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THE REPUBLIC.
K1MTBD BY
A. C. BVLUTT 4t JOHN O. MRtilCNT.
s PUBLIBHBD BY
N GIDEON * Co.
TERMS OK THE DAILY AND TR1- WEEKLY.
Fur the Daily paper, per annum . . . R 10 00
For the Tri-weekly, " 6 00
For three copies of the Tri-weekly . . 16 00
TERMS OF THE WEEKLY.
Mingle subscription for one year . . . # 2 00
Six copiea, for one year 10 00
Sixteen copies, for oue year 20 00
Twenty-Ave copiea, for one year, (when
i ordered at one and the name time) . . 25 00
No paper will be sent until the money is received.
Navy Supplies under the Bureau of Yards
and Docks.
THE REPUBLIC?
' I DAILY.
...... * * _f_z~Vol.
I. WASHINGTON: TUESDAY. MORNING, JUNE *26, 1849. No. 1*2.
Navt Agent's Office,
! Memphis, Tennessee, May 30, i649>
QEALED PROPOSALS in duplicate, for each
O class separately endorsed "Proposals for supplies
for navy yards," will be received at this office
. until 12 o'clock, m., on the 29th day of June next,
i for furnishing and delivering at the navy yard at
Memphis, Tennessee, at such place or places as
may oe directed by the commandant, free of expense
to the Government, the materials and articles
hereinafter to be specified, viz:
Clou Jib. 1?Bricks.
422,400 best quality paving bricks
364,100 " hard burnt do
Class Jib. 2.?Stone.
754 perches stone for foundations, in pieces from
6 to 18 inches thick, not less than 18 inches wide,
and from 2 to 4 ffeet long. The pieces must be
well shaped, and may be sand or limestone, or
both.
210 perches stone in rectangular blocks, 3 to 5
feet long, 6 inches thick, and 18 inches wide.
Class Jio. 3?Lumber.
120 pieces cypress or pine, 23 feet long, 3? x 12
inches
120 pieces cypress or pine, 22 feet long, 3J X 12
inches
120 pieces cypress or pine, 12 feet long, 3J x 12
inches
1,100 pieces cypress or pine, 35 feet loi)g, 10 x 10
for piling
1,000 pieces cypress or pine, 35 feet long, 6 x 12
for piling
200 pieces round timber for piles, 50 feet long,
12 inches diameter in the middle
3UU pieces round umber tor piles, 4U reel long,
12 inches diameter in the middle
500 pieces round timber for piles, 35 feet long,
12 inches diameter in the middle
20,300 feet 1 inch cypress or pine boards, for sheeting
450 feet 14 inch cypress or pine plank
* 50 cedar posts, 8x8 inches, 8 feet long
45 pieces cedar plank, 9 feet long, lj x9 inches
90 pieces cedar plank, 9 feet long, 2} x 5 "
Class Jib. 4.?Limb and Cement.
12,660 bushels of unslacked lime
350 barrels of hydraulic cement
Class Jio. 5.?Sand.
31,280 bushels of sand
Class Ah- 6.?Iron, Steel, and Nails.
65 pounds bar iron, 3 inches by j inch
1,100 44 44 2 J 44 by J 41
2,500 44 44 2 44 by i 44
1,120 4 4 44 li 44 by 1J 44
195 44 44 J 44 by 2 44
100 44 6d cut nails
200 44 8d 44
300 44 lOd 44
200 44 20d 44
112 sash weights, weighing 7 pounds each
8 doz best 12 inch axle window pulleys
] 12 44 12 44 wood screws, No. 12
Class Ao 6.?Miscellaneous.
200 pounds cast steel, 1 inch square
100 44 4 inch round iron
300 44 I 44 44
300 44 1 44 44
800 44 1 44
500 44 horse-shoe 44
Class Jio. 7.?Copper.
42 sheets of copper 30 x 60 inches, weighing 11
pounds eacn
Class Jio. 8.?Paints, Oil, and Glass.
450 pounds of Spanish whiting
?l AAA EA u:.. I A
j,^w - pure wniie iwki
176 gallons of linseed oil
8 " of spirits turpentine
59 pounds of litharge
8 * of lampblack
2 boxes of wrfndow glass, 10 x 16 inches
3 " best quality crown glass, 11 x 20 inches
Class -Vb. 9-?Hardwark, Misceilankocs.
