The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-25

CLASS No. 2.-Dry Goods.
500 yards scarlet strouds
500 do blue do
| 1000 do fancy list blue cloth
IT'S do do scarlet do
| 5000 do gray list blue do
1000 yards ssred list blue cloth
ITS do green do A
375 pounds worsted yarn, 8 fold ~
IS dozen cotton flag handkerchief n
50 60 do black ao silk IA0'A' do do +
so do cotton shawls 81
40 do a.
80 do 81 woollen DO
600 pounds linen thread
20 do sewing silk
4 800 pieces ribbons, assorted
is gross worsted gathering
80 pieces silk handkerchiefs
$4,000 yards calico
{l6 900 do Merimac calico
$500 do blue drilling
D 1000 do Georgia stripes
5000 do blue denims
1900 do cottonade
5000 do bed ticking
q 900 do Kentucky jeans
1000 do satinetts
5000 do plaid linsey
$500 do domestic shirting. beached
$4,000 do do do unbleached
5000 do do sheeting, do
5000 do checks. stripes, and plaids
Y 200 dozen wooen socks
500 yards tlannels, assorted
4 200 flannel shirts
300 calico shirts
600 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton.
8CLAss No. 3.-HardVare and agricultural
Implements.
1850 pounds brass kettles ~
4 81 dozen butcher knives
l0,O0O gun flints
% gross squaw avis
5000 fish hooks
\ 100 dozen fish lines
4l9 900 needles
j 1875 dozen combs, assorted
% do scissors do
gross yun worms
300 tin kettles
so nests japanned kettles, 8 in nest
80 drawing knives, 10 and IL inches in length
1 300 auge in equal proportions Of y, l, Z, and
inch
lis pairs names
i 1877 pairs trace chains
$50 wedding hoes
q $50 hand saws
81 cross-cut saws, 7 feet in length
4 % do do do d.
4 300 hand saw files
100 cross cut saw files
l60 log chains, assorted. . to II feet
100 Whittemore cards, No 10
500 quarters socket chisels, }, l, and pinch
80 planes, fore and jack.
Glass No. 4-.Ares.
4 los dozen axes, to weigh from a TO 81 pounds
Is " half axes, to weigh 81 pounds
el3 " hatchets, to weigh Il pounds
no broadaxes.
Glass No. 5-.North,cest Guns.
$500 northwest guns, two-thirds of which must
measure SO inches in length Of barrel, and
one third AZ inches in length Of barrel.
4 To be delivered in New York or Philadelphia,
Mas may be required
q New samples of all the above articles, selected
with refere nee to the most recent improvements in
manufacture, are deposited in the Office of the
aCom missioner of Indian Affairs, which, with the
contracts OF former years. arc open for the inspec-
ation Of bidders. Sc
The Department reserves the right to increase
aor diminish the quantity Of any OF the articles
anamed substitute others in lieu thereof, or to
yrequlre at similar prices such goods as may be
WANTED for presents or other purposes in the ad-
ministration of the affairs of the Department, and
2to award the contract to the party whose bid shal
2 be deemed most adyautag cous to the Indians and
4 the Government. Goods of American manufac-
turr, all other things being equal, will be prefer
8red; but as the samples of blankets and cloths are
foreign manufacture, II will be necessary, when
Ia domestic article of the kind is offered, that cam
nple Of it should accompany the bid.
q The party proposing to furnish the articles in
any more of the foregoing classes will make
Gan invoice of all the items therein, and affix the
Hprices, in dollars and cents, at which he they
9will furnsh them, deliverable in New York or
before the first day of May next, assuming as a
basis of calculation the qua nifty Of each article as
Atherein specified, extending the cost and showing
the aggregate amount of the whole invoice consti-
&tuting the bid. The goods will be inspected in
New York by an agent of the Department, who
Twill be appointed for the purposes and 1t will be re-
quired that the articles delivered under the con
atracts shall conform strictly with the samples
ahibited, and all contracts will contain clause au
thorizing the United States to purchase OF others,
3and charge any incr of price paid therefor to
8the party failing TO furnish such required by
the terms of his contract within five days after no.
9tce of rejection shall be given him by said agent
Bonds will be required in the amount Of the bids
%for he faithful performance OF the contracts, with
1.-TWO more suretes, whose sufficiency must be
Rcertifed by United States Judge or District At
atorney Payment will be made after the contract
III completed and the delivery of the goods as aore-
t]said to an agent of the Department, upon dupli-
Xcate invoice certified by him.
The bids will be submitted with the following
xheading, and none will be received that are not
!; made in the form and terms here prescribed:
Jthe Indian Department the following goods, at the
Tprces affixed to them respectively, viz: Here in
sert the list of goodsl Deliverable in the city Of
$New York on or before the first day of May next
9the quantity being prescribed by the Department
SI for wei will execute contract according to
Hths agreement, and give satisfactory security tc
the Department within ten days after the recep-
Hton of this bid; and, in case Of failure TO enter
into such contract and give such security, Ior
Eve will pay to the United States the difference
! between the sum hidden by me Tor usl and the
sum which the United States may be obliged te
- pay for the came articles"
Each and every bid must also be accompanied
! by guarantee in the following form, TO be signed
s by one or more responsible persons, whose sufh
cheney muat be certified by some who is known
to the Department either personally or by his
official position:
81 Tor wei hereby guarantee that -, the above
bidder, will comply with the terms Of the adver
tisemcnt for proposals for Indian Goods,' dated
October 5, 1852, if the contract should be awarded
4 to him, and enter into bond for the execution OF
{ the same within the time prescribed"
[SEAL.l
(SRALI
l.. LEA,
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
Got -3taw tNOy Gintclligcncer and Union
lTTNHE WEEK-Comprising the last day of the
Il week, the first day of the week, the week
completed. BY the author Of 1.-THE Command.
kment with Promise" This Is an excellent volume,
Hin which are illustrated the advantage of holy
observance of the Sabbath. Various characters
and scenes in humble life introduced, and dia-
4 log ues sustained all drawn naturally and cffec-