The republic., 1851-04-09

4 do best hand made super royal pape
plain per ream
do best hand made royal paper, plain
do best handmade, dcmi paper. plain
per rSaIn
do best hand made medium paper, plain,
per ream
do best hand made, double cap paper,
plain, per ream
10 do blottng paper, royal, per rcam
10000 pocket envelopes. of white or yellow paper
OF the following sizes, viz; 81 by 81 inches,
10000 pocket envelopes. letter size, per thousand
bushels black sand
600 cards steel pens. Department TO have the
liberty Of selecting from all the different
kinds manufactured, foreign 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 to each gross. Department
to have the liberty of selecting from all
the different kinds manufactured, foreign
or domestic, in the market, per gross
IL dozen gold pens, Browns equal, with sil
vcr cases. per dozen
1000 Opaque quills, No. &C. per thousand
l50 dozen Monroe's, or other manufacture black
lead pencils, per dozen
% do Cohcn's red lead pencils, per dozen
10 do best red lead pencils, do
Is do 9.inch ivory folders. do
1853 do red tape, (linen,) assorted sizes, per
dozen
25 do silk taste, assorted colors and widths
in hanks, per dozen
do cocoa sand-boxes, per dozen
3 do wafer stands or boxes, do
% do bottles Maynard & Noycs's, equal
black ink, per quart bottle
30 do bottles Arnold's or equal red ink, per
half-pint bottle
$50 pounds rcd waters, hest, per pound
so do red pea waters, best, per pound
% do best scarlet scaling wax, do
do prepared India.rubber do
dozen pump China inkstands, per dozen
do letter stamps, ivory handles, per dozen
80 do penknives, Rodgers Sons. blades,
. buck handles, genuine, per dozen
do crasers, Rodgers * Sons, blade, ivo-
ry handle, genuine
do best paper shears, 6-inch blades, per
! do best paper shears, 9-inch blades, per
dozen
J do best scissors, 4nch blade per dozen
100 pounds linen twine, assorted sizes, per pound
$50 do cotton do do do
Each proposal mus. be signed by the individual
or firm making it, and must specify price, and
but one price for each and every description of work
and article required. Should any articles be
quired which not enumerated, they are to be
furnished at the lowest market prices, il the De-
partment shall see fit to order them from the con-
tractor having the contract for similar articles and
if the contractor and the Department do not agree,
then the Department may have the article furnished
by any other person persons, who will furnish 1t
at price lower than that demanded by the con-
tractor. Blank forms for proposals will be fur
nisbed at the Department TO persons applying for
them; and as without uniformity therein the De-
partment would find it difficult to make decision,
none will be taken into consideration unless SUBJ
stantially agreeing Herewith.
The Department reserves to itself the right Of or
dering 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 q reasona-
bic time.
Bonds, with approved security, are TO be given
by the person persons contracting; and, in case
Of failure to supply the articles the contractor and
his suretes shall be liable for the forfeiture spcci
fed in such bond as liquidated damages.
The contra twill be awarded to the lowest and best
bidder for each of the three classes above cnume-
rated, the best bid to be determined after careful
examination for the purpose of ascertaining which
bid will, in its practical results, be most advantage
Gus to the Department.
The Department reserves to itself the right to
ject any bid whero it is apparent that part Of the
articles or work is bid for very low and part ut
very high rates, without proper regard to the cost
of each, for the purpose of affecting the aggregate
of the bids under the estimate contained in the ad-
vertiscment. N. X. HALL,
April 9-lawtd Postmaster General.