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A. C. Hlil.l.ITT 4 JOHN O. SAKUHNT.
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GIDEON & Co.
TERMS OF THE DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY.
Fur the Daily paper, per annum . . . #10 00
For the Tri-weeklv, " 6 00
For three copiea of ti?e Tri weekly . . 16 00
TERMS OF THE WEEKLY.
Single subscription for uue year ... $ 2 00
Six copies, for one year 10 00
Sixteen copies, for one year '20 00
Twenty-five copiea, for one year, (when
ordered at one and the aatne time) . . 26 00
No paper will be sent until the money ia received.
STiuidit Department, May, 1849.
EPA RATE PROPOSALS for furnishing the
stationery and for executing the printing of this
I Department during the fiscal year ending June 30,
_ THE
REPUBLIC.
DAILY _____
Vol. 1. WASHINGTON: MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1849. No. 11.
? I
, ioou, wtn oe receivea unui o ociock, p. m., on me
, 25th day of June next. Thoae unaccompanied by
satisfactory testimonials ot ability to fulfil a contract
will not be considered.
All the articles of stationery must be of the very
\ best quality?samples of the principal articles of
which, such as paper, quills, metallic pens, lead
pencils, knives, ink, Ac., must accompany the bids,
put up in classes as per schedule; and the Department
reserves the right to retain such samples, and
pay for the same at the prices stated in the offer, or
to return them, at its option. No bid will be considered
where the articles accompanying it are not
of the kind and quality required for me Department.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual
or firm making it, and must specify a price, and but
one price, for each and every article contained in the
schedule. Should any articles be reauired not enumerated,
they are to be furnished at the lowest mar,
ket prices, according to quality. Blank forms for
. proposals will be furnished at the Department to
persons applying for them; and as without uni-'
fortuity therein the Department would find it difficult
to make a decision, none will be taken into consideration
unless substantially agreeing therewith.
The printing must be executed with new and perfect
typej and on the best paper used for the different
descriptions required. The paper for the printing
will be furnished by the contractor; the Department,
or the office ordering it, to designate the Kind
of paper and type, whether script tfr otherwise, and
the number to go on a sheet, when the matter or
article -will admit of more than one.
^ Each class will be considered separately, and, all
other things being equal, it will be assigned to the
lowest bidder. Where more than one class is assigned
to a bidder, they may all be embraced in one
rnnlrnrt: and ?-arh hiHflpr uihn mnv hnvc nni> nr
more classes assigned to him, shall take all such
clasaes, or forfeit hie right to any portion of the contract.
All the articles to be furnished and work to be
executed must be of the best quality, and delivered
without delay when ordered, and to the satisfaction
of the head of the office for which they are required.
The Department reserves to" itself the right of ordering
a greater or less quantity of each and every
article contracted for, as the public service may require.
Bonds, with approved security, to be given by
the person or persons contracting; and in case of a
failure to supply the articles or to perform the work,
the contractor and his sureties shall be liable for the
forfeiture specified in such bond, as liquidated damages.
The subjoined lists specify, as nearly as now can
be done, the amount, quality, and description of
each of the kinds of articles and work that will be
wanted.
{E^It being impracticable to give a precise description
of the nature and quality of tne various
kinas of printing, bidders are referred to the samples
in the different offices for specimens of the general
descriptions required.
STATIONERY.
Writing paper, made of linen, laid or wove,
white or blue.
Class No. 1.
80 reams folio post, satin or plain finish, faint
^ lined, and trimmed, to weigh not less
than 17 pounds per ream
120 do foolscap, hand-made, faint lined and
trimmed, to weigh not less than 12
pounds per ream.
55 do foolscap, machine, faint lined and
trimmed, to weigh not less than 12
pounds per ream
15 do foolscap, plain, hand-made, faint lined
* and trimmed, to weigh not less than
12 pounds per ream
10 do foolscap, plain, machine, faint lined
and trimmed, to weigh not less than
12 pounds per ream
8 do foolscap, blue laid, hand-made, faint
' lined, garden pattern, commonly
known as despatch or consular paper,
to weigh not less than 16 pounds per
ream
260 do quarto post, hand-made, plain, faint
lined three sides, per ream
140 do quar'o post, machine, plain, faint lined
tnree sides, per ream
70 do quarto post, hand-made, plain, faint
lined four sides, per ream
12 do quarto post, machine, faint lined four
sides, per ream
40 do quarto post, French, faint lined three
sides, per ream
? 12 do note paper, gilt, per ream
8 do do plain, do
Class No. 2.
3 do royal paper, for books
3 do medium paper, for books
60 do copying do do
126 do envelope paper, yellow or buff, royal,
per ream
16 do envelope paper, flat cap, white or blue,
per ream
3 do large brown envelope, per ream
30 do blotting paper, royal do
Clam No. 3.
450 dozen cards Perry's heat metallic pens, per
dozen cards
350 do cards of all other manufacture in use,
per dozen cards
40 from metallic pens, per gross
15,000 quills, No. 80, per thousand
4,000 do No. 70, do
] dozen ever-pointed gold pencils and pens,
per dozen
4 do ever-pointed silver pencils, with gold
pens, per dozen
5 do gold pens, Brown's, or equal,per dozen
3 do silver cases for the same do
10 do ever-pointed pencils, silver do
10 do ever-pointed silver desk-pencils, with
rosewood handles, per dozen
15 gross of leads for ever-pointed pencils, assorted
sizes, ner gross
75 dozen Contee's best black-lead pencils, graduated
100 do Monroe's or other manufactured graduated
10 do red lead pencils, per dozen
Class No. 4.
