The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-10

Glass No. 2.-Dry Goods.
500 yards scarlet strouds
500 do blue do =.
| 1000 do fancy list blue cloth
1879 1879 do do do do sT.r,s' DO DO
| 5000 do gray list blue do
1000 yards ssred list blue cloth
375 pounds worsted yarn, 3 fold
IS dozen cotton flag handkerchiefs
20 do do Madras do
| 90 do black silk do
| SO do cotton shawls5
| rs do Ga do
| ~ do A
80 do S-4 woolen 10
| 600 pounds linen thread
90 do sewing silk
$40 pieces ribbons assorted
b5 gross worsted gathering
| , SO pieces silk handkerchiefs
| $4,000 yards calico ~.
| $1,000 do Merimac calico
| $500 do blue drilling
| 1000 do Georgia stripes
| 5000 do blue denims
| 1000 do cottonade
| 5000 do bed ticking
| 900 do Kentucky jeans
| 1000 do satinetts
| 5000 do plaid lnsey
$500 do domestic shirting, beached
| $4,000 do do do upbleached
5000 do do sheeting, DO
5000 do checks, stripes, and plads
200 dozen woollen socks
$500 yards fannels, assorted
900 flannel shirts
500 calico shirth
300 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton.
CLASS No. 3.-Harduare and agricultural
.... bnphments.
1850 pounds brass kettles
81 dozen butcher knives
10000 gun flints
Is gross squaw avis
5000 fish hooks
100 dozen fish lines
Is, 900 needles
1875 dozen combs, assorted
% do scissors do
grose gun worms
300 tin kettles
so meats japanned kettles, in a nest
go drawing knives, 10 and IL inchesin length
800 auge in equal proportions of u, l, 2, and
inch
lis pairs names
1877 pairs trace chains
$50 wedding hoes
$50 hand save
q cross cut saws, feet in length
rs do do do do
300 hand saw files
100 cross cut saw files
l60 log chains, assorted, y to - feet
100 Whittemore cards, No 10,
500 auarters socket chisels, J, /, and 2-inch
50 planes, fore and jack.
Glass No. 4-.Ares.
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Is half axes, to weigh 81 pounds
IL hatchets, to weigh l ] pounds
10 broadaxes.
Glass No. 5-.Ntrih,cest Guns.
300 northwest guns, two-tbirds of which must
measure SO inches In length of barrel, and
l. one- third AZ inches in length of barrel
To be delivered in New York or PHILADELPHIA
may be required.
New samples of all the above articles, selected
with reference to the most recent improvements in
manufacture, are deposited in the Office of the
Com missioner of Indian Affairs, which, with the
contracts of former years. open for the inspec-
ton of bidders.
The Department reserves the right to increase
or diminish the quantity Of any Of the articles
named, substitute others in lieu thereof, or to
require at similar prices such goods may be
wanted for presents or other purposes In the adj
ninisration of the affair. of the Department, and
to award the contract to the party whose bid shall
be deemed mort advantageous to the Indians and
the Government Goods Of American manufac-
turc. al! other things being equal, will be prefer
red; but as the samples of blankets and cloths are
OF foreign manufacture, it will be necessary, when
domestic article OF the kind s offered, that a
pie Of it should accompany the bid.
The party proposing to furnish the articles in
any one more OF the foregoing classes will make
an invoice of ali the items therein, and affix the
prices, in dollars and cents, at which he or they
will furnish them, deliverable in New York on or
before the first day of May next, assuming as a
basic Of calculation the uanty of each article as
therein 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
will be appointed for the purpose and it will be re-
quired that the articles delivered under the
tracts shall conform strictly with the samples ex
hibited, and all contracts will contain clause au
borizing the United States to purchase OF others,
and charge any increase of price paid therefor to
the party failing 10 furnish such required by
the terms OF his contract within five days after
tice Of rejection shall be given him by said agent
Bonds ne In am Of the
for the faithful performance of the contracts, with
two or more sureties, whose efficiency must be
certified by United States Judge or District At
torney. Payment will be made after the contract
is completed and the delivery of the goods as afore
said to an agent OF the Department, upon dup-
cate invoice certified by him
The bids will be submitted with the following
heading, and none will be received that are not
made in the form and terms here prescribed:
"a 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.
the list Of goods.1 Deliverable in the city of
New York on or before the fret day of May next;
and, in case of the acceptance OF this proposal,
the quantity being prescribed by the Department,
I for wei will execute a contract according to |
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 |
wei will pay to the United States the difference |
between the sum hidden by me Tor us] and the I
sum which the United States may be obliged to
pay for the same articles" EH.. ..t E,-rE.
Each and every bid must also be accompanied |
by guarantee in the following form, to be signed |
by one or more responsible pereons, whose sufh
;isncy must be certified by some one who Is known
10 the Department either personally or by bis
'fficial position:
al Tor vel hereby guarantee that -, the above
bidder, will comply with the terms Of the adver.
isement for Proposals for Indian Goods," dated
October s. 1852, if the contract should be awarded
o him, and enter into bond for the execution OF
he same within the time prescribed"
[SEhL.l
[SsAL.I
l.. LEA,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Ut -3.twtN ~ [IntcIlfgencer and Unon.1
TNHE WEEK-Comprising the last day OF the
l. week, the fret day of the week, the week
ompleted. Bv the author of 1.-The Command |