The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-13

Dry Goods.
900 yards scarlet strouds
500 yards blue strouds
/ 500 yards fancy list cloth, blue
$50 yards fancy list cloth, scarlet
$50 yards fancy list cloth, green
l 900 yards gray list cloth, blue
5000 yards saved list cloth, blue
l 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 handkerchiefs
It's dozen black silk handkerchiefs
80 dozen 8-4 cotton shawls
50 dozen O. cotton shawls
DO dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen S-4 woollen shawls
Is 900 yards domestic calico
5000 yards English and French calico
200 yards Merrimack calico
$500 yards blue drilling
5000 yards Georgia stripes
1000 yards blue denims
900 yards cottonade
1000 yards domestic shirting, beached
$1,000 yards domestic shirting, unblcached
$1,000 yards domestic sheetng, unbleached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
1000 yards plaid linsey
800 yards flannels, assorted
900 flannel shirts
700 calico shirts
430 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos. ] to 30
so pounds sewing silk
700 pieces riband, assorted
1900 yards bed ticking
900 yards Kentucky jeans
500 yards sattinets
$50 gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese vermillion
20 dozen silk handkerchiefs, bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
Hardpue.
$50 pounds brass kettles
900 tin kettles
10 nests of japanned kettles, $ in nest
276 dozen butcher knives
%, 900 gun hints
% gross squaw avis
900 fish hooks
25 dozen fish lines
% 900 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors assorted
10 gross gun worms
IL dozen axes, to weigh from a to 5, pounds
so dozen half axes, TO weigh 81 pounds
"a dozen hatchets, to weigh pounds
agricultural Implements, &c.
73o axes, TO weigh from Il to 5. pounds
400 half axes, To weigh 81 pounds
200 hatchets, TO weigh pounds
200 drawing knives, ~ inches in length
100 augers, in equal proportions Of l. !, :, and
inch
$50 pairs names
100 pairs trace chains
800 pounds brass kettles
500 wedding hoes
IFS hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, 7 feet in length
40 cross-cut saws, feet In length
100 hand-saw files
100 cross-cut files
40 log chains, to weigh IS pounds each
coo Whittemore cards, No. 10
100 quarter socket chisels
80 planes, fore and jack
Northwest Guns.
measure 80 inches in length of barrel, and
| one third ~ inches, 70 BE- delivered in the
city Of New York or Philadelphia, 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 gun,
entirely new, and OF better quality than the
tcles heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be divided into four parts, viz
| LIST. Blankets.
ID. Dry goods
| Sd. Hardware, 70 include agricultural nipple
! ments, &c.
4th. Northwest guns.
| The lowest competent responsible bidder will re
ceive the whole or any part Of the contract accord
ing To the above scale, the Department reserving
itself the right 10 determine whether the bidder il
competent and responsible, or not
! The whole amount in money to be applied 10 th,
purchase Of goods will be about go 900, but tn,
| Department reserves the right TO increase d
| minish the quantity Of any Of the articles named
or substitute others in lieu thereof 10 require
similar prices, such goods may be wanted fol
presents other purposes, in the administration o
! the affairs Of the Department. Goods Of American
manufacture, all other things being equal, will b,
preferred; but as all the samples Of blankets anc
cloths are Of foreign manufacture, it will be
/ sary, when domestic article IL bid for, that
sample Of il should accompany the bid, 10 enable
/ the Department ~ decide whether il IL Of equa
/ quality with the samples TO be exhibited.
| The party proposing 70 supply the articles vii
above list and sffI the prices, in dollars and cents
! at which he or they will furnish them deliyerabl,
in New York, (Or If the contractor prefers IT, sbou
one half Of the quantity may be delivered in st
Louis, Missouri free Of expense 20 the Government
ON or before the 18th day Of May next, assuming
the quantity Of each article specified in this ad
! vertiscment, and extending the cost, making al
Aggregate OF the whole invoice constituting tn
bid. The goods will be inspected Ina New Yorl
(and in ~. Louis, II any portion Of them should b
/ delivered therel by agent Of the United States
who will be appointed by the Department for tn
purpose, and ~ ascertain the conformity Of the
ticles purchased with the samples exhibited whei
the contract shall be made, and with the terms O
the contract itself, which shall contain clause tina
! If the articles not furnished within the tim
prescribed, or If they Of insufficient quality il
the opinion Of the agent aforesaid, and If within
FIVE days after notice Of such insufficiency tn
party shall not furnish others in lieu thereof of tn
required quality, the United States shall be author
lzed % purchase them OF others and 10 charge an
| increase Of price they may b. compelled 70 pa
therefor, 10 the contractor, who shall pay the san
difference ~ the United States
Bonds will be required, in the amount Of the bids
| with two good sureties, the suficiency Of whom :
be certified by United State. 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 a. afOre
said 70 an agent Of the Department, upon a dupli
cate invoice certified by him.
Communications 20 be marked Proposals 70
Indian gUOds."
The bids will b. submitted with the follOVin,
heading, and none will be received that are 10
made in the form and terrns here prescribed
- (or we) propose 10 furnish for the service q
, the indian Department the following goods, At N
prices sfhIsd 70 them respectively, viz
There insert the list Of go,sd-.)
; Deiyersbt. ~ the city Of New York Tor ~ LON.
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