20 do folders, ivory, 9-inch, per dozen
450 do red linen tape, assorted do
00 do silk taste, assorted colors and widths,
in hanks, per dozen
2 do pounce boxes, of ivory, per dozen
10 do do cocoa do
12 do sand boxes do do
10 do do tin do
15 do wafer stands, or boxes, cocoa, per
dozen
15 do erasers, Rodgers A Son's, ivory handles,
per dozen, genuine
30 do penknives, Rodgers & Son's, 4 blades,
burkhnrn handles, ner do/ .Pennine
4 do penknives, Abbott's, American, fourblades,
buck-horn handles, perdoz.
genuine
3 do desk-knives, Rodger* dr Son's, 1-blade,
* ivory handle*, per dozen, genuine
fi do wafer-stamps, ivory handle*, ner dor..
5 do do lignumvitie handle*, per
dozen
6 do office shears, II inches, per dozen
fi do office scissor*, per dozen
Class No. 5.
12 do inkstands, cut-glass, recently-invenied
fountain, movable top*, per dozen
2 do inkstand*, cast-iron
4 do French pump China inkstands
l.r> gallon* ink, black, Mnynard A Noyes's, per
gallon
fiOO tattles ink, black, do do in
bottles, per quart
6 quarts ink, red, per quart
GO bottle* of ink, black, Cooper A Phillips's, or
equal, per quart liottle
30 do ink, blue, Stephens's, per ouart bottle
30ft do ink, red, Arnold's, or equal, in J-pinl
bottles, per tattle
[ < 75 do common ink, small size, French, or
equal
500 do ink, copying, Terry's, in J-pint bottles,
per bottle
Class No. 6.
10,000 wafers, large red, for Department seal, per
thousand
100 pounds wafers, common size, red, per pound
100 do sealing-wax,best extra superfine, scarlet,
per pound
20 do sealing-wax, superfine, per pound
15 do do black, do
25 do India rubber, prepared do
3 do do unprepared do
200 quarts black sand, per quart
Class No. 7.
150 ounces pounce, per ounce
1 dozen India ink, best, per dozen
2 do camel's hair pencils, per doz., assorted
100 pounds twine, linen, per pound
100 do twine, cotton, per pound
50,000 pocket envelopes, of white or yellow paper,
of the following sizes, viz., 8J by 3j incnes,
per hundred
8 dozen rulers, mahogany, round or flat, per
dozen
8 dozen elastic pen-holders, Alden's, per dozen
PRINTING.
The printing of all kinds, which may be required
to be executed for the use of the Treasury Department,
or any of the offices thereof, whether the
same be circulars, instructions, warrants, forms, returns,
blanks, solid matter, or not, lead d, rule
work, or rule and figure work, faint ruling or lining,
and red ruling or lining, or by whatever name, title,
or description the same shall be known to or usually
designated by the office requiring it, and including,
also, folding, stitching, pasting, &c., on
the following descriptions of paper, to wit:
No. of sheets.
On quarto post, 1 page on a sheet, per 100
sneets - 75,000
2 do do 30,500
3 do do 5,000
4 do do 3,000
On foolscap, 1 do do 8,500
2 do do 60,000
3 do do 2,200
4 do do 1,800
On folio post, 1 do do 8,600
2 do do 7,200
3 do do 2,000
4 do do 2,000
On every other description of paper, not
designated above, but to be so by the office
ordering it, whether circulars, instructions,
warrants, forms, returns, &c.,as specified
in the first paragraph, for?
1 page on a sheet, per 100 sheets, 2,700
2 do do 20,000
3 do do 2,100
4 do do 1,250
State the price per page for every additional
page on any of the above over four
pages, estimating at 10,000 pages.
Blank forms, or any other description of
printing required broadside on any of the
above paper, each broadside to be counted
as one page. .
Treasurer's weekly statement of treasury
drafts and specie, on imperial writing paper,
per 100 sheets, - 200
It is expressly to be understood that no extra
charge of any description will he allowed The
prices bid for printing must cover and include all
contingencies and extras.
The Department reserves the right to have any
description of printing, which may properly be
called "book or pamphlet work," executed by special
contract.
The bidders for printing will accompany their
bids with samples of quality of the different kinds
of jpaper they propose to furnish.
Separate proposals will also be received for printing
600 copies of the "Annual Receipts and Expenditures
of the United States" for the fiscal year ending
30th June, 1849, forming about 450 pages in
one volume, including naner. Drinting. folding-, and
? f or ? ? r p> j
niching. The first part of the work to be printed
in the name manner aa those for the fiscal year ending
30th June, 1847, to page 251, in every particular;
and the second part as those for the fiscal year
ending 30th June, 1844, in every particular.
June 14?3tThdkS
War Department,
Washington, May 17, 1849.
Qeparate proposal* will be received at this
|j Department uniil 3 o'clock on the 25th day of
June next, for supplying the Stationery and executing
the Printing described in the two schedules
below. The stationery must be of the best quality,
and the printing executed in the best manner.
Samples of the former must accompany each bid,
and specimens of the latter will be shown to bidders
at the several bureaus, if desired.
The successful bidder will be required to give
bond, with approved sureties, for the faithful fulfilment
of his contract; and the Department will reserve
the right to order the articles at such times
and in such quantities as it may deem proper, and
to increase or diminish the auantilies below stated.
Blank forma will be furnished to bidders on application
at the Department.
[.?FOR STATIONERY.
Papers, made of linen stock.
