The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-28

800 yards fancy list cloth, blue
$50 yards fancy list cloth, scarlet
$50 yards fancy list cloth, green
1000 yards gray list cloth, blue
5000 yards saved list cloth, blue
900 yards saved list cloth, scarlet
800 yards saved list cloth, green
225 pounds worstcd yarn, fold
100 dozen cotton flag handerchiefs
$50 dozen cotton Madras handkerchiels
IT'S dozen black silk handkerchief
90 dozen 81 cotton shawls
so dozen Cd cotton shawls
90 dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen S-4 woollen shaws
% 900 yards domestic calico
5000 yards English and French calico
10 900 yards Merrimack calico
$500 yards blue drilling
5000 yards Georgia stripes
1900 yards blue denims
900 yards cottonade
1000 yards domestic shirtng, bleached
5000 yards domestic shirting, unblcached
$1,000 yards domestic sheeting, unbeached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and paids
400 dozen woollen socks
1000 yards plaid linsey
500 yards iannels, assorted
500 flannel shirts
700 calico shirts
430 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton, Nos. to 80
so pounds sewing silk
100 pieces riband, assorted
1890 yards bed ticking
900 yards Kentucky jeans
500 yards sattnets
$50 gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese vermillion
20 dozen silk handkerchiefs, 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
276 dozen butcher knives
IS 900 gun hints
% gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
% 900 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
II dozen axes, to weigh from A to 8! pounds
so dozen half axes, to weigh 81 pounds
"a dozen hatchcts, TO weigh l pounds
.Agricultura! Implements, SC.
730 axes, to weigh from ~ TO 5! pounds
400 half axes, 10 weigh 81 pounds
200 hatchets, to weigh l ! pounds
25 broad axes
200 drawing knives, IL inches in length
700 augers, i'll equal proportions of !, /, 2, and
] inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
300 pounds brass kettles
500 wedding hoes
lis hand saws
40 cross cut saws, feet in length
40 cross-cut saws, feet in length
100 hand-saw files
100 cross-cut saw files
40 log chains, 10 weigh % pounds each
GOO Whittcmore cards, No 10
700 quarter socket chisels
80 planes, fore and jack
Northwest Guns.
$50 Northwest guns two thirds Of which must
measure 80 inches in length of barrel, and
one.thrd ~ inches % be delivered in the
city Of New York or Philadelphia, as may
be required.
Samples of all the above articles arc 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
ticcs heretofore furnished under former contracts.
The proposals may be divided into four parts, viz:
lst. Blankets.
ID. Dry goods.
Sd. Hardware, TO include agricultural implc-
ments, &c.
4th. Northwest guns
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re-
ceiye the whole or any part Of the contract accord
ing 10 the above scale, the Department reserving 10
itself the right 70 determine whether the bidder is
competent and responsible, or not
The whole amount in money 10 be applied 10 the
purchase Of goods will be about $50 900, but the
Department reserves the right 10 increase di-
minish the quantity Of any Of the articles named,
substitute others in lieu thereof or TO require at
similar prices, such goods az may be wanted for
presents or 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, IL will be neces
sary, when domestic article is bid for, that
. sample of ii should accompany the bid, 10 enable
the Department 10 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 ali the items embraced in the
above list and afiiK the prices in dollars and cents,
at which hc or they will furnish them, deliverable
in New York Tor If the contractor prefers IT, about
e-half Of the quantity may be delivered I'm st.
Louis Missouri, free Of expense 20 the Government
on or before the 10Th day Of May next assuming
the quantity of each article as specified in this adj
| vertiscmcnt, 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 clause that
If the articles arc not furnished within the time
prescribed If they are OF insufficient quality in
the opinion Of the agent aforesaid, and If within
five days after notice Of such insuficency the
party shall not furnish others in lieu thercofof the
required quality, the United States shall be author
lied 10 purchase them Of Others and to charge any
increase Of price they may be compelled 20 pay
therefor TO the contractor, who shall pay the said
difference To the United States.
Bonds will be required, in the amount of the bids
with two good sureties, the sufiiccncy Of whom TO
be certified by United States Judge or District
Attorney, for the faithful performance of the con.
tracts Payment will be made after the contract ia
completed and the delivery of the goods as afore.
said TO am agent Of the Department, upon a dupE-
| 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 we) propose 10 furnish for the service Of
the Indian Department the following goods, at the
prices affixed TO them respectively, vz
(IIerc insert the listo goods)
Deliverable in the city Of New York Tor ST. Louisa
on or before the - day IL next; and in case Of