1J dozen 14 inch flat files
1 do 14 do half round files
1 do 12 do flat smooth files
j do 10 do flat smooth Ales
1 do 12 do half round smooth files
j do 12 do square Ales
1 do 10 do three square do
1 do 6 do do do
4 do 5 do hand-raw do
3 do 41 do do do
2 do 12 do mill saw do
2 do 14 do do do
V1 J do 12 do rat-tail do
1 blacksmith's vice (solid box) weighing 80
pounds
10 pounds borax
30 do horae-ahoe nails
200 do nig lead
100 do olock tin
1 ream No. 2 sand paper
1 do No. 3 do
150 pounds white chalk
100 do glue
10 dozen mason's lines
30 gallon* lard oil
60 do apiril gaa
Clmm Afe 10 ?STATfOMBBT, Mikiiumiwi.
10 ream* beat quality ruled letter paper
10 " " foolacap paper, ruled
9 quirea Atlas drawing paper
500 quilla, No. 90
4 groaa heat metallic pena
1 dor en pint bottlea black ink
1 dozen (xitilea French carmine red ink
12 pound* red aealing-wax
1 dozen paper* Mark sand
9 " blank book*. No 9, Bvo.
, ] " niece* India rubber
12 " black lead -pencil*, aeaorted number*
CUm Wo. 11.?Hat, MtacaixAMaon*
25 tona Hay
('Um AT*. 12.?MiarELLAMKOtia.
16,000 pound* of chopped rye
500 buabela of corn
500 44 oat*
7,000 pound# of aheaf oata
. 8 bnahel* O. A. aalt
3 Iwrrela tar, each barrel to contain 31 gallon*
(Xm? Jfc 13.?MitcaLLAUcon*.
2,000 buabela of beat bitominoua coaj
It ia to be provided in the contract, and to be diatinetly
underatood, that the Government renerrea
the right to increaee or dimintah the quentitie* of
article* contracted for to the amount of 60y par
cent , aa the want* of the eerrice may require ; and
whether the quentitie* requi-ed be more or lea* than
thoae apeeifkd, the pncea ahall remein the aame
All the article* mum he of the knt qn*lit*, delivered
in fond order, end subject to snch inspection
at the yard of delivery aa the bureau may diiect, I
and be in all reepect* satisfactory to the command. 1
ant thereof. For further description of material*
and aamplea, apply m the rorhmandant of the navy
yard.
The deliveries of all the bi.iUine material*, excepting
miscellaneous articles arwf pilea, may he
commenced forthwith, and must be commenced
within sixty daya aflrr the date of the contract, and
i . he continued from time to time aa, in the opinion of
the commandant of the yard, the want* of the eer- 1
vice may require, and mu*t ail he completed within
six month* after aaid date. But no payment will
ha made until July I, 1849
Classes headed " Miacellaneoua," to he delivered
aa required during the fiscal year. On theae, the 90
per cent, retained may, at the option of the bureau,
be paid Quarterly, on the 1st of January, April,
July, son October. When deliveriea have Imeu |
sattafactory, the balance (80 per cent.) will lie paid
by the Navy Agent, within thirty daya after the
preaentation of hill* in triplicate, properly vonchrd
and approved.
A rtgid adherence to the contract will he required.
Riddera, therefore, are especially cautioned not to
ofler uhder an nopreAaion that an extension of time
will be g rap ted or permitted,
f 1
4
I . . ' .
Approved sureties in one-half of the amount of
the contract will be required, and 20 per ceht. us
additional security deducted from each payment,
until the contract shall have been completed or cancelled.
The sureties must sign the contract as
sureties, and make affidavit that they, in the aggrefate,
are worth, over and above their debts analiailities,
the full amount of the contract.
Each offer must be signed by the person or persons
making it, and his or their residence, as well
us the guarantors, naming the town and State, must
be distinctly stated.
Persons whose offers shall be-accepted, will be
notified by letter through the post office, which notice
shall be considered sufficient; and if they do not
enter into contract accordingly for the supplies
specified, within fifteen da?s from the date of notice
of the acceptance of their bid, a contract will be
made with some other person or persons, and the
guarantors to said defaulting bidder will lie held responsible
for excess of price, if any, over the accepted
offer.
