The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-29

measure 81 by SC. and weigh pounds.
Glass No. 2.-Dry Goods.
500 yards scarlet strouds
500 do blue do
1000 do fancy list blue cloth
I I5S DO do do do s sGse,s' DO
5000 do gray list blue do
200 yards Sared list blue cloth
2,oOO do scarlet do
375 pounds worsted yarn, 8 fold
65 dozen cotton flag handkerchief
50 do do Madras do
50 do s cotton sbawIs
| % do Ga do
40 do "A
80 do 81 woollen 10
600 pounds linen thread
20 do sewing silk
| 800 pieces r.Sseoons, assorted
is gross worsted gathering
80 pieces elk handkerchief
$4,000 yards calico
5000 do Merimac calico
| $500 do blue drilling
| 1000 do Georgia stripes
! 5000 do blue denims
1000 do cottonade
| 5000 do bed ticking
goo do Kentucky jeans
Ice" do satinets
5000 do plaid linsey
$500 do domestic shirting. bleached
$1,000 do do do unbeached
5000 do checks, stripes, and plaids
200 dozen woolen socks
300 yards tlannels assorted
900 flannel shirts
800 calico shirts
600 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton.
CLASS No. 3.-Hrd,vare and agricultural
Implements.
1850 pounds brass kettles
"a dozen butcher knives
10000 gun flints
% gross squaw avis
5000 fish hooks
100 dozen fish lines
l9 900 needles
l25 dozen combs, assorted
% do scissors do
gross gun worms
1900 tin kettles
so nests japanned kettles, 8 in nest
80 drawing knives, 10 and - inchcsin length
300 auge in equal proportions Of H. l, I, and
! inch
lis pairs names
1877 pairs trace chains
$50 wedding hoes
$50 hand saws
q cross-cut saws, feet in length
25 do do do d.
800 hand saw files
100 cross cut saw flee
l6O log chains, assorted, to IL feet
100 Whittemore cards, No. 10
500 quarters socket chisels, J, /, and 2-inch
50 planes, fore and jack.
Glass No. 4-.Arcs.
50 dozen axes, to weigh from a. to 81 pounds
Is " half axes, to weigh 3, pounds
10 hatchets, to weigh / pounds
10 broadexes.
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.
To be delivered in New York or Philadelphia,
may be required
New samples of all the uboye artjcIea. aelect pd
with reference to the most recent improvements in
manufacture, are deposited in the Office of the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, which, with the
contracts OF former years, open for the nspec-
ton of bidders.
The Department reserves the right to increase
or diminish the quantity of any Of the articles
named, or substitute others in lieu thereof, or to
require at similar prices such guods may be
wanted for presents or other purp poses in the adj
ninistration of the affair." of the Dcpar tment and
TO award the contract to the party whose bid shall
be deemed most adyanta gcous to the Indians and
the Government Goods Of American nanufac-
turc. all other things being equal, will be prefer
red; but as the samples ufblankets and cloths are
OF ioreg n man uacture, il will be necessary, when
domestic article of the kind is offered that
pie Of it should accompany the bid
The party proposing to furnish the articles in
any one or more of the foregoing classes will make
an invoice of all the items therein, and atfix 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 n
basic of Gale uaton the qua nifty Of each article
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
qured that the articles delivered under the con-
tracts shall conform strictly with the samples ex-
hibited, and al! contracts will contain clause au
thorizing the United States to purchase of Others,
and charge any increase of price paid therefor to
the party failing to furnish such required by
the terms of his contract within five days after no.
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 sure,ies, whose suficiency must be
certified by United States Judge District At
torney. Payment will be made after the contract
is comPlecd and the delivery of the goods aore-
said to an agent OF the Department, upon dupli-
cate invoice certified by him.
The bids will BIO 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. Deliverable in the city Of
New York or before the fret day of May next;
and, in case of the acceptance Of this proposal
the quantity being prescribed by the Department,
for wei will execute contract according to
this agreement, and give satisfactory security to
the Department within ten days after the recep-
ton Of this bid and, in 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
sum which the United States may be obliged to
pay for the same articles"
Each and every bid must also be accompanied
by guarantee in the folio wing form, to be signed
by one or more responsible persons, whose suffi
cheney must be certified by some who is known
10 the Department either personally or by his
official position:
81 for wei hereby guaran tee that -, the above
bidder, will comply with the terms Of the adver.
tsement for proposals for Indian Goods" dated
October 5, 1852, if the contract should be awarded
to him, and enter into bond for the execution of
the same within the time prescribed
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l.. LEA,
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
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