The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-16


$4,000 do domestic shirting, unbleached
$1,000 do domestic eheetng, unbleached
5000 do domestic checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen wooen socks
/ 500 yards fanncls, assorted
ZOO flannel shirts
100 calico shirts
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton
Glass No. 4-HARDwARE.
1850 pounds brass kettles
276 dozen butcher knives
2S 600 gun hints
% gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
25 dozen fish lines
5000 needles
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 do scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
/ 900 tin kettles
10 nests, japanned kettles, S in nest
Class No. 5.--AGRIcULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
300 drawing knives u inches in length
700 augers, in equal proportions Of I! l, 2, and }
inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
1900 wedding hoes
us hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, 7 feet in length
40 cross-cut saws, feet in length
100 hand saw files
100 cross cut saw files
40 log chains. to weigh % pounds each
COO Whittemorc cards No. 10
600 quarters socket chiscls
80 planes, fore and jack
Class No. G.-AxEs.
70 dozen axes, to weigh from 4 TO 81 pounds
50 do half axes, TO weigh g. pounds
IL do hatche;s, to weigh pounds
25 broad axes
Class No. 7.-NoRTHwEs GUS.
$50 northwest guns two. thirds Of which must mea-
sure SO inches in length of barrel, and one
third ~ inches in length Of BARREL to be de-
liyered 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 !;
and il 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
ticles heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals may be divided into seven parts,
viz:
Let. Blankets.
ID. Dry goods
Sd. Domestic goods.
ath. Hardware.
9Th. Agricultural implements.
9th. Axes.
9TH. Northwest guns
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re-
ceive the whole any part Of the contract accord
Jog to the above scale the Department rescryng TO
itself The right 10 determine whether the bidder s
competent and responsible or not.
The whole amount IN money TO be applied 10 the
purchase Of goods will be about $50 900, but the
Department rcscrNc5 the Tlgut 10 increase or dl-
iniuish the quantity Of any Of the articles named
or substitute others in lieu thereof require at
similar prices, such goods as may be wanted for
presents other purposes, in the administration of
the afiars Of the Department. Goods Of American
manufacture, all other things being equal, will be
preferred bot as all the samples OF blankets and
cloths Of foreign manufacture, il will be neces-
sary, when domestic article ia bid for, that a
pic Of it should accompany the bid, to enable the
Department 70 decide whether II ia 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 aiiix 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 half of the guam
tity may be delivered in St Louis, Missouri, free
Of expense to the Government) or before tho
5th 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, 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 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 clause that If the articles are notfurnshed
within the time prescribed, or II they arc OF nsuff
Gent quality in the opinion Of the agent Aforesaid
and H. within five avs after notice Of such INSULT.
cheney, the party shall not furnish others in lieu
thereof Of the required quality, the United States
shall DC authorized 10 purchase them OF others, and
70 charge any increase OF price they may be com
PEELED To pay therefor 60 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 suthciency OF whom to
be certified by a United States Judge or District
Attorney, for the faithful performance of the
tracts. Payment will be made after the contract
s completed and the delivery Of the goods as afore-
said 10 agent Of the Department, upon dupli-
cate invoice certified by hun.
Communications TO be marked Proposals for
Indian goods"
The bids will be submitted with the following
heading, and none will be received that arc 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, viz:
(Here insert the list OF goods
Deliverable in the city of New York Jr st. Louis)
on before the - day Of - next; and in Gaze Of
the acceptance Of his proposals, the quantity being
prescribed by the Department, Tor WEI will exc
cute contract according to this agreement, and