2 reams folio post, ruled, mnehine-made, weighing
17 lbs
24 reams single cap, ruled, machine-made, weighing
12 lbs
8 reams single cap, ruled, hand-made, weighing
12 lbs
6 reams quarto post, plain, hand-made, weighing
8J lbs
40 reams quarto post, machine made, weighing
8[ lbs
200 reams quarto post, ruled, machine-made,
weighing lbs
10 ream* quarto post, ruled, hand-made, weighing
81 Iba
15 ream*, note paper
3 do copying paper
3 do blotting paper
60 do envelope paper, buff or yellow, royal
8 do do flat cap
Pens, Sec.
3 dozen cards Perry's pens
80 do do other metallic pens
10000 quills, No. 80
3 dozen Contee's lead pencils
80 do other kinds do
3 do ivory folders, plain
3 do erasers, ivory nandles
1 do ivory wafer stamps
1 do cocoa sand-boxes
10 do 4-bladed knives, Rodgers A Sons
2 do 1-bladed desk knives do
1 do ink-stands, 2-inch cut glass15
do Cooper A Phillips' black ink, in quarts
5 do other kinds American ink, do
2 do French carmine ink, in ounce vials
5 do Arnold's red ink, in quarter pints
3 do copying ink
6000 wafers, large, for Department seal
25 pounds wafers, common size
100 do sealing-wax, scarlet
5 do Indian rubber, prepared, in pieces
10 ounces pounce
10 pecks black send
10 dozen taste, assorted
200 do red tape, assorted sires.
II.?FOR PRINTING.
roa THK OFFICE OF THE SECRETAST OF WAR.
5 reams blank requisitions.
ADJUTANT OENKRAl.'a or TIC*.
i 1350 Army Registers.
1. Monthly Returns.
1000 regimental
6000 company
400 department
4500 poat
200 field
400 military bureau*
2. Muster Rolls.
500 field and staff
5000 company
400 ordnance
1 1000 hoapital attendants
3. Muster and Pay Rolls.
400 non-commissioned staff
4000 company
1200 company, (on half sheet.)
4. Recruiting Service.
200 for general superintendent
1200 monthly returns for recruiting parties
500 monthly returns for regiments
1000 monthly returns for regimental recruiting parties
3000 tri-monthly report*
1000 muster and descriptive rolls
1000 clothing accounts
6000 enlistment*
1200 re-enlistments
1000 recruiting accounts and accounts current
500 requisitions
2000 advertisements
500 certificates for rejected recruits.
5. General Orders, Regulations, Circulars,
4to post.
2000 folded once, 1 printed page
1000 do 2 printed pages
1000 do 3 printed pages
4000 do 4 printed pages
Folding and stitching, when beyond one sheet.
6. Miscellaneous.
150 annual returns of casualties
400 quarterly returns of deceased soldiers
500 certificates for pension
800 certificates of disability for service
2000 discharges
200 reports of artillery practice
200 blank letters of appointment
200 blank oaths of allegiance
200 blank letters of promotion
100 commissions for militia
100 returns for militia
2000 descriptive lists of deserters
200 sutler's appointments
1000 certificates for discharge of volunteers
1000 post fund accounts
150 applications for appointments of ordnance sergeants.
quarterma8ter general.
2 reams circulars
10 do letters of advice.
subsistence bureau.
20 quires folio post, for contracts and bonds
20 do quarto post, for circulars
4 do foolscap, for do
5 do requisitions, foolscap.
paymaster general's bureau.
2 reams muster rolls
2 do pay rolls
2 do circulars, ruled
1 do requisitions, ruled.
surgeon general's bureau.
2 reams returns of medicines, instruments, Ac.
2 do do of hospital stores, bedding, Ac.
1500 copies quarterly sick reports
500 do meteorological registers, form No. 3
125 do do do form No. 4
1 ream requisitions for medicines, instruments,
Ac.
O Moms PM/inioitiAna for knsni tal otnvsa l-vsirl _
A I VCUilO m bljUlifHlUJIO IWI 1IUD|'IVUI OWI y UtU
ding, &c.
engineer bureau.
4 reams cadet class reports, quarto
1 ream regulations relative to admission of cadets,
quarto.
topographical engineers.
1 ream account currant, quarto
2 reams abstracts, do
2 do vouchers, do
ordnance bureau.
2 reams circulars.
June 13?3tTh&M
STATIONERY, PRINTING, AND
BINDING.
Nsvv Department, May 28, 1849
QEPARATK SEALED PROPOSALS will be
^ received at the Office of the Secretary of the
Navy, until 3 o'clock, p. m., the 28th day of June
next, for furnishing all tne Stationery and executing
all the Printirg and Binding that may he required
by the Navy Department and its several Bureaus
for the year commencing the 1st of July, 1849, and
ending on the 30th June, 1850.
All the articles furnished, and work executed,
must be of the best quality, delivered without delay
when ordered, and to the satisfaction of the head of
the office for which they are required. If it be required,
each bidder for stationery must furnish with
kia nennAoal a oamnls af aanK rlmis 1?iH fnr
To ensure uniformity in the proposals, blank
forms will be furnishea to those disposed to bid;
and no bid will be considered not fully conforming
m ,l>e 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.
Bond, 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 name or names of the \
sureties that will be given, as also satisfactory testimonials
to fulfil a contract, must accompany the
bid, otherwise it will not be considered.
The Department reserves to itself the right of
ordering a greater or less quantity of each and every
article contracted for, as 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 Paprr qf linni stock.
