The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-09
Dry Goods.
I 900 yards scarlet strouds

900 yards gray list cloth, blue
1900 yards saved list cloth, blue
900 yards saved list cloth, scarlet
800 yards saved list cloth, green
30 pounds worsted yarn, fold
100 dozen cotton flag handcrchieis
$50 dozen cotton Madras handkerchicfs
IT'S dozen black silk handkerchiels
80 dozen S-4 cotton shawls
50 dozen "a cotton shaws
65 dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen 81 woolen shawls
2S 900 yards domestic calico
5000 yards English and French calico
10 900 yards Mcrrimack calico
$500 yards blue drilling
5000 yards Georgia stripes
1000 yards blue denims
900 yards cottonade
1000 yards domestic shirting, bleached
$4,000 yards domestic shirting, unbloached
$4,000 yards domestic sheeting, unbleached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plalds
400 dozen woollen socks
1000 yards plaid linsey
500 yards tlannels, assorted
600 flannel shirts
700 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
1900 yards bed ticking
900 yards Kentucky jeans
500 yards sattinets
$50 gross worsted gathering
300 pounds Chinese vermilion
20 dozen silk handkerchieis, bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
HaydlDGre.
l,7S0 pounds brass kettles
900 tin kettles
76 nests of japanned kettles, S in nest
go dozen butcher knives
2S 900 gun fiints
% gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
y, 900 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
u dozen axes, to weigh from q to 5. pounds
50 dozen half axes, TO weigh g. pounds
"a dozen hatchets, to weigh | pounds
agricultural Implements, sc.
100 axes, to weigh from A. to s., 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 !, ], I, anC
inch
80 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
800 pounds brass kettles
500 wedding hoes
l75 hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, 7 feet in length
40 cross-cut saws, o feet in length
100 hand saw files
100 crOss-cut saw files
40 log chains, 10 weigh % pounds each
coo Whittemore cards, No. 10
700 quarter socket chisels
20 planes, fore and jack
Northwest Guns.
$50 Northwest guns, two thirds Of which mus
measure 80 inches in length Of barrel, anC
| one third ~ inches, 10 be delivered in tn,
| city of New York or Philadelphia, as may
be required.
Samples of all the above articles are deposited il
the office Of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
and il may be proper 70 remark that those of hard
ware, agricultural implements, and northwest gum
are entirely new, and of better quality than the
tices heretofore furnished under former contracts
| The proposals may be divided into four parts, viz
| lat. Blankets.
| ID Dry goods
3D. Hnrdwarc, to include agricultural nipple
| mcnt7, &c.
| Ith. Northwest guns
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re
ceiyc the whole any part of thc contract accord
ing 20 the above scale, the Department reserving t
| itsclf the right 70 determine whether the bidder i
| competent and responsible, or not
| The whole amount in money to be applied 10 On,
| purchase Of goods will be about $50 900 bat th
| Department reserves the right 10 increase or di
! minish the quantity Of any Of the articles named
substitute others in lieu thereof 10 require
| similar prices, such goods may be wanted 70
presents or other purposes, in the administration
| the affairs Of the Department. Goods Of America
manufacture, all other things being equal will b
preferred; but as all the samples Of blankets an,
cloths Of foreign manufacture, IL will be ncccs
| sary, when a domestic article is bid for, that
sample Of it should accompany the bid, 10 enabl
| the Department to decide whether IL is Of cqua
| quality with the samples 10 be exhibited
| The party proposing 70 supply the articles wi
make AN invoice Of all the items embraced in Ia
above let, and allix the prices in dollars and cent
at which he or they will furnish them, deverebl
in New York, (or If the contractor prefers it, abOu
| one half Of the quantity may be- delivered in ~
Louis, Missouri, free Of expense to the Government,
on or before the 18th day Of May next, assumin
the quantity Of each article specified in this ad
| vcrtscmcnt and extending the cost, making a
aggregate Of the whole invoice constituting IN
bid The goods will be inspected in New Gor
(and in 81 Louis, if any portion Of them should b
delivered thcrC) by agent Of the United State
who will be appointed by the Department for III
purpose and 81 ascertain the conformity Of the an
ticcs purchased with the samples exhibited, whc
the contract shall be made and with the terms
the contract ITSELF which shall contain clause thu
If the articles are not furnished within the tim
prescribed, or if they are Of insufficient quality /
the opinion Of the agent Aforesaid, and if with
five days after notice Of such insufficicncy IN
party shall not furnish others in lieu thereofof III
required quality, the United States shall be author
lied 10 pure hase them Of others and to charge an
increase Of price they may be compelled 10 pa
therefor, 10 the contractor who shall pay the sal
| ulH'ItH'e 10 Unt Dulifu Staus.
| Bonds will BE- required, in the amount Of the bid,
with two good surctcs the suflicicncy Of whom
be certified by United States Judge or DistriC
Attorney, for the faithful performance Of the con
tracts. Payment will be made after the contract
| completed and the delivery Of the goods IA afors
said 10 an agent Of the Department, upon a dup
| cate invoice certified by him
Communications to be marked " Proposals. fo
Indian gOOds.
The bid will BE- submitted with the followin
heading, and none will be received that are M
made IN the form and terms here prescribed:
- Cor We propose 10 furnish for The service ,
the Indian Department the following goods, at Ia
prices affixed TO them respectively, viz.
tIicrc insert the lst Of goods.)
Deliverable IN the city Of New York Tor St. Iouis
on ~ before the day Ji----- next; and in case d
the acceptsncc Of his proposals. the quantity beiny
prescribed by the Department. Tor WEI viii exc