The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-26

blankets, to measure "a by Go inches, and
weigh six pounds
DRY Goods.
900 yards scarlet strouds
800 yards blue strouds
l,SO0 yards fancy list cloth, blue
$50 yards fancy list cloth, scarlet
$50 yards fancy list cloth, green
200 yards gray list cloth, blue
5000 yards saved list cloth, blue
900 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 handkerchief
IT'S dozen black silk handkerchief
80 dozen Sd cotton shawls
so dozen ga cotton shawls
65 dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen S-4 woolen shawls
% 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
500 yards cottonade
1000 yards domestic shirting, bleached
$4,000 yards domestic shirting, unbeached
$1,000 yards domestic sheeting, unbleached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
1000 yards plaid linsey
l,500 yards flannels, assorted
900 flannel shirts
700 calico shirts
400 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos. to 30
so pounds sewing silk
700 pieces riband, assorted
1890 yards bed ticking
900 yards Kentucky jeans
500 yards sattinets
$50 gross worsted garterng
200 pounds Chinese vermillion
20 dozen silk handkerchiefs, bark and Bandana
$50 gross fancy and clay pipes
Hardware.
l,7SO pounds brass kettles
900 tin kettles
10 nests of japanned kettles, 8 in a nest
30 dozen butcher knives
IS 900 gun iints
% gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
p, 900 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
10 gross gun
Y dozen axes, to weigh from A to 8, pounds
80 dozen half axes, TO weigh 81 pounds
"a dozen hatchets, to weigh " pounds
Horticultural Implements, &c.
1879 axe axes, to weigh from i to d pounds
! 200 hatchets, to weigh pounds
% broad axes
200 drawing knives, u inches in lsngth
700 augers, in equal proportions Of | !, l, 7, and
inch
$50 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 cross-cut saws, feet in length
100 hand-saw files
100 cross-cut saw files
40 log chains, to weigh Is pounds each
600 Whittcmore cards, No. 10
100 quarter socket chisels
30 planes, fore and jack
Northwest Cans.
$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, may
be- required
Samples of all the above articles arc deposited in
the Office Of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs;
and II may be proper 20 remark that those Of hard
ware, agricultural implements, and northwest guns
are entirely new and Of better quality than the ar
ticles heretofsre furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be divided into four parts, viz:
lst Blankets.
ID. Dry goods.
3D.. Hardware, to include agricultural nipple
ments, &c
9TH. Northwest guns
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re-
ceve the whole any part Of the contract accord
ing 10 the above scale the Department rcservinr n
itself the right 70 determine whether the bidder il
competent and responsible, or not.
The whole amount in money TO be applied 10 the
purchase Of goods will be about S90,0O0, but the
/ Department reserves the right 10 increase or d.
mnish the quantity Of any Of the articles named
or substitute others in lieu thereof. to require al
similar prices, such goods as may be wanted for
presents or other purposes in the administration
I the affairs Of the Department Goods OF American
! manufacture, all other things being equal, will b,
preferred; but all the samples Of blankets and
cloths Of foreign manufacture, it will be
/ sary, when a domestic article IL bid for, that
sample Of il should accompany the bid, to enable
! the Department 81 decide whether II Is Of equa
/ quality with the samples to be exhibited.
The party proposing 10 supply the articles vii
make an invoice Of all the items embraced in tn,
above list and afhx the prices, in dollars and cents
at which he or they will furnish them, deliverable
In New York, Tor II the contractor prefers IT, abou
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 assumin,
the quantity Of each article specified in this ad
yertisement, and extending the cost, making al
aggregate Of the whole invoice constituting tn
bid. The goods will be inspected in New YorI
land in ~. Louis, If any portion Of them should b
delivered there) by agent Of the United States
who will be appointed by the Department for th
purpose, and ~ ascertain the conformity of the
ticles purchased with the samples exhibited, wiri
the contract shall be made, and with the terms O
the contract itself which shall contain clause tina
if the articles are not furnished within the tim
prescribed, IL they Of insufficient quality il
the opinion Of the agent aforesaid, and If within
five days after notice Of such nsufiiciency III
party shall not furnish others in lieu thereof Of th
required quality the United States shall be author
lied 10 purchase them Of others, and to charge an.
increase Of price they may be compelled to pa,
therefor, TO The contractor who shall pay the
difference ~ the United States.
Bonds will b. required, in the amount Of the bids
with two good sureties the sufhciency 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 az sfore
said 70 an agent Of the Department. upon duph
cate invoice certified by him.
Communication 10 be marked Proposals 10
Indian ROOds."
The bids will be submitted with the following
heading, and will be received that are no
made in the form and terms here prescribed
81 Cor we) propose 70 furnish for the service 0
the Indian Department the following goods, at tn
prices afhxed 70 them respectively, viz
(liere insert the list Of goods.)
Deliverable IL the city Of New York Tor ~. Louis
on or before the ~ day If next; and in case O
the acceptance Of his proposals, the quantity being
prescribed BY the Department, Tor we) will exc