3 reams folio post, blue or white, ruled, per
ream
10 reams Owen A Hurlbut's superior blue-laid
foolscap, weighing not less than 16 pounds
per ream, or of any other manufacture of
equal quality, per ream
10 reams South worth's extra superfine foolscap,
wove, blue or white, ruleo, weighing not
less than 16 pounds per ream, or of any other
manufacture of equal quality, per ream
10 reams Southworth's Congress extra superfine
quarto post paper, blue or white, ruled,
weighing not less than 9 pounds per ream,
or of any other manufacture of equal quality,
per ream
SO reams Jessup's first class quarto post, wove
or laid, blue or white, ruled, weighing 9
pounds per ream, or of any other manufacture
of equal quality, per ream
30 rcama Planter, Smith at Go's extra superfine
blue wove quarto poat, ruled, weighing 8}
pounds per ream, per ream
30 reams liest yellow or buff enveloping paper,
flat, per ream
10 reams beat white enveloping paper, smooth
surface, flat, 20 by 25 inches, per ream
5 reams note paper, gilt-edged, per ream
20 reams copying or tissue paper, quarto post,
per ream
10 reams copying or tissue paper, cap, per ream
5 reams best French quarto post paper, ruled,
per ream
150 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by 27 inches, per
sheet
3 reams blotting paper, royal, per ream
150 sheet* best drawing paper, from medium to
antiquarian, per sheet
500 sheets of parchment, best prepared, 14 by 18,
per sheet
50 dozen cards steel pens, (the Depurtment to
hare the liberty of selecting from all the different
kinds manufactured, English or American,
in the market,) 12 on a card, per dozen
cards
100 cards Perry's pens, assorted, per card
1 gross Damascus pens, in boxes, with one
dozen holders, per gross
4 gross of any of Jos. &illott's pens (in boxes)
the Department may select, per gross
6 cards engineer's pens, per card
4 do lithographic pens do
4 dozen quart bottles Maynard A Noyes's black
ink, per dozen
4 dozen qua.' bottles Hoover's black ink, per
dozen
1 dozen quart oottlea blue ink, per dozen
3 dozen quart bottles best London copying ink,
Arnold's or Terry's, per dozen
3 dozen gill bottle* Arnold's red ink, per dor
100 swan quills, best quality, per 100
1000 quills No. 80, opaque or clarified, |>er 100
100 crow or Brandt quills do
75 dozen red tape, No. 15 to No. 25, per dozen
6 do silk taste, do
4 do penknives, 4 blades, Rodgers and Son's
beat, per dozen
4 do erasers, ivory handles, in cases, Rodger*
and Son's manufacture, per dozen
2 do pair of shears and scissors, per pair
3 do ivory folders, 9 inches per dozen
2 do Carrington's parallel rulers, do
2 do sand-boxes, cocoa wood do
2 do wafer-stands, do do
2 do pounce boxes, do ' do
1 do do ivory, do
2 do wafer-stamps, ivory handles, do
10 do black lead pencils, Faber's best graduated,
per dozen
4 do best American drawing pencils, graduated,
per dozen
4 do Cohen's red lead pencils, per dozen
2 do sable brushes, assorted, do
2 do camel's hair brushes, assHl, do
4 do cut glass inkstands, Uj inches square,
plain or pillared, per dozen
2 do sticks best India ink, per stick
30 pounds best superfine scarlet sealing-wax, per
pound
20 do second quality scarlet sealing-wax, per
pound
15 do nest quality wafers, per pound
10 do gum arabic, do
3 do pounce, do
10 do best cotton twine, do
10 do best flax twine, do
1000 large office wafers for Department seals, per
1,000
12 paper weights of brass, composition, or lead,
per weight
60 quarts black sand, in papers, per dozen papers
4 pounds India rubber, prepared, per pound
PRINTING.
3000 copies of Navy Register, in brevier type,
about 150 pages, on folio post 8vo, mostly
rule and figure work, with blue printed covers,
folding, stitching, and paper included,
per copy for 150 pages, and per page for the
excess over 150 pages
40 copies of Navy Register, same matter overrun
into quarto form
10 copies Navy Register, quarto form, interleaved,
faint lined, and half bound, with
spring backs and marginal indices
Circulars, paper included.
75 reams quarto post writing paper, 1, 2, 3, or 4
pages, per quire
50 reams foolscap writing paper, i, 2, 3, or 4
pages, per quire
Blanks, Paper, faint and red lining included.
30 reams Jemi, folio post, foolscap, or quarto
post, per quire
Book-work, exclusive of paper, viz:
Composition, per 1,000 ems
Presswork per token
BINDING.
10 volumes of newspapers, daily, per yearly
volume
10 volumes of newspapers, weekly, Uri or semiweekly,
per yearly volume
50 volumes of books, 12 mo., 8vo., 4to., or folio,
full bound in calf, sheep, or Russia, per vol.
150 volumes of books, half bound in Russia, per
volume
Blank books for records, Ac., similar in form
to those now in use, which may be examined,
to be of the best linen paper, per book
200 manuscript letters, to be half-bound, as per
pattern, per volume
150 guard-books, foolscap or quarto post size,
with indices and lettered backs, per book
Faint and red lining, foolscap and quarto post,
per rsam ?
June 14?>aw3w
Stationery and Printing.
Department or the Interior,
May 30, 1849.
