The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-12

TOO pieces ribbon, assorted
$50 gross worstcd gathering
"a pieces silk handkerchief, bark and bandanna
Class No. 3-DoMEsTIc GOODS.
80 900 yards domestic calico
10 900 do Merrimac calico
3 500 do blue drilling
5000 do Georgia stripes
1900 do blue denms
600 do cottonade
1900 do bed ticking
900 do kentucky jeans
500 do satinetts
1000 do plaid linsey
Z 900 do domestic shifting, bleached
Is 900 do domestic shrting, unbeached
$4,000 do domestic sheeting, unbleached
1000 do domestic checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
800 yards hannels, assorted
900 flannel shirts
700 calico shirts
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton
Glass No 4.-HARpwARE.
1850 pounds brass kettles
go dozen butcher knives
IS 900 gun fiints
% gross squaw avis
7 900 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
% 900 needles
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 do scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
900 tin kettles
70 nests, japanncd kettles, in nest
Class No 5.-AGRIcULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
200 drawing knives II inches in length
700 augers in equal proportions of / J, l, Z, and
inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
1900 wedding hoes
l75 hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, : feet in length
40 s-cut saws, feet in length
100 hand-saw files
100 cross cut saw files
40 log chains, to weigh 25 pounds each
COO Whittemorc cards, No. 10
600 quarters socket chisels
80 planes, fore and jack
Class No. 6.-AxEs.
70 dozen axes, to weigh from q, to 5, pounds
SO do half axes, to weigh g. pounds
IL do hatchets, to weigh pounds
% broad axes
Class No. 7.-NoRTHwEsT GuEs.
$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-
livered in New York or Philadelphia, may
be required.
Samples of all the above articles are deposited in
the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs I;
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
tices heretofore furnished under former contracts.
The proposals may be divided into seven parts,
viz
lst Blankets.
ID. Dry goods.
81. Domestic goods.
4th. Hardware.
9TH. Agricultural implements.
9th. Axes.
9TH. 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 reserving to
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 to increase or di-
minish the quantity of any OF the articles named,
or substitute others in lieu thereof TO 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 but as all the samples of blankets and
cloths Of foreign manufacture 1t will be neces
sary when domestic article Is bid for, that sam
pic Of il should accompany the bid, TO enable the
Department TO decide whether IL is Of equal quality
with the samples to be exhibited.
| The party proposing to supply the articles will
make an invoice of all the items embraced in the
above list and aix the prices, in dollars and cents,
| at which he or they will furnish them under each
class separately, deliverable in New York, Cor If
the contractor prefers it, about one half of thoquan
tty may be delivered in ST. Louis, Missouri, free
| of expense to the Govcrnmcnt,) on or before the
| l5th day Of May next, assuming the quantity OF
each article 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, If 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 TO ascertain
the conformity or the articles 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 articlesare notfurnished
within the time prescribed, If they are OF INSULT
cient quality in the opinion OF the agent aforesaid,
and II, 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 to 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 suretes, the suthciency OF whom TO
be certified by United States Judge or District
Attorney, for the faithful performance of the con-
il completed and the delivery OF the goods az afore
said to 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 ia the form and terms here prescribed:
81 Tor WEI propose to furnish tor the service OF
the Indian Department the following goods, at the
prices affixed TO them respectively, viz
(Here insert the list of goods
Deliverable in the city of New York .r ST. LOUISE
on or before the day of - next; and in of
the acceptance Of his proposals, the quantity being
prescribed by the Department, Tor WEI will exc
cute contract according TO this agreement, and