The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-31

| 1000 do gray list cloth, blue
5000 do saved list CLOTH blue
1000 do saved list cloth, scarlet
500 do saved list cloth, green
225 pounds worsted yarn, fold
100 dozen cotton flag handkerchief
$50 do cotton Madras handkerchiets
ITS do black silk handkerchief
80 do Sd cotton shawls
so do GA cotton shawls
65 do A cotton shawls
40 do S-4 woollen shawls
430 pounds linen thread
so do sewing silk
| 700 pieces ribbon, assorted
| $50 gross worsted gathering
"a pieces silk handkerchief, bark and bandanna
Class No. 3.--DoMEsTIc GOODS.
| 35 900 yards domestic calico
| 10 900 do Merrimac calico
| $500 do blue drilling
| 5000 do Georgia stripes
| 1000 do blue denims
| 900 do cottonade
1900 do bed ticking
900 do Kentucky jeans
500 do satinetts
| 1000 do plaid linsey
| 1000 do domestic shifting, bleached
| $4,000 do domestic shirting, unblcachcd
| Is 900 do domestic sheeting, unbleached
| 5000 do domestic checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
| 500 yards flannes, assorted
500 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
rs, 900 gun fints
rs gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
25, 900 needles
100 dozen combs assorted
10 do scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
l,090 tin kettles
10 nests, japanncd kettles, s in a nest
Class No. 5.-AGRIcULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
300 drawing knives ~ inches in length
700 augers. in equal proportions of !, l. 2, and
inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
1900 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 cav flcs
40 log chains to weigh 25 pounds each
600 Whittemore cards, No. 10
600 quarters socket ohisels
80 planes, fore and jack
Glass No. 6.-AxEs.
70 dozen axes, to weigh from a TO s.. pounds
SO do halfaxes, 70 weigh B. pounds
al do hatchets, to weigh pounds
25 broad axes
Class NO. l.-NORTHWE GUNS.
$50 northwest guns, two thirds Of which must mea-
sure 80 inches in length OF barrel, and one
third AZ inches in length Of barrel TO be de-
lvored in New York or Philadelphia, may
be required.
Samples Of all the above articles arc deposited in
the office Of the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs F;
and it may be proper to remark that those Of hard
ware, agricultural implements, and northwest guns
are entirely new, and Of better quality than the
ticles heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be divided into seven parts,
viz:
LIST. Blankets.
I'd. Dry goods.
81. Domestic goods
4th. Hardware.
9Th. Agricultural implements.
9th. Axes.
18th. Northwest guns
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re.
ceiye the whole any part Of the contract accord
ing TO the above SCALE the Department rescrviDg TO
itscf the right 70 determine whether the bidder IL
/ competent and responsible or not.
The whole amount in money 10 be applied 10 the
purchase Of goods will DO about 5 10000, but the
Department reserves the right 20 increase or d.
minish the quantity Of any Of the articles named,
substitute others in lieu thereof, 10 require, at
similar prices, such goods 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 as all the samples OF blankets and
cloths of foreign manufacture IL will be necos-
| sary, when domestic article is bid for, that
pie Of IL should accompany the bad, 10 enable the
| Department TO decide whether IL is Of equal quality
with the samples TO be exhibited.
The party proposing 70 supply the articles will
make invoice Of All the items embraced in the
above list, and aiK the prices in dollars and cents
at which he or they viii furnish them under each
class separately, deliverable in New York, (or II
the contractor prefers t. about one half Of the guam
tity may be delivered in ST. Louis, Missouri, free
\ Of expense 10 the GOvenment,) or before the
10Th day Of May next, assuming the quantity Of
each article ne specified n this advertisement, and
/ extending tho cost, making aggregate Of the
whole invoice constituting the bid The goods will
be inspected in New York (and in ST. Louis, IL any
portion Of them should be delivered there) by an
agent Of the United States, who will be appointed
by the Department for the purpose, and 10 ascertain
the conformity OF the articles purchased with the
samples exhibited, when the contract shall be made
and with the terms Of the contract ITSELF which shall
contain acause that II the articles not furnished
within the time prescribed II they arc of INSULT
Gent quality in the opinion Of the agent Aforesaid
and IT, 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 purchase them of others, and
To charge any increase Of price they may be com
PEELED to pay therefor TO 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 sufhcicncy Of whom TO
be certified by United States Judge or District
Attorney, for the faithful performance Of tine
tracts. Payment will be made after the contract
is completed and the dcliveryof the goods afore-
said TO an agent Of tho Department, upon n 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 viii be received that are not
made in the form and terms here prescribed
81 Tor WEI propose TO furnish for the service Of
the Indian Department the following goods, at the
prices affixed 20 them respectively, viz
(iiere insert the list OF goods
Deliverable in the city OF New York ~ st. Louis)
on or before the - day Of -- next; and in case Of
the acceptance OF his proposals, the quantity being
prescribed by the Department, ] Cor we) will exc
| cute contract according to this agreement, and