Q F.PARATE PROPOSALS for furnishing the '
^ stationery, and for executing the printing of
this Department, during the fiscal year ending June 1
30, 1850, will be received until 3 o'clock p. m., on i
the 29th day of June next. Thoee unaccompanied
by satisfactory testimonial* of ability to fulfil a contract
will not be considered. t
All the articles of stationery must be of the very
best quality?samples of the principal articles of
which, sucn as paper, quills, metallic pens, lead
pencils, knives, ink, Ac., must accompany the bids,
put up in classes us per schedule ; and the Department
reserves the right to return such samples, and
pay for the same at the prices staled in tne offer,
I or to return them, at its option. No bid will be
; considered where the articles accompanying it are
I not of the kind and quality required for the Depart|
ment.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual
or firm making it, and must specify a price, and but
one price, for each and every article contained in the
schedule. Should any articles be required not
enumerated, they are to lie furnished at the lowest
market prices, according to quality. Blank forms
for proposals will be furnished at the Department
to persons applying for them; and as without uniformity
therein the Department would find it diffi- i
cult to make a decision, none will be taken into consideration
unless substantially agreeing therewith.
The printing must be executed with new and ;
perfect type, and on the best paper used for the different
descriptions required. The paper for the
printing will be furnished by the contractor ; the
Department, or the office oraering it, to designate
fhe If i nil .. f mhiht and iv?v whether scrmt or
| otherwise, and tAc number to go on a sheet, when
, the matter or article will admit of more than one.
I Each clans will be bid for and decided upon separately,
and all other things being equal, it will be
assigned to the lowest bidder. Where more than
j one class is assigned to a bidder, they may all he '
i embraced in one contract j and each bidder, who
may have one or more classes assigned to him, shall
take all such classes, or forfeit his right to any portion
of the contract
All the articles to be furnished and work to be
executed must be of the best quality, and delivered
without delay when ordered, and to the satisfaction
of the bead of the office for which they are re- 1
quired.
The Department reserves to itself the right of
ordering a greater or less quantity of each and every
article contracted for, as the public, service may require.
Bonds, with approved security, to be given by
the person or person* contracting; and in case of a
failure to supply the ariic lea, or to perform the
work, the contractor and his sureties shall be liable
for the forfeiture specified in such bond, as liquidated
damages.
The subjoined lists sjiecify.s* nearly as now can
be done, the amount, quality, and description of
j each of the kinds of articles and work that will be
wanted.
JTjr* It lieing impracticable to give a precise de
' ~^"nil nnalitir /.f Ihn varl/itll I
! *< ! ipii'm vi mc uniui c vj ??? . u.
kinds of printing, bidders are referred to the sample*
i in the different officer for sjiecimens of the general
descriptions required.
STATIONERY.
Writing paper, made of hnen, laid or wove,
white or blue.
Class No. 1.
75 reams folio post, satin or plain finish, faint j
lined, and trunmed, to weigh not less
than 17 pounds per ream
100 do foolscap, hand-made, faint lined and i
trimmed, to weigh not leas than 12
pounds per ream
50 do foolscap, machine, faint-lined and !
trimmed, to weigh not less that 12
pounds pgr ream
15 do foolscap, plain, hand-made, faint- i
lined and trimmed, to weigh not less |
than 12 pounds per ream i
10 do foolscap, plain, machine, faint-lined
and trimmed, to weigh not less than 1 i
12 pounds |>er ream <
IH do foolscap, blue-bud, hand-made, faint- i
lined, garden pattern, commonly
known as despatch or consular paper, , I
to weigh not less than 16 pounds per i
ream
250 do quarto post, hand-made, plain, faintlined
three aides, per ream
120 do quarto poet, machine, plain, faintlined
three aides, per ream
60 do quarto post, hand-made, plain, ftuntfuied
four sides, per ream
10 do quarto post, machine, faint-lined four
sides, per ream
40 do quarto post French, faint-lined three
sides, per ream
15 do note paper, gilt per ream
5 do do plain do
Class No. 2.
3 do royal paper for books
? do medium paper for books
40 do copying do do
190 do envelope paper, yellow or buff, royal,
per ream
60 do envelope paper, flat cap, white or
blue, per ream
10 do large brown envelope, per ream
20 do blotting paper, royal, per ream
25 dozen patent blotting paper
20 sheets drawing paper, antiquarian, per sheet
25 do do do double elephant, per
sliest
do do do do elepnant, per sneet
50 do tracing do largest size, French,
per sheet
24 do drawing do royal per sheet
5,000 binders' boards, 61 by 10J inches, per 1000
Class No. 3.
450 dozen cards Perry's beBt metallic pens, per
dozen cards
250 do cards of all other manufacture in use,
per dozen cards
40 gross metallic pens, per gross
15,000 auills, No. 80; per thousand
10 dozen ever-pointed pencils, silver, per dozen
10 do ever-pointed silver desk-pencils, with
rosewood handles, per dozen
40 gross of leads, for ever-pointed pencils, assorted
sizes, per gross
75 dozen Contee's best black lead pencils, graduated
100 do Monroe's, or other manufactured do
10 do red lead pencils, per dozen
3 do drawing pencils, assorted
Class No*. 4.
20 dozen folders, ivory, 9-inch, per dozen
600 do red lmen tape, assorted do
60 do silk taste, assorted colors and widths,
in hanks, per dozen
2 do pounce boxes, of ivory, per dozen
10 do do cocoa, do
12 do sand boxes, do do
10 do do tin do
15 do wafer stands, or boxes, cocoa, per
dozen
25 do erasers, Rodgers A Son's, ivory handle,
per dozen, genuine
30 do penknives, Rodgers A Son's, 4 blades,
buckhorn handles, per dozen, genuine
10 do penknives, Abbott's, American, fourGlade,
buckhorn handles, per dozen,
genuine
5 do desk-knives, Rodgers 4k Son's, one
blade, ivory handles, per dozen, genuine
6 do wafer-stamps, ivory handles, per dozen
5 do wafer-stamps, lignumvitse handles,
per dozen
4 do office shears, 11 inches, per dozen
Class No. 5.
