The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-11

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Dry Goods.
200 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
200 yards gray list cloth, blue
1900 yards saved list cloth, blue
500 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 handkcrchiefs
IT'S dozen black silk handkerchiefs
80 dozen Sd cotton shawls
so dozen Ga cotton shawls
90 dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen S-4 woollen shawls
rs 900 yards domestic calico
5000 yards English and French calico
1000 yards Merrimack calico
$500 yards blue drilling
5000 yards Georgia stripes
1000 yards blue denims
l,600 yards cottonade
1000 yards domestic shirting, beached
5000 yards domestic shirting, unblcached
$4,000 yards domestic sheeting, unbleached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plalds
400 dozen woollen socks
| 1000 yards plaid linsey
| l,500 yards hannels, assorted
| l,600 flannel shirts
100 calico shirts
430 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos. to 80
50 pounds sewing silk
700 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
HardDare.
1850 pounds brass kettles
900 tin kettles
70 nests of japanned kettles, 5 in nest
276 dozen butcher knives
., 900 gun flints
25 gross squaw avis
900 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
%, 900 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
- dozen axes, to weigh from Al to 5, pounds
80 dozen half axes, TO weigh 81 pounds
"a dozen hatchets, to weigh u pounds
.4gricultura! Implements, &c.
1 ,S0 axes, to weigh from Il to 81 pounds
200 hatchets, 10 weigh i pounds
zoo drawing knives, - inches in length
700 augers, In equal proportions of J, !, z, and
inch
l5O pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
300 pounds brass kettles
500 wedding hoes
LIS hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, 7 feet in length
40 croas-cut saws, feet in length
100 hand-saw files
100 Cross-cut saw files
40 log chains, TO weigh 25 pounds each
GOO Whittemore cards, No. 10
100 quarter socket chisels
go planes, fore and jack
Northwest Guns
65O Nortbuost or,,rs third - ,.b;cb ,,,,,.,
measure 80 inches in length Of barrel, and
third ~ inches, 10 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 may be proper " 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, " include agricultural nipple.
/ ments, &c.
| 4th. Northwest guns.
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re-
ceve the whole or any part Of the contract accord
ing 10 The above scale, the Department reservng 10
tsef the right to determine whether the bidder il
competent and responsible, or not.
The whole amount in money 10 BE- applied 10 the
purchase Of goods will be about go BOO but the
| Department reserves the right 10 increase or di
uilhi-u Qudutfty OF any OIL the articles named
substitute others in lieu thereof or 10 require at
similar prices, such goods 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; but az all the samples Of blankets and
cloths Of foreign manufacture, il will be ncces-
sary, when a domestic article is bid for that a
sample Of it should accompany the bid, % enable
the Department 10 decide whether it il Of equal
quality with the samples 10 be exhibited.
The party propOsing % supply the articles will
make an invoice II ell the items embraced in the
above list and af1 the prices, in dollars and cents
at which he they will furnish them, deliverable
in New York, (or If the contractor prcers it, about
I one bali Of the quantity may b. 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 adj
vertisement, and extending the cost making an
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 there) by 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 BE- made, and with the terms Of
the contract itsei which shall contain clause that
if the articles not furnished within the time
prescribed or If they are 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 ia lieu thereof of the
required quality, the United States shall be author
lied 70 purchase them Of others, and to charge any
increase Of price they may be compelled 10 paw
therefor 70 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 sureties, the suficency Of whom 20
be certified by United States Judge or District
Attorney, for the faithful performance Of the con.
tracts. Payment will be made after the contract il
peted and the delivery Of the goods a. afore
said 70 an agent Of the Department, upon a dupli-
cate invoice certified by him.
Communications 20 be marked " Proposals. for
Indian goods"
The bids viii b. submitted with the following
heading and none will be received that are not
made ia the form and terms here prescribed
81 (or we) propose 20 furnish for the service Of
the Indian Department the following goods, at the
prices afhHed 70 them respectively, viz
(Here insert the list Of goods.)
Deliverable In the city Of New York Tor ST. LOUISE
on or before the r. day Of next; and in case Of