The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-02

$50 yards fancy list cloth, green
1000 yards gray list cloth, blue
5000 yards saved list cloth, blue
600 yards saved list cloth, scarlet
500 yards saved list cloth, green
225 pounds worsted yarn, 3 fold
100 dozen cotton flag handerchiefs
$50 dozen cotton Madras handkerchief
lis dozen black silk handkerchiefs
80 dozen 81 cotton shawls
so dozen 6-4 cotton shawls
90 dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen S-4 woollen shaws
$4,000 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
900 yards cottonade
1000 yards domestic shirting, bleached
5000 yards domestic shirting, unbeached
$4,000 yards domestic sheeting, unbleached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
1000 yards plaid linsey
800 yards hannels, assorted
900 flannel shirts
100 calico shirts
430 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos l. 10 30
50 pounds sewing silk
100 pieces rband, assorted
300 yards bed ticking
900 yards Kentucky jeans
500 yards sattinets
so gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese yermillion
20 dozen silk handkerchief, bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
Hudlpue.
$50 pounds brass kettles
090 tin kettles
76 nests of japanned kettles, 5 in a nest
276 dozen butcher knives
2s 900 gun fints
rs gross squaw avis
Z, 200 fish hooks
25 dozen fish lines
5000 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
y dozen axes, to weigh from A to 5, pounds
80 dozen half axes, To weigh g. pounds
"a dozen hatchets, TO weigh ! pounds
agricultural Implements, Sc.
100 axes, to weigh from Il to 5. pounds
400 half axes, To weigh 81 pounds
300 hatchets, 10 weigh pounds
% broad axes
300 drawing knives IL inches in length
700 augers, in equal proportions Of !, l, Z, and
] inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
800 pounds brass kettles
800 wedding hoes
IFS hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, 7 feet in length
40 cross-cut SAVE, feet in length
100 hand saw files
100 cross-cut saw files
40 log chains, u weigh 25 pounds each
600 WhittemOre cards, No. 10
100 quarter socket chises
30 planes fore and jack
Northwest Guns.
$50 Northwest guns, two thirds Of which must
measure 80 inches in length of barrel, and
third ~ inches, 20 be- delivered in the
city of Norfolk 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 20 remark that those OF hard
ware, agricultural implements, and northwest guns
are entirely new, and Of better quality than the
tcles heretofore furnished under former contracts.
The proposals may be divided into four parts, viz:
lst Blankets.
ID. Dry goods.
Sd. Hardware, 20 include agricultural implc-
ments, &c.
4th. 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 reserving 10
itself the night 70 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 Sg00O0, but the
Department reserves the right ~ increase or di-
minish the quantity Of any Of the articles named,
substitute others in lieu thereof 10 require, at
similar price,, such gOods a. 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 all the samples Of blankets and
cloths OF foreign MANUFACTURE, II VIII De- neCes
sary when a domestic article IL bid for that a
sample Of il should accompany the bid, 10 enable
the Department % decide whether IL il " equal
quality with the samples 10 BE- exhibited.
The party proposing "a supply the articles will
make an invoice OF all the items embraced in the
above list, and sf1 the prices, in dollars and cent?,
at which he or they will furnish them, deliverable
in New York Tor II the contractor prefers II, about
one-half of the quantity may BE- delivered in ST.
Louis Missouri. free Of expense To the Government
on or before the 18th day Of May next, assuming
the quantity of each article a. specified in tins ad-
yertisement. 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 VI them should BE-
delivered tbere) by agent OF the United States,
who will be- appointed by the Department for the
purpo-e and 10 ascertain the Conformity Of the ar
iicles purchased with the samples exhibited, when
the contract shall be made, and with the terms Of
the contract itself, which shall contain clause that
II the ARTICLES not furnished within the time
prescribed, II they of insufficient quality in
the opinion q the agent aforesaid, and If within
hive days after notice Of such lnsufhcicncy the
party shall not furnish others In lieu thereof of the
required quality, the United States shall be author
lied 10 purchase them Of others, aud 20 charge any
increase Of prlce they may be compelled % pay
therefor, TO inc contractor who shall pay the said
difference ~ the United State
Bonds will be required, in the amount Of the bids
with two good surcties, the sufhcien of whom IA
be- certified by United States Judge or District
Attorney for the faithful Performance # Tho con.
tracts Payment will be made after the contract 4
completed and the delivery Of the good. a. sf,re
said 70 an agent Of the Department, upon a duuli.
cate invoice certified by him.
Communications 10 be marked " PrOposals Coz
Indian goods"
The bids will b. submitted with the folloVin,
heading, and none will be received that are No
made in the form and terms here prescribed:
81 Tor we) propose 70 furnish for the service
the Indian Department the following goods, at IA
prices affixed 20 them respectively, viz
Here insert the list Of goods
Deliverable in the city Of New York Tor ST. Louis
on or before the day Of next; and in case (