12 dozen inkstands, cut glass, recently invented
fountain, movable tops, per dozen
4 do inkstands, cast iron, !??*?, double
2 do do do do single
4 do French pump China inkstands
J5 gallons ink, black, Maynard db Noyes's, per
gallon
inn bottles ink, black, Maynard & Noyes's, in
battles, pier quart
10 ?p?art? ink, i?d, per quart
75 bottles ink, black. Cooper A FhiHips's, or equal,
per ouart bottle
30 do ink, blue, Stephens's, per quart bottle
100 do ink, red, Arnold's, or equal, in J-pmt
bottles, per bottle
120 do carmine ink, small size, French, or equal
>00 do ink, copying, Terry's, in {-pint bottles,
per bottle
Class No. 6.
10,000 wafers, large red, for office seals, per thousand
100 pounds wafers, common size, red, per pound
150 do sealing-wax, l>eat extra superfine,
scarlet, per pound
30 do seaJtng-wax, superfine, per pound
15 do do black, do
40 do India rubber, prepared, do
5 do do unpre|>ared, do
300 quarts black sand, per quart
Class No 7.
150 ounces pounce, per ounce
1 dozen India ink, best, per dozen
2 do camel's hair pencils, per dozen, assorted
2 do sable pencils, per dozen, assorted
1 do Osborn's best water colors, per dozen
cakes
400 pounds twine, linen, per pound
100 tlo twine, cotton, ao
>0,000 pocket envelopes, of white or yellow |*per,
of the following sizes, viz: 8} by 3] inches,
per hundred
JO,000 pocket envelopes, letter size
6 dozen rulers, mahogany, round or flat, per
dozen
2 dozen lignumvitse, round, per dozen
8 do elastic penholders, Alden's, per dozen
I do tortoise shell, per dozen
5 pounds sponge, beat, per pound
10 do gum arable, best, do
PRINTING.
The printing of all kinds, including paper, which
may be required to be executed for the use of the
Department of the Interior, or any of the offices
thereof, whether the same be circulars, instructions,
warrants, forms, returns, blanks, solid matter or
not, leaded, rule work, or rule and figure work, faint
ruling or lining, and red ruling or lining, or bv
whatever name, title, or description the same shall
be.known to, or usually designated by, the office requiring
it, and including also folding, stitching, !
panting. Ac., on the following descriptions of paper,
to wit:
?Vb. of theet*
On quarto post, I page on a sheet, per 100
sheets .... 75,000
2 do do 30,500
3 do do 5,000
* d? do 3 000
On foolscap, 1 do do 8,500
3 do do 80,000 j
3 do do 2,900
4 do do 1,800
On folio pott, 1 do do 8,800
2 do do 7,200
3 do do 2,000
4 do do 2,000
On every other description of paper, not
designated atiove, but to be to by the office
ordering it, whether circular*, instructions,
warrants, forma, returns, Ac., a* specified
in the first paragraph, for?
1 page on a aheet, per 100
sheet* .... 2,700
2 do do 20.000
3 do do 2,100
4 do do 1.250
State the price per page for everv additional
page on any of the above over four
pages, estimating at 1,000 pages.
On parchment, to l>a furnished by the
Denartment, per 100 .... 65,000
ftlank forms, or any other description of printing
required broadside on any of the shore paper, earn
broadside to be counted aa one page
It ia expressly to be understood that no extra
chares of any description will he allowed The
prices bid for printing must cover and include all
contingencies and extras.
The Department reserves the right to have any
description of printing, which may properly be
railed "book or pamphlet work," executed by
?penal contract.
The bidders for printing will accompany their
bids with samples of quality of the different kinds
of paper they proj?oae to furnish
June 14?9awt ;?ih.
h NOTICE.-The steamer C0k.
mfw LUMBIA, Captain James Harper,
will leave Commerce street
wharf, in Baltimore, on Saturday,
March 3d, at four o'clock in the afternoon, for
Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown; and returning,
will leave Washington at 6 o'clock and
Alexandria at 7 o'clock in tne morning of the following
Wednesday. Thereafter, she will leave
Baltimore on every succeeding Saturday afternoon,
and Washington and Alexandria on every succeeding
Wednesday morning, at the hours before mentioned,
during the season.
For passage and freight, apply to the Captain on
board, or to the several agents: C. Worthington,
Baltimore; Mr. Riley, Washington; Messrs. rickrell,
Georgetown; and Messrs. Wheat, Alexandria.
JAMES HARPER, Captain.
A report having been extensively circulated that
the steanter Columbia had been condemned by the
Inspector of Steamboat Hulls for the port of Washington,
the annexed certificates are published in
refutation thereof:
Having been called upon by you to examine the
hull of the steamer Columbia, whilst on the railway
in Baltimore, on the 23d ultimo, and having performed
that dut^, I feel no hesitancy in saying that
me nun ox uiai uuni is iu rwu uiuuiuuu, ouu * uovworthy
for the carriage of freight and passengers
between this place and Baltimore. The injury done
to the sternpost having now been repaired, I conaider
her to De as good as many steamboats of five
years of age.
I am, air, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
william easby,
Inspector of Steamboats.
Washington, February 1' f, 1849.
To William Gunton, Esq., President of the Washington,
Alexandria, and Georgetown 8tcain Packet
Company.
Baltimobx, February 20, 1849.
We, the undersigned, shipwrights of Baltimore,
have had the steamer Columbia upon our railway,
and, at the request of the owners and agent, have
examined her throughout and made all necessary
repairs. We now, without hesitation, pronounce
her to be in very good order for the transportation
of freight and passengers between Baltimore and
Washington. FLANNIGAN & TRIMBLE.