Form or orrER.
To the Navy Agent at , I
of , in the State of , hereby offer
to furnish under your advertisement dated ,
and subject to all the requirements of the same, all
the articles embraced in class No , viz: for
(here insert the articles and prices curried out,)
amounting to, (write the aggregate in words.)
The undersigned, of , and , of
, in the State of , as guarantors,
hereby undertake that the above named will,
if his offer be accepted, enter into contract, as before
required, with the United States, within fifteen days
after the date of notice, through the post office, of
the acceptance of his bid, as before mentioned.
(Signatures.)
T certify the above named, , and ,
are known to me to be good and responsible guarantors
in this case. GEO. W. SMITH,
June 12?lnwtjiine29 Navy Agent.
STATIONERY, PRINTING, AND
BINDING.
Navy Department, May 26, 1849.
QEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be
U 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 the Stationery and executing
all the Printing and Binding that may be required
by the Navy Department and its several Bureaus
iur uic y ecu wiuiucjiuiig uic 111 ui Juiy, ioijy cuiu
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 qf the head of
the office for which they are required. If it be required,
each bidder for stationery must furnish with
hisproposal a sample of each article bid for.
To ensure uniformity in the proposals, blank
forms will be furnished to those disposed to bid;
and no bid will be considered not fully conforming
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.
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 authorised 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 Paper qf linen tlock
3 reams folio post, blue or white, ruled, per
.ream
10 reams Owen A. Hurl hut's superior blue-laid
foolscap, weighing not leas than 16 pounds
per ream, or of any other manufacture of
equal quality, per ream
10 mams South worth '? extra superfine foolscap,
wove, blue or whu^ ruled, weighing not
less than 16 pounds per ream, or of any other
manufacture of equal quality, per ream
10 reams South worth's Congress exirn 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
20 rwimi Jeaaup's hrst data quarto pott, wove
or laid, blue or white, ruled, weighing 9
pounds per ream, or of any other manufacture
of oquai quality, ner ream
90 reams Planter, Smith A Co'e extra superfine
blue wove quarto poat, ruled, weighing bj
pounds per ream, per ream
30 reams beat yellow or buff enveloping paper,
flat, per ream
10 reams best while enveloping paper, smooth
surface, flat, 20 by 25 inches, per ream
5 reams note paper, gilt-edged, per ream
90 reams copying or tissue peper, quarto post,
per ream
10 reams copying or tissue paper, cap, per ream
5 reams beat I-ranch quarto post paper, rnled,
per ream
150 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by 97 inches, per
sheet
3 reams blotung paper, royal, ner ream
150 sheets 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 I>epurlmen t to
have the liberty of selecung from all the different
kinds manufactured, English or Ame
rtcan, in the market,) 12 on a card, per dozen
cards
100 cards Perry' pens, assorted, per card
1 grass Damascus pens, in boxes, with one
dozen holders, per gross
4 gross of any of Jos. Oillntt'e pens (in boxes) |
the Department may select, per groat
6 cards engineer's pens, per card
4 do lithographic pens do
4 dozen quart bottle* Maynard A Noyce's black
ink, per dozen
4 dorm ouarl hot I Ira Hoover's Mark ink ner
do?n
] dozen quart bnttlea blue ink, per dozen
3 dozen quart b ittle* beet London copying ink,
Amnld'a or Terry'a, per dozen
3 dozen gill bnulea Arnold'a red ink, per doz.
