The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-25

49, 900 yards domestic calico
900 do Merrimac calico
$500 do blue drilling
3 900 do Georgia stripes
1000 do blue denims
1000 do cottonade
1890 do bed ticking
1000 do Kentucky jeans
500 do satinetts
1000 do plaid linsey
1000 do domestic shirting, bleached
$1,000 do domestic shirting, unbleached
$4,000 do domestic sheeting, unbleached
5000 do domestic checks, stripes, and paids
400 dozen wooen socks
i,599 yards fiannels, assorted
1900 flannel shirts
100 calico shirts
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton
Class No. 4.-HARDwARE.
1850 pounds brass kettles
276 dozen butcher knives
% 900 gun hints
25 gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
25 dozen fish lines
25, 900 needles
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 do scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
900 tin kettles
10 nests, japanned kettles, 8 in nest
Class No. 5.-AGRIcULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
900 drawing knives II inches in length
700 augers, in equal proportions of |, 7, and
inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
1900 wedding hoes
us hand saws
40 cross cut save, feet in length
40 cross-cut saws, feet in length
100 hand saw files
100 cross cut saw files
40 log chains, to weigh 25 pounds each
600 Whttemore cards, No. 10
600 quarters SOC et chisels
80 planes, fore and jack
Class No. 6.-AxEs.
70 dozen ares, to weigh from a. TO s! pounds
SO do halfaxes, to weigh 81 pounds
al do hatchets, to weigh pounds
25 broad axes
Class No. 7.-NoRrHwEsT Guns.
$50 northwest guns, two thirds of which must mea-
sure 30 inches in length Of barrel, and one
third ~ inches in length of barrel, TO be de-
livered in 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 I;
and IL may be proper to remark that those of hard
ware, agricultural implements, and northwest guns
entirely new, and of better quality than the
tices heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be divided into seven parts,
viz
let. Blankets
I'd Dry goods.
3D. Domestic goods.
sth. Hardware.
9Th. Agricultural implements.
9th. Axes.
It'll. Northwest guns.
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re-
ccive the whole or any part Of the contract accord
ing 20 the above SCALE the Department reserving to
itself the right 20 determine whether the bidder s
competent and responsible not.
Tho whole amount in money To be applied TO tho
purchase of goods will be about 100000, but the
Department reserves the right TO increase or di-
minish the quantity of any Of the articles named,
substitute others in lieu thereof 20 require, at
similar prices, such goods as 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; bat as all the samples of blankets and
cloths are OF foreign manufacture, ~ will be ncccs
sary when domestic article is bid for, that sam
pie Of II should accompany the bid 90 enable tho
Department TO decide whether IL is Of equal quality
with the samples TO be exhibited.
The party proposing 10 supply the articles will
make invoice Of all the items embraced in the
above list, and affK the prices, in dollars and cents,
at which he or they will furnish them under each
class separately, deliverable in New York, Cor IL
the contractor prefers it, about of the guam
tity may be delivered in st. Louis, Missouri, free
Of expense 10 the Goyernment,) on or before the
l5th day Of May next, assuming the quantity Of
each article az specified IN this advertisement, 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 II any
portion Of them should be delivered there) by
agent Oh tne Dnlleu Sthtcs, VINO Will DE appointed
by the Department for the purpose, and TO ascertain
the conformity OF the articles purchased with the
samples exhibited, when the contract shnll be made
and with the terms Of the contract itse which sha
contain clause that If the articles not furnshcd
within the time prescribed. if they of INSULT
cient quality in the opinion Of the agent aforesaid,
and If, within five days after notice Of such INSULT
cheney, the party shall not furnish others in lieu
thereof Of the required quality, the United States
shall be authorized to purchase them Of Others and
to charge any increase of price they may be com
PEELED 10 pay therefor TO the contractor, who shnu
pay the said difference TO the United States.
Bonds will be required in the amount OF the bids,
with two good surctos, the sufhciency OF whom to-
be certified by a United States Judge or 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 aiore-
said 10 an agent of the Department, upon dupli-
cate invoice certified by him.
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
tho Indian Department the following goods, at the
prices afli xed 20 them respectively, VIZ:
(HeTe insert the list OF goods
Deliverable in tho city of New York ~ 81. LOUISE
on or before the - day Of ---next and in osse Of
the acceptance of his proposals, the quantity being
prescribed by tho Department, Tor wo) will exc
cute contract according TO this agreement, and