June 13?3taw6w
PATENT OFFICE, Mat 9, 1849.
iN pursuance of the "act legalizing and making
appropriations for such necessary objects as have
en usually included in the General Appropriation
bills without authority of law, and to fix and provide
for certain incidental expenses of the Departments
and offices of the Government, and for other
purposes," approved the 26'h August, 1842, separate
proposals will be received at this office until the
25th day of June next, for furnishing all the stationery
(a list of which is below) and executing all
me prinung aim uuun*uuiuiiig mm umj *vi|un?w
by this office for the vear commencing on the lat
day of July, 1849, and ending on the 30th day of
June, 1850. All the articled to be furnished, and
work to be executed, must be of the beat quahiy,
and in the best manner; delivered without delay at
such times and in such quantities as may be required,
and to the satisfaction of the Commissioner.
Bonds, with approved security, to be given by
the person or persons contracting. Specimens of
the printing ana binding may be seen at this office.
It is to be understood by the persons proposing, that
the office is to be at liberty to take either a greater
or leas quantity of any article than is specified, according
to its wants during the year.
STATIONERY. Writing
paper, hand-made, of linen-laid.
10 reams of folio post paper, ruled to pattern,
satin finish
20 do cap paper, ruled, satin finish
20 do letter paper, wove and laid, ruled, per
ream
Envelope paper, envelope?,
10 ream* ?J?r- r-**? u.-sr, per ream
10 Jo do white do
4 do blotting paper
5000 envelopes, large and small, buff
rtn Hn urhltJ* i
10 pounda linen twine
10 do gum arable
3000 quills (80)
3000 alee! pena, assorted, beat quality
3 gross lead pencils (hard and soft)
20 dozen red tape
2 gross silk taste
4 pounda wafers
0 do sealing wax, beat extra superfine,
scarlet ?
2 dozen ink, red and black, in quarts
2 pounda India rubber, prepared, Goody cur's or
other's
{ do pounce
1 dozen pounce boxes, ivory
1 bushel black sand
I dozen sand-boxes, cocoa
1 do penknives, 4 blades, Rodgers & Son's,
1 do do 2 blades, do
1 do erasers, do
| do inkstands, French pump
j do ivory folders
2 do wafer stamps
2 pairs paper shears, Rodgers 4 Son's, 8-tnch
blade, per pair
6 pairs paper shears. Rod gets 4 Son's, 6^-inch
Wade, per pair
1 dozen scissors
PRINTING,
Blanks on irritinq paper, Sfr.
Demy size, broadside, per quire
Do half sheet do
roiio po?l, oronusiae, per quirr
D? one page, do
Foolscap broadside, do
Do one page, do
Quarto pot, one nage do
File envelopes and letter envelopes, per hundred
Circulart on writing paper,
] page on a sheet, printed per quire, foolscap
2 do do do do
3 do do do do
4 do do do do
] do do do quarto post
2 do do do do
3 do do do do
4 do do do do
The paper for the above must be of the beat quality.
Book work on printing paper.
For composition, per thousand ems, for small pica
Do do do brevier
For press-work and paper, per token, for royal
Do do do for medinni
BOOK BINDING.
Letter books, per volume
Record of patents, (manuscripts) per volume
Records for assignments do
Received letters do
Books (library) miscellaneous do
RDMUND BURKE,
June 15?tJl Commissioner of Patents.
TO IVVEVTOR*.
THE SUBSCRIBERS offer their irrvi( M to persons
wishing to obtain patent* in the United
State* or in foreig* countries, and will prepare apeciftcations
and drawing*, and take all necessary
atepa to secure a patent.
From their long experience aa practical mechanica,
added to a thorough knowledge of the Patent
lew and acquaintance with the detail* connected
with the business of the Patent Office, they truat
they will be able to give satisfaction to their employer*,
both in the < learnea* and pre< im?n of their
specifications, and in the promptness and ability
with which they tranaact all buaineaa entrn*ted to
them.
Peraon* reaiding at a diatance may procure all
ncc?-s?*ry information, have their hu*in?-*a transacted,
and obtain a patent, by writing to the subarribera,
without incurring the expense of a personal
attendance at Washington.
Models can be sent with perfect safety by the expresses.
Rough sketches and descriptions can be sent by
mail.
For evidence of their competence and integrity,
they would respectfully refer to all those for shorn
they have transacted business.
letters must bejvwtpaid. Office on F street, opposite
the Patent Office p. h. Watson,
June 19? Imw E 8. REN WICK |
9
OFFICE
OF THE RBPUBLl/
NINTH STREET,
near pennsylvania avinui,
WASHINGTON, D. C. ?
ADVERTISING:
Advertisement* will be inserted in The Republic
st the usual rates of the other papers published in
Washington.
A deduction will be made to thoae who advertise
by the year.
THE TRI-WEEKLY REPUBLIC
will sb issued every
TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.
THE WEEKLY REPUBLIC
WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
SPLENDID LOTTERIES,
FOR JULY, 1849.
J. W. MAURY & CO., MANAGERS.
$40,000!
20 PRIZES OF $4,000 are $80,000!
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY,
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy,
Claw No. 84, for 1849.
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, the
7th of July, 1849.
BRILLIANT SCHEME.
1 prise of $40,000
20 prisea of 4,000
10 do .... 1,693
10 do .... 1,200
Tickets only $10?Halves $6?Quarters $2 60.
Certificates of packages of 25Whole tickets $ 130 00
Do do of 26 Half do 66 00
Do do of 25 Quarter do 32 50
3 PRIZES OF $26,000 ARE $78,000!
3 prises of $10,000 are $30,000!
