The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-02

measure 81 by 66, and weigh 6pounds.
Glass No. 2.-Dry Goods.
500 yards scarlet strouds
500 do blue do
1000 do do fancy list blue, cloth s
5000 do gray list blue do
1000 yards sared list blue cloth
rs do green do
s75 pounds worsted yarn, 3 fold
Is dozen cotton flag handkerchiefs
80 do do Madras do
60 do black silk do
80 do 8 cotton shawls
% do Cd do
40 do a.
80 do S-4 woollen DO
600 pounds linen thread
20 do sewing silk
800 pieces ribbons, assorted
IS gross worsted gathering
33 pieces silk 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
900 do Kentucky jeans
1000 do satnetts
5000 do plaid linsey
$500 do domestic shirting; bIeached
10000 do do do unbleached
5000 do do sheetng, do
o,OOO DO checks' stripes, anu paids
200 dozen woollen socks
500 yards tiannels, assorted
1000 flannel shirts
300 calico shirts
600 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton.
Glass No. 3.-Hmd,care and Agricultural
implements.
1850 pounds brass kettles
Ga dozen butcher knives
10000 gun flints
% gross squaw avis
5000 fish hooks
100 dozen fish lines
l9 900 needles
1876 dozen combs, assorted
% do scissors do
gross gun worms
300 tin kettles
80 nests japanned kettles, in n meet
80 drawing knives, 10 and IL inches in length
300 auge-s in equal proportions of !. |, 7, and
inch
ll5 pairs names,
1877 pairs trace chains
$50 wedding hoes
$50 hand saws
q cross-cut saws, 7 feet in length
Is do do do do
300 hand saw files
100 cross cut saw files
l6O log chains, assorted y to IL feet
100 Whittemore cards, No. 10
500 quarters socket chisels, J, J., and 2-inch
SO planes, fore and jack.
CLASS No. 4-.Ares.
80 dozen a.es, to weigh from q to o. pounds
Is half axes to weigh 81 pounds
10 " hatchets, to weigh ! pounds
10 broadaxes.
Glass No. 5-yNorth,Dest Guns
500 northwest guns, two thirds of which must
measure SO inches in length of barrel, and
one-third ~ inches in length of barrel.
To be delivered in New York or Philadelphia,
as may be required.
New samples of all the above articles, selec ted
Will tot
manufacture, are deposited in the Office Of the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs which, with the
contracts Of former years, open for the insPcc
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 the reof, to
require at similar prices such goods may be
wanted for presents or other purposes in the adj
ministration Of the affairs of the Department, and
TO award the contract to the party whose bid shall
be deemed most advantageous to the Indians and
the Government. Goods of American manufac-
ture. all other things being equal, will be prefer
red; but as the samples of blankets and cloths
of foreign manufacture, it will be necessary, when
domestic article Of the kind s offered, that
pie of it should accompany the bid.
The party proposing to furnish the articles in
any 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 a
basis of calculation 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, W no
will be appointed for the purpose; nd it will be re-
CURED that the articles delivered under the con
tracts shall conform strictly with the samples ex-
hibted and all contracts will contain a clause al
thorizing the United States to purchase Of Others,
Gpd charge any increase of price paid therefor to
the party falling to furnish such as required by
the terins of Hs contract within fve days after no.
., r. hall ka r;uno hua amid
Bonds will be required in the amount OF the bids
for the faithful performance Of the Contracts with
two more sureties, whose efficiency must be
certified by United States Judge or District At
torney. Payment will be made after the contract
ia completed and the delivery of the goods as afore-
said to agent of the Department, upon dupli-
cate invoice certified by him.
The bids will be submitted with the following
heading, and none will be received that not
made IN the form and terms here prcscribed:
"a! Tor wei propose y furnish for the service "f
the Indian Department the following goods, at the
scrt the list of goods Deliverable in the city Of
New York on or before the first day of May next
| and, in case Of the acceptance OF this proposal
the quantity being prescribed 6y the Department.
| ! 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 of failure to enter
vel will pay to the United States the difference
between ttHa sum hidden by me for usl and the
Jun which the United States may be obliged to
pay for .he same articles"
Each and every BID must also be accompanied
by guarantee in the following form, to be sisned
by one more responsible persons, whose suffi-
cheney must be certified by some one 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-
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
[SEAL.)
l.. LEA,
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
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