Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-07

a5U afNts naiiilelS, sorted
$50 flannel shirts
900 csiru do
80 pounds cotton thread
200 dozen spool Gotten
$50 pounds cotton In tire
100 blue cloth coats
loo do pantsloons
35 pounds yermiilion
CLASS No2
HcrdgGrc .,r3 .7sTicttitaral fI.pleTn..!s
2,lo0 pounds brass kettles
Go dozen butchers knives
10000 gun fiits
S. gross squnw avis
$500 fish hooks
6dozen bush scyth,s
do grass do
do grain do
do AIDES
10 DO grubbing hoes
do wood rasls
loo do fish lines
$1,000 E-,des
l2j dozen com'.s. asserted
- do scissors, do
gross .rIn worms
,2Go tin kettles
as n SIS japanned kettles S i'm n nest
9G drawing knives. 10 and y inches 10 &ngth
BOO nugcrs, in equal proportions of IA /. "a and
- inch
9S pairs names
la5 do trace chains
515 wording hoes
155 hand saws
- cut saws, feet in length
% do do q do DO
go hnnd-saw files
100 crOss-cut flies
30 los chains assorted, 10 Il feet
$50 quarters socket chisels, Il, !. aud 2 inch
~ planes fore and jack
IS mule collars
1859 pounds brown eilling twinr No. 80
20 dozen tao quar-; tin PANS
70 90 four quart do
Is do sixquart do
10 de ten-quart do
lS2 hand corn mills, four Sizes in equal rrOaur.
20 dorm scairing knives
CLASS No s.
.7Jeg.
% dozen axes, TO weigh from Il : to So pounds
~ do half sse-, to weigh 81 pounds
Il do hatcIets, to weis l. pounds
20 broad axes.
Class No. L.
ksTthrest G..as.
$50 northwest guns. two-thirds of which must
measure 80 inches in length of tarrrl and one
third ~ inches in length OF barrel, 10 include
covers and packing,
To he delivered in Boston. New York, or Philsds.
phia, rs may be required.
Samples of tie aiove articles may he seen at the
ONCE Df the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
The department reserves the right t. increase d.
mini>h the quantity OF the articles named, 10 sub
sutute others III lieu thereof: and also require at
similar prices. such othc, goods may be Deeded in
fufmcnt Of trcaty strulatiors for other pur Jos
In the administration OF the affairs Of the depart
ment at auy time during the YEAR and to award
the contract to the party whose bid shall be deemed
most advantageous to the Indians aud the govern
ment. Goods IL American manufacture. all other
things being equal will preferred: but as the
pies Of blankets and cloths OF foreign manufa
ture. it will lie sary, when domestic article Of
tie kIi Is offered that sample OF il accsmpany tie
bid.
The party proposing 20 furnish the articles in any
one more Of the foregoing classes will make in-
voice OF all the items therein, and aix the prices In
Ia 1Sr. a,lr, Il,
them. deliverable in Boston. New York or Pbilsde-
phia on or lefore the first day of April next.
ing as basis of calculation the quantity Of each NJ
ticle as therein specified. extending The cost and
showing the Aggregate amount of the whole.
The goods viii 10 inspected at the lnre of delivery
by an agent of the department no viii lie appointed
for the purpose; and it. viii lie requred that the N
tcies delivered under the contracts shall conform
strictly with the samples exhibited aud all contracts
will contain clause authorizing the United States
to purchase OF others. and charge any Ipcrease Of
price paid therefor TO the larty fsiling furnish
such as sre re CURED by the terms of his contract
within i've days after notice of rejection shall be CIV
en- him by said agent.
Bonds will lie required in the amount OF the bids
Tor the faithful performance CT the contracts with two
sureties. whose suffciency must Dc certified
by United States judge or district attorney Pay
nent will I've made after the delivery of the goods
aforesaid. to an agent of the department. upon sd9
plicate invoice certified by him.
The bids viii he submitted with the following
heading, and none will Ice considered that not
made In the form and terms here prescribed:
we) propose 10 furnish for the service Of the
Indian Department, the following goods at the prizes
a I'D to them, respectively, Wis tHere insert the
list of yools) deliverable in the city of Boston. New
York, or Philadelphia, may be required, on or
before the first day Of April next together with I'll
such other goois. at similar prices. y may be r.
quired for the Indian Department time during
the year 1854; and if this proposal be accepted
Tor WEI will, within ten days thereafter, execut.
contract accordingly, and give Satisfactory security
to the department the faithful execution Of the
same
In of failure to enter into such contract and
give such securi (or WEI viii Pay 10 the United
states whatever Excess Of amount the Indian De
prtment may lie obliged to y fr the articles herein
specified, and such others it may require during
the year 1854 over ard above Whist the would
have cost according 10 the terms Of this bid"
Each and every lid must also be accompanied oy
guarantee. in the following forra to be signed oy
one or more Responsible persons. whose sufhciency
must be certified by some one who is known to the
department either personally or by his ETHICAL pe
sition:
Tor WEI hereby guaranty that the above bidder
Tor biddersl will comply with tn. terms Of the %
vertisement for Proposals for Indian Goods dated
September H. 1862 if the contract should he award
ed to him, Tor then.) and enter into bond for the
execution OF the same within the time prescrloed.
SEAL
SEAL
CHARLES z MIX,
Acting Commissioner