Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-10-31

$500 do fancy list cloth, blue
7s0 do fancy list cloth, scarlet
$50 do fancy list cloth, green
1000 do gray list cloth, blue
5000 do saved list cloth, blue
1900 do saved list cloth, scarlet
500 do saved list cloth, green
c25 pounds worsted yarn, 3 fold
100 dozen cotton flag handkerchiefs
$50 do cotton Madras handkerchiefs
IT'S do black silk handkerchiefs
80 do Sd cotton shaws
so do Ga cotton shawlS
IS do a. cotton shawls
20 do Ga woollen shawls
$50 pounds linen thread
50 do sewing silk
TOO pieces ribbon, assorted
$50 gross worsted gathering
34pieces silk handherchiefs, bark and bandanna.
Class No. 3.-DoMEsrIc GooDs.
$1,000 yards domestic calico
10000 do Merrimac calico
$500 do blue drilling
5000 do Georgia stripes
1000 do blue denims
$500 do cottonade
1900 do bed ticking
1000 do Kentucky jeans
500 do satinetts
1000 do plaid linsey
1000 do domestic shifting, bleaChed
$1,000 do domestic shifting, unbleached
$4,000 do domestic sheeting, hnbleached
5000 do domestic checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
1880 yards lannels, assorted
1900 flannel shirts
TOO calico shirts
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton
Class No. 4.--HARDwARE.
1850 pounds brass kettles
276 dozen butcher knives
$4,000 gun Hints
IS gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
rs dozen fish lines
$4,000 necIlcs
100 dor combs, assorteu
10 doz scissors, assor'eo
go TN Kettles sarma
Is nests japanned kettles, in nest
Glass No. 5.-AGRIcULTURAL IMrLE-
MENrs.
400 drawing knives, IL inches in length
TOO augurs, in equal proportions VI IL, l, al,
aud Ia inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
1900 wedding hoes
l75 hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, Z feet in length
40 Cross-cut saws, tcet III length
100 hand saw files
100 cross-cut saw files
40 log chains, to weigh 25 pounds each
600 Whittemore cards, No. 10.
500 quarters socket chiselS
90 planes, fore and jack
Glass No. 6.-AxEs.
IS.
81 do half axes, to weigh 3 l-a pounds
IL do hatchets, to weigh l-2 pounds
26 broad axes
Class No. 7.-NoRruwEsr Guns.
$50 northwest guns, two-thirds Of which must me
ure IS inches in length of barrel, and one
third AZ inches in length of barrel, to be de-
hsered 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 !;
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 ar
tclss heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be divided into seven parts,
viz:
LIST. Blankets.
cd. Dry goods.
Sd. Domestic goods,
4th. Hardware.
9th. Agricultural implements.
9Th. Axes.
It'll. Northwest guns.
Inc lowest competent responsible bidder will
receive the whole any part Of the cont act ac-
cordng to the above scale, the Department reserv-
ing TO itself the right to deter the bid
der is competent and responsible or not.
The whole amount in money to be applied to the
purchase of goods will be about 500. 900, bu, the
Department reserves the right to increase or di-
minsh the quantity Of any of the articles named, or
substitute others in lieu thereof, require al
similar prices, such goods as may be wanted for
presents or other purposes, in the administration
Of the affairs Of the Department. Goods of Amer
lean manufacture, all other things being equal viii
be preferred but all the samples of blankets and
cloths are offoreign manufacture, it will be necos-
safy, when dome site article is bid for, that sam
pie off should accompany the bid, to enable the !
Department to decide whether it is of equal quail
~ with the samples to be exhibited. |
The party proposing to supply the articles viii |
make an invoice Of all the items embraced in the |
above list and aiiix tho prices in dollars and cents
at which he or they will furnish them under each |
class separately, deliverable in New York, for If
the contractor prefers il, about one-har OF the |
quantity may be delivered i'll st Louis, Missouri
free Of expense to the Government,) on or before
the 18th day of May next, assuming the quantity of
each article specified in this ADVERT semen and
extending the cost, making an aggregate Of The |
whole inv dice constituting the bid The goods will |
be inspected in New York (and in st Loais, 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 ascer-
tain 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 clause that if the articles are
not furnished within the time prescribed, or il
they of efficient quality in the opinion of the
agent Aforesaid, and if within five days after notice
Of such insuficiency 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 compelled to pay therefor 10 the contrac-
Tor, who shall pay the said difference to the Unit
ed States.
Bonds will be required in the amount of the bids,
with two good sureties, the suficiency of whom
70 be certified by United States Judge or District
Attorney, for the faithful performance OF the con.
racts. Payment will be made after the contract
completed and the delivery OF the goods as aforc
laid To an agent of the Department, upon dupli-
ate invoice certified by him.
Communications 70 be marked ssproposals for
indian goods"
The Kids will be submitted with the fo,,ow;,,
eading, and none will be received that are not
,adc In the form and terms here prescribed.
III (or wei propose to furnish for the service Of
,e Indian Department the following goods, at the
rices affixed to them respectively, viz:
(Here insert the list of goods.)
eiiverable in the city Of New York Tor st LOUISE