " Proposals. lor
\ Indian goods"
The bids will h. submitted with the following
. heading and none Will b. received that are not
. made IN the form aud terms here prescribed
"l Cor we) propose to furnish Tor the service o
!; the Indian Department the following goods al IN,
prices affixed 10 them respectively, viz.
(Here insert the list u goods)
1 Deliverable in the city Of New York (or st. L,uis)
on or before the day IL next; and IN cas-. d