The republic., 1851-04-16

do best handmade super royal paper
plain, per ream
do best handmade royal paper. plain,
4 do best handmade, demi paper, plain,
do best hand made medium. paper, plain,
do best handmade, double cap paper,
plain, per ream
10 do blotting paper, royal, per resm
$1,000 pocket envelopes, Of white Or yeiow paper
Of the following 'iso'' vi'' 81 BY 81 inches
20 900 pocket envelopes. letter size per thousand
bushels black sand
600 cards steel pens. Department 70 have the
liberty Of selecting from all the different
kinds manufactured, foreign or domestic,
in the market, per card
10 gross Damascus pens in boxes, with one
dozen holders to each gross, per gross
. 100 gross other steel pens In boxes, with one
dozen holders 70 each .gross. Department
he rsn as Hs' ass: ss'ssns ls% S9ssn %
or domestic, In the Market per gross
IL dozen gold pens, Browns or equal. with sill
YER cases, pcr doxen
5000 opaque quills, No. 20, per thousand
i50 dozen Monroe's, or other manufacturs black
lead pencils. per dozen
~ do Cohcn's red lead pencils, per dozen
10 do beat red lead pencils, do
Is do 9-inch ivory folders, do
35s do red tape, (linen,) assorted sizes. per
rs do silk taste, assorted colors and widths.
in hanks, per dozen
do cocoa sand boxes, per dozen
do wafer stands or boxes, do
% do bottles Maynard & Noyes's, or equal
black ink. per quart bottle
80 do bottles Arnold's or equal red ink, per
$50 pounds red waters, hest, per pound
so do red pea waters. best. per pound
70 do best scarlet sealing wax, DO
dozen pump China inkstands. Per dozen
6 do letter stamps, ivory handles, per dozen
80 do penkniya1l Rodgers { SONS. 4blades,
do srs:ss. Dass Redss,. a: sons Is slsds Sssh ivo
do best paper; p.psl shears. s.inoh bl.d... per
do best paper shears, s-inch blades, per
do best scissors, 4-inch blade. per dozen
100 pounds linen swins. assorted siss', per pound
Each proposal must Be Be signed By sh. individual
or firm making it, and must specify price, and
but price for each and every description Of work
quired which are not enumerated, ihsy are to Be-
furnished at the lowest market prices, If the De-
partment shall see fit to order them from the con-
sS the nd 9s LOT @ and
then the Department may have the article furnished
by any other person or persons who will furnish it
at price lower than that demanded by the con-
tractor. Blank forms for proposals win be fur
nshed at the Department 70 persons applying for
them; and as without uniformity therein the De-
partment would find it difficult TO make decision,
mono will be taken into confederation unless SUBJ
stantially agresing Herewith. Ey
The Department reserves to itself the right Of or
derng greater less quantity of each, and every
article description of work contracted for, the
public service may require.
The head of the Department will in all cases de-
eide whether the terms of the contract have been
complied with, and reserves the power to annul the
contract upon any failure to comply in a reasona-
bic time. t s,iefs
Bonds. with approved security, are TO be given
by the person or persons contracting; and, in case
Of failure to supply tho articles, the contractor and
his suretes shall be liable for the forfeiture spcci
fed in such bond AZ liquidated damages.
The contract will be awarded 70 the lowest and best
bidder for each Of the three classes above enume-
rated the best bid to be determined after careful
examination for the purpose of ascertAining which
bid viii, in is practical results, be most advantage
Gus to the Department.
The Department reserves to itself tho rie&t IRE
cct any bid where It is apparent that paft the
articles work is bid for at very Low and 9par at
very high rates, without proper regard 70 the cost
Of each, for the purpose Of affecting the aggregate
of the bids under the estimate contained in the ad
vertisement N. X. HALL,
April 9-lawtd Postmaster General.