The republic., 1851-06-11

will be forfeited J. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
May l3-lawl3w
STATIONERY, PRINTING, AND BINDING.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, June ., 1851.
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
- ceived at the office of the Secretary Of the
Navy until three O'Clock, p m, of Saturday, the
2Sth OF June instant for furnishing all the station
cry and executing all the printing and binding
that may be required by the Navy Department
and its several bureaus for the year commencing
the ist Of July, 1851, and ending on the 3oth Of
June, 1852.
All the articles furnished and work executed
must be of the best quality, delivered without de-
lay when ordered, and to the satisfaction Of the
head Of the Office for which they are required.
If it be required, each bidder for stationery must
furnish with his proposal a sample OF each article
bid for.
To ensure uniformity in the proposals, blank
forms will be furnished to those Usposed to bid;
and no bid will be considered which docs not fully
conform to the advertisement, and in which each
and every article is not bid for, and in which moro
than one price is named for any one article
Bonds III sufficient amount, with two more
approved surcties for the faithful execution Of the
contract, will be required Of the person persons
contracting The authorized names Of the surcties
that will be given, also satisfactory testimonials
70 fulfil the contract, must accompany the bid ;
otherwise it wiz not be considered.
The Department reserves to itself the right of or
dering greater or less quantity of each and every
article contracted for as the public service may
quire.
Should any article be required not enumerated
in the contract, il is to be furnished at the lowest
market price, according to its quality.
STATIONERY.
Writing Paper, Of linen stock.
reams folio post, blue or white satn finish,
faint lined. and trimmed, weighing
IL pounds per ream per rcam
do heavy. blue laid, despatch cap, hand
made, stop-ruled, weighing l6 lbs.
per ream, (Jessup Bros manu-
hcture) per rcam
Is do Jessup & ro.'slaid, hand made FOOLS
cap, ruled, blue or white, weighing
l3 pounds per ream per reaIn
10 do Owen Hurbut's wovc foolscap, blue
or white, ruled, weighing ~ pounds
per ream, or OF any other manufac-
ture of equal quality per ream
10 do Jossup & Bros frat class, hand made,
quarto post, wovc or laid, blue or
White, weighing 81 pounds per ream
per rcam
10 do PIatncr & Smiths extra superine, blue
white, laid or wove, Congress, 4to
post ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
ream per ream
20 do Crane s. Co.'s extra superfne, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
8. pounds per per ream
20 do best yellow or buff envelope
paper, royal, flat, weigh
ing "a pounds per rcam do
do best sup roy. writing paper do
do note paper,'gilt edged do
70 do copying or tissue paper, 4te
post do
10 do copying or tissue paper,
foolscap do
$50 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by 27 inches,
per sheet
100 yards tracing cloth, per yard
100 sheets best prepared parchment, IA by IS in
ches, per sheet
reams blotting paper, royal, per rcam
oo quires patent blotting paper, medium, per
quire
$50 sheets drawing paper "Whatman's Tur-
key Mills from medium to anti
quarian, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size, per 900
l,so0 do do note size, do
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, S3 by inches,
per 1000
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, S. by 8. in
ches per $50
$50 patent clothline envelopes, 81 by 3, in
10000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern, Of
fetal size, per 200
5000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern.
letter size per 900
20 gross steel pens, on cards or in boxes, (the
Department to have the liberty of &C.
lecting from all the differ cnt kinds man
ufacturcd, English or Amcrican)
per gross
100 cards Perry's pens, assorted per card
do engineers pens do
5 do lithographic pens do
"a gold pens, large size, with silver holders,
best manufacture per pen
20 quarts Princes record and copying ink"
in bottles per quart
10 quarts Maynard & Noycs's black ink, in bot
tics per quart
So quarts beat London copying ink, Arnods
or Terry's per quart
quarts blue ink do
2 dozen ounce bottles Perrine, Guyott &. Co.'s
superine carmine per bottle
200 swan quills, best quality per 100
1000 Cuills No. 50, opaque or clarified
per hundred
100 crow brandt quills do
rs dozen red tape, No. Is to 25 per dozen
do silk taste do
do penknives, Rodgers's best, pearl
handles, large size, 4 blades do
do crasers, large size, ivory ham
dies, in cases, Rodgerss best do
do pairs of shears and scissors do
2 do 9-inch ivory folders do
do Carrington's parallel rulers do
do sand boxes. cocoa wood do
2 do wafer stands do do
do pouncc boxes do do
do do ivory do
: do wafer stamps, ivory handles do
10 do black lead pencils, Faber's best,
do bcat American drawing pencils,
assorted do
| do Cohen's red lead pencils do
, do sable brushes, assorted do
2 do cameps hair brushes, assorted do
do cut glass inkstands, % inches square,
plain or piared per dozen
do sticks beet India ink per stick
80 pounds extra superfne scarlet seal
ing per h.
- do second quality scaling wax do
rs do bestquality waters do
10 do best white gum arabic do
3 do best pounce do
10 do best hemp twine do
10 do best linen twinc do
1000 large Office waters for Department seal, per
thousand
"a paper weights of brass, composition, or lead,
per weight
90 quarts beat black sand per quart
pounds best prepared India rubber per lb.
do unpreparcd do do
PRINTING.
1000 copies Of Navy Register, in BREWER type,
about $50 pages on folio post, Svo, mostly
rule-and figure work, with blue printed