100 rtran quilla, beet quality, per 100
1000 quiTIa No. 80, opaque or clarified, per 100
100 crow or Brandt quill* do
75 dozen red tape, No. 15 to No. 95, per dozen
6 do ailk taale, do
4 do penknivea, 4 bladee, Rodger* and Son'a
beat, per dozen
4 do eraaera, ivory handle*, in caaea, Rodger*
and 8on*a manufacture, per dozen
9 do pair of ?heara and auaaora, per pair
3 do ivory folder*, 9 inchea per dozen
2 do Camnfton'a parallel nilera, do
9 do annd-boxea, cocoa wood do
9 do wafer ataoda, do do
2 do poo nee bozea, do do
1 do do i*ory, do
9 do wafer-atampa, irory handle*, do
10 do black lead pencil*, Faherbi haat gradu- ,
ated, ner dozen
4 do beat American drawing pencil*, gr*dn- '
ated, per dozer
4 do Cohen'a red lead pencila, per dozen
2 do noble bruahee, assorted, do
2 do camel'a hair bruahea, n**'d, do
4 do cut glna* inkntanda, 2| inche* aquare,
plain or pillared, per dozen
Q An afirka Itrat In-lia ink Mr airl
30 pound* 1**1 auperfine arartet *enl?ng-wax per
pound
90 do aecond quality acarlel aeaJing-wnx, per
pound
15 do neat quality wafer*, per pound
10 do pim arable, do
3 do pounce, do
10 do neat cotton twine, do
10 do beat On* twine, do
1000 large office wafer* for Department aeala, |>er j
1,1100 ?j
12 paper weight* of braae, compnaition, or lead,
per weight
60 quarts black sand, in papers, per dozen papers
4 pounds India rubber, prepared, per pounu
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, ouarto form, interleaved,
faint lined, ana half bound, with
spring backs and marginal indices
Circulars, paper included.
15 reams quarto post writing paper, 1, 2, 3, or 4
pages, per quire
50 reams foolscap writing paper, 1, 2, 3, or 4
pages, per quire
Blanks, Paper, faint and red lining included.
30 reams demi, folio post, foolscap, or quarto
post, per quire 1
Book-work, exclusive of paper, viz:
Composition, per 1,000 ems
Presswork per token
BINDING.
IA V.ans]..
iv vuiuiiico ui iiv wdjiapcid, uany, y tai iy
volume
10 voiumee of newspapers, weekly, tri 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, &c., similar in form
to those now in use, which may be examinedf
to be of the best linen paper, per book
200 manuscript 'etters, 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 ream
June 14?law3w
Stationery and Printing.
Department of the Interior,
May 30, 1849.
SEPARATE PROPOSALS for furnishing the
stationery, and for executing the prin'ing of
this Department, during the fiscal year ending June
30, 1850, will be received until 3 o'clock p. m., on
the 29th day of June next. Those unaccompanied
by satisfactory testimonials of 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, quiils, metallic pens, lead
pencils, knives, ink, (fee., 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 inem, at its option. No bid will be
considered where the articles accompanying it are
not of the kind and quality required for tne 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 Brticle contained in the
schedule. Should any article* be required not
enumerated, they are to be furnished at the lowest
market prices?according to quality. Blank forma
for proposals will be furnished at the Department
to persons applying for them; and as without uniformity
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 type, and on the best paper used for the different
descriptions required. The paper for the
Kinung will be furnished by the contractor ; the
ipartroent or the office ordering it. to designate
the kind of paner and type, wnetner script or
otherwise, ana the number to go on a sheet, when
the matter or article will admit of more than one.
Each class will be bid for and decided upon separately,
and all other things being equal, it will lie
assigned to the lowest bidder. Where more than
one class is assigned to s bidder, they may all be
embraced in one contract ; 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 head of the office for which they are required.
The Department reserves to itself the right of
ordering a greater or less quanUly of each and every
article contracted for, as the public service may require.
Bonds, wiih 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 ht
wanted.
It being impracticable to give a prwise description
of the nature and quality of tne various
kinds of nrtnung, bidders are referred to the sample*
in the different office* for specimens of the general
descriptions required.
STATIONERY.
fVrtttnp paper, made of /men, Itrid or trot*,
ir/ltte or blue.
Class No. 1.
