The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-19

225 pounds worsted yarn, fold
100 dozen cotton flag handerchiefs
$50 dozen cotton Madras handlkerchiefs
IT'S dozen black silk handkerchief
80 dozen S-4 cotton shawls
so dozen Ga cotton shawls
90 dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen Sd 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
900 yards cottonade
1000 yards domestic shirting, bleached
$4,000 yards domestic shirting, unblcached
10000 yards domestic sheeting, unbleached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
900 yards plaid lnsey
$500 yards iannels, assorted
800 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
1890 yards bed ticking
900 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
Hardware.
l,7S0 pounds brass kettles
] 900 tin kettles
76 nests of japanned kettles, s in nest
go dozen butcher knives
IS 900 gun fints
% 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
10 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.
1870 axes, to weigh from A to 81 pounds
400 half axes, TO weigh 81 pounds
200 hatchets, TO weigh / pounds
rs broad axes
200 drawing knives, II inches in length
200 augers, in equal proportions of !, !, z, and
inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
300 pounds brass kettles
| 500 wedding hoes
l75 hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, Z feet in length
40 cross-cut saws, o feet in length
100 hand saw files
100 cross-cut saw files
40 log chains, to weigh IS pounds each
600 Whittemore cards, No 10
700 quarter socket chsels
80 planes, fore and jack
Northwest Guns.
$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 or 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 70 remark that those Of hard
ware, agricultural implements, and northwest guns
entirely new, and Of better quality than the ar
ticles heretofore furnished under former contracts.
The proposals may be divided into four parts, viz:
LIST Blankets.
ID. Dry goods.
3D.. Hardware, to include agricultural imple-
ments, &c.
4th. Northwest guns.
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re-
ceive the whole any part Of the contract accord
ing % the above SCALE the Department reserving 10
itself the right 10 determine whether the bidder Is
competent and responsible, or not.
The whole amount in money TO be applied 10 the
purchase Of goods will be about $4,000, but the
Department reserves the right 10 increase or di-
minish the quantity OF any Of the articles named,
substitute others in lieu thereof 70 require, at
similar prices, such goods as 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 will be neccs-
sary, when a domestic article is bid for, that a
the Department TO decide whether IL is Of equal
quality with the samples TO be exhibited
The party proposing 10 supply the articles will
make an invoice Of all the items embraced in the
above list and aff1 the prices in dollars and cents,
at which he or they will furnish them, deliverable
in New York Cor If the contractor prefers IT, about
one-half Of the quantity may be delivered IN st.
Louis, Missouri, free Of expense TO the Governmcnt,)
on or before the 18th day Of May next, assuming
the quantity Of each article specified in this adj
vertsemcnt, 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 10 ascertain the conformity OF the
ticles purchased with the samples exhibited, when
the contract shall be made, and with the terms Of
the contract ITSELF which shall contain a clause that
if the articles are not furnished within the time
prescribed, or if they Of insufficient quality in
the opinion Of the agent aforesaid, and If within
hvc days after notice Of such lnsufhciency 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, and 20 charge any
increase Of price they may be compelled TO pay
therefor N 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 10
be certified by United States Judge District
Attorney, for the faithful performance of the con-
tracts. Payment will be made after the contract is
completed and the delivery OF the goods as afore.
said 70 an agent Of the Department, upon dupli-
cate invoice certified by him.
Communications to be marked Proposals for
Indian goods"
The bids will be submitted with the following
heading, and none will be received that are not
made in the form and terms here prescribed:
81 Tor WEI propose 10 furnish for the service Of
the Indian Department the following goods, at the
prices affixed TO them respectively, viz:
(Iiere insert the list Of goods.)
Deliverable in the city Of New York Tor Sc Jouis)
on or before the - day of--neytj and in Of
the acceptance OF his proposals. the quantity being
pnscribed by the Department, Tor we) will exc