The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-11

THE WEEKLY REPUBLIC
WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
STATIONERY AND BINDING.
Navy DEPARrMEE7, May 90, 1853.
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
~ ceived at the Office of the Secretary of the NAVY
until three o'clock .. m. of Tuesday. the 18th Of
June next, for furnishing all the stationery and en-
ecntlng all the binding that may be required by
Ine navy Department and its several bureaus for
the year commencing the 1st of JULY 1853 and
ending on the 30th of june 1854.
All the articles furnished and work executed
must be OF the best quality, delivered without de-
lay when ordered, and to the satisfaction of the
head of the office for which they are REQUIRED
fit be required, each bidder for stationery must
furnish with his proposal sample of each article
bid for.
To insure uniformity in the proposals, blank
forms will be furnished to those disnosed to bid
and no bid will be considered which does not fully
conform to the advertisement, and in which each
and every article is not bid for and in which more
than one price is named for any one article.
Bonds in sufficient amount, with two or more
approved sureties for the faithful execution of the
contract will be required of the person or persons
contracting. The authorized names of the sureties
that will be given, also satisfactory testimonials
to fulfil the contract, must accompany the bid;
otherwise. it will not be considered.
The Department reserves TO itself the right of
ordering greater or less quantity of each and
every article contracted for, the public service
may require.
Should any article be required not enumerated
in the contract it is to be furnished at the lowest
market price, according to its quality.
STATIONERY.
Writing Paper, Of Linen Stock.
reams folio post, blue or white. satin finieh,
faint lined. and trimmed. weighing
II pounds per reaIn per ream
8 do heavy blue laid, despatch cap, hand
do etcp ,laI irbi &
per reen1 per ream
Is do laid, hand made foolscap, ruled, blue
CT white, weighing - pounds per
realm per ream
10 do owen Hurlburt's wove fooscap,
blue or white, ruled, weighing IL
pounds per ream, or of any other man
ufactare OF equal quality per ream
10 do first GLASS; hand made quarto post,
wove or laid, blue or white, weighing
81 pounds per ream per ream
40 do Platner & Smiths extra superfne, blue
or white, laid wove. Congress Alto
post, ruled Weighing 81 pounds per
90 do Crane & Co.'s extra superfne, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
s. pounds per ream per ream
90 do best yellow or buff envelope paper,
royal fiat, weighing "a pounds per
do best sup roy. writing paper do
do best French 4to post ruled do
do note paper, gilt edged do
20 do copying or tissue paper, 4to post do
10 do copying or tissue paper, fooscapd do
$50 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by 81 inches,
per sheet
fCO yards tracing CLOTH per square yard
100 sheets best prepared parchment, Ia by Is
inches, per sheet
8 reams blotting paper, royal, per ream
90 quires patent blotting paper, medium, per
Qure
$50 sheets drawing paper, "Whatman's Tur-
key Mills from medium TO antigua
ran, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per /, 200
l,5oo do DO note size do
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, So by 4
inches, per 200
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 81
inches, per $50
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 3.
inches per $50
10000 bes. buff envelopes, Government pattern.
official size, per 900
5000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
letter size, per 900
5000 best heavy white envelopes, hand made,
official size, per 1000
20 gross steel pens, on cards or in boxes, (the
Department tc have the liberty of select
ing from all the different kinds manufac
tured, English or American, per gross
100 cards Perry's pens, assorted, per card
do engineers pens, do
do ltbographic pens, do
"a gold pens, large size, with silver holders,
best manufacture, per pen
20 quarts "Prince's record and copying ink,
IN DottleS, per quart
10 do Maynard & Noyes's black
ink. in bottles, do
Sc do rest London copying ink,
Arnods or Terry's, do
6 do blue ink, DO
dozen ounce bottles Perrine, Guyott & Co.'s
superfne carmine, per bottle
200 swan quills, best quality, per 100
200 quilts. No. 81, opaque or clarified, do
100 crow or brandt quilts, do
IS dozen red tape, No. Is to a5, per dozen
do silk taste, do
do penknives, Rodgers's best,
pearl handles, large size,
blades, do
do erasers, large size, ivory
handles, in cases, Rodg-
erss best DO
2 do pairs of shears and scissors, do
2 do 9-inch ivory folders, do
l do Carringtons parallel rulers, do
2 do sand boxes, cocoa wood, do
2 do wafer stands, do do
l do pounce boxes, do do
do do ivory, do
do wafer stamps, ivory handles, do
10 do black lead pencils, Faber.
best, assorted, do
do best American drawing pen
ellis, assorted do
do Cohen's red lead pencils, do
2 do sable brushes. assorted do
do came's hair brushes, assorted do
do white French pump inkstands,
large size do
do Draper's patent rtight ink.
stands do
. do sticks best }ndla INK per SUCK
30 pounds extra superfne scarlet seal
ing wax per pound
90 do second quality scaling do
Is do best quality waters do
10 do best white gum arabic do
3 do best pounce DO
10 do best hemp Irvine do
10 do best linen twlne do
1000 large office waters for Department
seal per thousand
"a paper weights of brass, composition,
or lead per weight
so quarts best black sand per quart
pounds best prepared India rubber
per pound
BINDING AND BLANK BOOKS.
10 volumes of newspapers, daily, per yearly
volume
Is volumes of newspapers, weekly, tri or senlI-
weekly, per yearly volume
so volumes of books, l2mo., Svo ,4to, or folio,
full bound in sheep, calf, morocco, or Rus
STA, per volume
$50 volumes of books, half bound In RUSSIA,
calf, sheep, morocco, or cioth' per volume
Blank books for Record, &C.
Similar in form TO those now in use, which may be
examined to be made OF the best linen paper,
binding. paper indces, &C., all Included, per
book n,e 49,