75 reams folio post, satin or plain finish, faint
lined, and trimmed, to weigh not less
<k.n IT rwr-r r^mrr,
100 do foolscap, hand-made, Cunt lined and
trimmed, to weigh not less than 12
Kunds per ream
dscap, machine, faint-lined and
trimmed, to weigh not leas that 12
pounds per ream
15 do foolscap, plain, hand-made, fnintlined
and trimmed, to weigh not lean
than 12 pounds per ream
10 do foolscap, plain, machine, faint-lined
and trimmed, to weigh not less than
19 pounds per rram
18 do foolscap, blue-laid, hand-made, faintlined,
garden pattern, commonly
known as deapatrh or consular papar,
to weigh not leas than 16 pounds per
ream
250 do quarto post, hsnd-inade, plain, faintfmed
three sidea, per ream
190 do quarto post, machine, plain, faintlined
three sides, per ream
60 do quarto poet, hand-made, plain, faintlined
four sides, per ream
10 do quarto post, machine, faint-lined four
sides, per ream
40 do quarto post French, faint-lined three
sidea, per ream
l.i ao note paper, gut ner rrim
5 do do pl?m do
Clm* NO. 9.
3 do royal paper for hooka
? do medium paner for hooka
40 do copying tin do
190 do envelope paper, yallow or huff, royal,
per ream
60 do envelope paper, flat cap, while or
blue, per ream
% 10 do large brown envelope, per ream
90 do hlotung^>aper, royal, per ream
2T> doaen patent Hotline Wr
90 ahewta drawing paper, antiquarian, per aheet
95 do do do double elephant, per
aheet
SO do do do elephant, per aheet
50 do tracing do large* air.e, French,
per aheet
24 do drawing do royal per aheet
5,000 bindera' Iroarda, 61 by 10J mchea, per 1000
Ci.aa* No. 9
450 doten card a Per-y 'a beat metallic pena, per
doien card a
950 do carda of all other manufacture in uae,
per doten carda ^
40 gross metallic pen*, per gross
j 15,000 ouills, No. 80, per tliousaud
10 aozen ever-pointed pencils, silver, per dozen
10 do ever-pointed silver desk-pencils, with
rosewood handles, |>er dozen
40 gross of leads, for ever-pointed pencils, assorted
sizes, per gross
75 dozen Contee's beat black lead pencils, graduated
100 do Monroe's, or other manufactured do
10 do reu lead pencils, per dozen
3 do drawing pencils, assorted
Class No. 4.
20 dozen folders, ivory, 9-inch, per dozen
000 do red linen 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 & Son's, ivory handle.
ner dozen. Pennine
30 do penknives, Rodders & Son's, 4 blades,
Duckhorn handles, per dozen, genuine
10 do penknives, Abbott's, American, fourblade,
buckhorn handles, per dozen,
genuine
5 do desk-knives, Rodgers & Son's, one
blade, ivory handles, per dozen, genuine
6 do wafer-stamps, ivory handles, per dozen
5 do wafer-stamps, lignumvitae handles,
per dozen
4 do office shears, 11 inches, per dozen
Class No. S.
12 dozen inkstands, cut glass, recently invented
fountain, movable tops, per dozen
4 do inkstands, cast iron, large, double
2 do do do do single
4 do French pump China inkstands
15 gallons ink, black, Muynard & Noyes's, per
gallon
600 bottles ink, black, Maynard dt Noyes's, in
bolOes, per quart
10 quarts ink, rto, per quart
75 bottles ink, black, Cooper it Phillips's, or equal,
per quart bottle
30 do ink, blue, Stephen3's, per quart bottle
300 do ink, red, Arnold's, or equal, in J-pint
bottles, per bottle
120 do carmine ink, small size, French, or equal
H.i ink ennvinf Terrv's in l-nint bottles.
? 1 r; "*o? / ' " i ?
per bottle
Class No. 6.
80,000 wafers, large red, for office seals, per thousand
100 pounds warers, con.mon size* red, per pound
150 do sealing-wax, l>est extra superfine,
scarlet, per pound
30 do sealing-wax, superfine, per pound
15 do (To black, do
40 do India rubber, prepared, do
5 do do unprepared, 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 do twine, cotton, do
50,000 pocket envelops, of white or yell<>w i?per,
of the following sizes, viz: 8} by 3| inches,
per hundred
30,000 pocket envelopes, letter size
6 dozen rulers, mahogany, round or fiat, per
dozen
2 dozen lignumvite, round, per dozen
8 do elastic penholders, Alden's, per dozen
1 do tortoise shell, per dozen
5 pounds sponge, best, per pound
10 do gum arabtc, 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 nmc be circulars, instruction*,
warrants, forma, returns, blanks, solid matter or
not, leaded, rule work, or rule and figure work, faint
ruling or lining, and red ruling or lining, or by
whatever name, titie, or description the same shall
be known to, or usually designated by, the office requiring
it, and including also folding, stitching,
pasting, Ac., on the following descriptions of paper,
to wit:
.Vo. gf dhetit
On quarto poal, I page on a sheet, per 100
sheet* .... 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 00,(KM
3 do do 2,200
4 do do 1,800
On folio post, 1 do do H.000
2 do do 7.200
3 do do 2,000
4 do do 2,000
On every other description of paper, not
designated above, bat to be so by the office
ordering it, whether circulars, instructions,
warrants, forms, return*, Ac., a* specified
in the first paragraph, for?
