The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-08

300 pairs 81 point Gentinella blue blankets, to
measure 81 by Sc, and weigh 6pounds.
Glass No. 2.-Dry Goods
500 yards scarlet strouds
500 do blue do
1000 do fancy list blue cloth '. ..
$50 do do green do
5000 do gray list blue do
1000 yards sared list blue cloth
IT'S do green do
sis pounds worsted yarn, fold
65 dozen cotton flag handkerchiefs
80 do do Madras do
so do black silk do
SO do 8 cotton shawls
25 do Ga do
80 do ga woollen 10
600 pounds linen thread
20 do sewing silk
800 pieces ribbons, assorted
IS gross worsted gathering
80 pieces silk handkerchief
30, 900 yards calico
II, 900 do Merimac calico
$500 do blue drilling
1000 do Georgia stripes
5000 do blue denims
1900 do cottonade
5000 do bed ticking
900 do Kentucky jeans
1000 do satinetts
| 5000 do plaid linsey
| $500 do domestic shirtng, beached
| $4,000 do do do unbeached
| 5000 do do sheeting, do
| 5000 do checks. stripes, and plaids
200 dozen woollen socks
| 1900 yards fannels, assorted
1000 flannel shirts
| 800 calico shirts
GOO pounds cotton thread
| 400 dozen spool cotton.
Glass No. 3.-Hard,care and Agricultural
| .. .,... Implements.
| 1850 pounds brass kettles
ID dozen butcher knives
| 10000 gun flints
| rs gross squaw avis
5000 fish hooks
| 100 dozen fsh lines
! 10 900 needles
1876 dozen combs, assorted
% do SCISSORS do
gross gun worms
| 1900 tin kettles
80 nests japanned kettles, 8 in a nest
80 drawing knives, 10 and IL inches in length
300 auge-s in equal proportions Of u, l, Z. and
Inch
lis pairs names
1877 pairs trace chains
$50 wedding hoes
s s g 3 saws; de feet J. de length
300 hand-saw files
100 cross cut saw files
l60 log chains, assorted, y to 10 feet
100 Whittemoro cards, No. 10
500 quarters socket chisels, !, 1, and 2-inch
so planes, fore and jack.
.... Glass No. 4-.Ares
s5 dozen axes, to weigh from d to 81 pounds
Is &" half axes: to weigh 81 pounds
l3 a." hatchets, to weigh Il pounds
10 broadaxes, 80 .s'
Glass No. 5-.Northpest Guns. ..
800 northwest guns. twothirds Of which must
measure So inches in length Of barrel, and
one-third AZ inches in length of barrel. "
To be delivered in New York or Philadelphia,
as may be required. ~ 3.
New samples of all the above articles, selected
IN the In,
manufacture, are deposited in the Office Of the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, which, with the
contracts of former years, arc open for the nspec
ton Of bidders. '".'
The Department reserves the right to increase
or diminish the quantity Of any 81 the articies
named, or substitute others in lieu thereof, or to
require, at similar prices such goods as may be
ministration Of the affairs Of the Department, and
TO aEsr5 the contract to the party whose bid shall
be deemed most adyantagseus e the tnaleps end
the Government. Goods Of American manufac-
turc. all other things being equal, will be prefer:
redi but the samples Of Blankets and cloihs are
| OF foreign manufacture, It will be necessary, when
domestic article Of the kind Is offered, that sam,
pie of It should accompany the bid. e..
The party proposing to furnish the articles in
any one more Of the foregoing classes will make
an invoice Of all the items therein, aud affix the
prices, in dollars and cents at which he or thew
will furnish them, deliverable in New York on or
before the first day of May next, assuming as a
basis Of calculation the qua nifty Of each article
therein specified, extending the cost and showing
tutipg the bid. The goods will be inspected in
New York by an agent of the Department, who
will be appointed for the purposc and il viii be
tracts shall conform strictly with the samples ex-
hibted, and all contracts will contain clause
thorizing the United States to purchase of Others
and charge any increase Of price paid therefor to
the terms of bis contract within five days after
tice of rejection shall be given him by said agent
Bonds will be required in the amount Of the bids
for the faithful performance OF the contracts with
| two or more sureties, whose sufficency must be
certified by Uufted States Judge or District AT.
torney. Payment will be made after the contract
10 completed and the delivery of the goods aore-
said to agent Of the Department, upon dup!i-
cate invoice certified by him "a h ..~.'.r.
The bids will be submitted with the following
heading, and none will be received that not
made in the form and terms here prescribed:
81 Tor wei propose to furnish for the service Of
the Indian Department the following goods at the
prices affixed to them respectively, viz: Here in
sert the list of goods.l Deliverable in the city of
New York on or before the fret day of May next;
and, in Of the acceptance of this proposal,
the quantity being prescribed by the Department,
this agreement, and give satisfactory security to
the Department within ten days after the recep-
ton of this bid; and, in case Of failure to enter
into such contract and give such security, Tor
between the sum hidden by me Tor us] and the
sum which the United States may be obliged to
pay for the same articles" -.-I
Each and every bid must also be accompanied
by guarantee in the following form, 10 be signed
by one more responsible persons, whose stuff.
cheney must be certified by some who is known
to the Department either personally or by his
official position:
al Tor vel hereby guarantee that -, the above
bidder, will comply with the terms Of the adver-
tisement for Proposals for Indian Goods," dated
October S, 1852 If the contract should be awarded
to him, and enter into bond for the execution of
the same within the time prescribed
(SEAL.l
tSEAL.l
l.. LEA,
Commissioner of fnoian ta..H-irs !
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