30 prises of $1,000!
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY,
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy,
Class No. 87, for 1849,
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, the
14th of July, 1849.
GRAND SCHEME:
1 prize of - - - - $26,000
1 do .... >26,000
1 do .... 26,000
3 prizes of - - 10,000
3 do .... 5,000
3 do .... 3,182
30 do .... 1,000
178 do - - - - 600
Tickets $10?Halves $5?Quarters $2 60.
Certificates of packages of 26 Whole tickets $140 00
Do do of 26 Half do 70 00
Do do of 26 Quarter do 36 00
CAPITAL, $36,000!
$18,000! $10,000!
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY,
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy,
Class No. 90, for 1849,
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, the
21st of July, 1849.
75 number lottery, 13 drawn ballots.
SPLENDID SCHEME:
1 splendid prize of - - $36,000
1 prize of 18,000
1 do .... 10,000
1 do .... 8,000
1 do .... 6,000
1 do .... 4,000
1 do .... 2,266
20 prizes of - - - -1,200
20 do 600
20 do .... 400
Tickets $10?Halves $6?Quarters $2 60.
Certificates of packages of 26 Whole tickets $130 00
Do do of 25 Half do 66 00
Do do of 26 Quarter do 32 60
$52 000!
$18,000! $11,000!
Sixtwn Drawn Ballot*.'
VIRGINIA 8TATE LOTTERY.
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy,
Class G, for 1849,
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, the
28th of July, 1849.
78 number lottery?16 drawn ballots!
Mors priiu than blank*!
1 splendid prise of . $&2,000
I prise of 18,000
1 do .... n,000
1 do .... 8,000
1 do .... 6,000
1 do .... 4,000
1 do .... 3,000
1 do .... 2,606
10 prises of .... 1,600
10 do .... 1,100
10 do 500
kc. kc. kc.
Tickets $16?Halves $7 50?Quarters $3 76
Eighths $1 871.
Certificates of package* of 26 Whole tickets$170 00
Do do of 26 Half do 86 00
Do do of 26 Quarter do 42 60
Do do of 26 Eighth do 21 25
Orders for Tickets and Shares and Certificates of
Package* in the above Splendid Lotteries will receive
the most prompt attention, and an official account
of each drawing sent, immediately after it is
over, to all who order from us.
Address J. Si C. MAURY, Agents.
June 14 Alexandria, Pis.
MEXICAN CLAIMS.
Notice to holders of claims against Mexico, provided
far by the fifth article of the unratified convention ef
November 20, 1843.
THE Board of Commissioner* to adjust claims
against Mexico, appointed under act of Congress
of 3d March, 1849, have adopted the follow
I 1U?( ururr, w ?iv.
"It appearing to the Board that memorial in
several of the rases provided for in the fifth article
of the unratified convention of November SO, IMS,
I between the government of the United State* and of
I .Mexico, to wit, claim* which were considered by
the commissioner* under the treaty of Uth April,
1HP>, and referred to the umpire, and which were
not decided by him, have not been filed agreeably
to the order* heretofore established, and it heing
represented that further time in necessary, therefbre
it is
" Ordered, That the time (or filing such memorials
be extended to the fir it Monday of tfootmbrr next;
and all memorials and arguments relating to said
claims are required to be filed on or before, said
day."
Orrtcs or said Commission,
Washington, June 7, 1H49.
WM. CAREY JONES. Secretary
June 14?dlOt
P. H. HOOK * CO.,
Pa. A venae, between 7tl? and 8 th streets,
HAVE now in store and are constantly receiving
from manufacturers and importers addi
tions to the following description of goods, vis:
House furnishing article* of every variety, such I
as Carpeting*. Rugs, Floor Oil Cloths, Canton and 1
Spanish Mattings, Curtain Materials and Fixturva,
Lace Curtains, Embroidered Muslin Curtains, Mar
srillce Counterpanes, Furniture Chintx. Linen Sheet
ings, Pillow Case Linens, Towellings, Table Da
masks, Table Cloths, Damask Napkins, Bird's Eye,
Scotch and Russia Diapers, Cloth. Worsted, and
Cotton Table and Piano Covers, ir Ar
IN LADIES' WEAR. FANCY GOODS, he..
WE NAME?
French and India Silk* of the latent stylo*
Black Groa de Rhine* and Satin de Chine for veaite*
French Barrgea, Tieaure*, and Grenadinea
French, S? otch. and American Lawn* and Gingham*
Plaid* Striped and Plain Swia* Mtialin*
I Are Capo*. French worked Collar* and Cufla
Splendidly Embroidered and Plain Canton Crape
Shawl*
Needle worked and Bordered Shear Lawn Handkerchief*
Silk, Cotton and Raw Silk Hoaiery of every dear
ription
Kid, Silk and Liale Thread Glovea, of every description
I
Black Net Mita, Thread Lace*, Black Silk Lace*
Bobbin Edging*, kc., kc. 1
IN GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. WE NAME- !
French, Ingliah, .mil \in?ru*n Clolh* of every I
color, from the moat celebrated maker*
French Doeakin* and Ca**iniere* of the fin rat
quality
Silk, Satin, and Maraeillea Vratings, a great vaI
riety
Silk, Mcrino.andCotton Under Veataand Drawer*
Silk and Linen Cambric Handkerrhiefo, Fancy
I Cravat* j
Linen Shirting* and Drawer*, Linen*. Itc.
Together with a complete aaeortment of ffonda of
every deecription in otir line, to which we invite the
attention of pun ha*er? before pure haaingelac where,
a* inducement* will be offered.
P H HOOE It Co.
June |3 [Union
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