1 page on s sheet, per 100
sheet* .... 2,700
2 do do 20 000
3 do do 2,100
4 do do 1,250
State the price par page for ever? additional
page on any of the above over four
pages, estimating at 1,000 page*.
On parchment, to lie furnished by the
j Denartme.nl, per I'*) .... 65,000
fllink form*, or any other deecription of prinung
reouired brood side on anv of tb? above naner. eacn
j broadaide to be counted ft* one page
It it expressly to he underatoml that no extra
charge of any anarnfHion will be allowed. The
prioea bid for printing must cover and include all
contingenn** and extra*
The Ihpartment reaerrea the right to hare any
' deacription of printing, which may properly I*
called "book or pamphlet work," executed by
apecuil contract.
The bidder* for nnntirg will accompany their
bids with sample* of quality of the different kind*
of paper they frnf?n*e to furniah.
June 14?Jawi 2fhh.
OI.D Unitna Rriitcr* An historical novel, by
C. HJtodweH.
GRACE l>CTDLEY, OR ARNOLD AT SARA
TOGA, by Cha* J. Petcrann.
OLD J< FXJK. OR IJFE IN A COLONY, by the .
At ihnr of Rani She k.
MRS ELLIS' HOl'SF.KEKPrNG MAOF. F.ASY
CHOLERA, it* Nature, Symptom*, and TrcaS
| ment, r< in pi led from the pagveoi the. "l*?ndon LanJ
cel."
Thia day received: k>r aale at
TAYLOR h MACRY-R
Roiknturr, near 9th atreet.
1, ' WOW i'S HOTF.L! '
tjTEVENS'GREAT HAT ANDOENTLEMEN S
O Ot'TFITTING EST A H.fSHMENT, ia well
I anppliad with Whit R'? ky Mountain Bear, rlt.it*,
j (w i Ux a it mixture,) Bine Sapped and Plain Blue
and White and Mark Hat*, <>f great alrgwnce and
atyle, in Amah and ehape. A Ian a full anil complete
aaaortment of pratlrnien'i Wardrobe and Toilet
gnoda, via: "Yoke Neck" Shirt*, UndeeShirta, and
Drawers, in Silk. Merino, Cotton, and Gaitxe, in
great variety, and at low prima foe Aral quality
good*. Vlan a few very auperior Ifanuooi a*. for
lltrwMi u'Kii intonrf viaif ill tr -i-u feriti it r* la. <.* All .A
which will I* aoM at fair pricaa for c?ah.
M H STtVKIffl.
Orotl Hat and (?< nt? Outfitting EaUlilmlinHiit,
No. I, Rnjwn'a Htrtel
June It?Mf
WfLLA R1Y8 Hi a EL.
( owner of Peon tr?n?? and 14th alrret.
W 4KHINOTON, f>. C.
HfTVHY A. WtLI.tRD, Proprietor.
June 19?t/
4
Propoiali tor A inert out Water-rotted
He in p.
Navy Dbpastmknt,
Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair.
March 1, 1849.
ONDER the joint resolution of Congress, approved
May 9, 1848, entitled a "Resolution
respecting contracts for hemp for the use of the
American navy," sealed proposals will be received
at this bureau, or the United Stales hemp agencies
at Louisville, Kentucky, or St. Louis, Missouri,
(to be fowarded by them unopened to this bureau,)
tor delivering under contract, at either of the said
hemp agencies, for a term not exceeding five years,
the best quality qf American Water-rotted hemp, in
quantities of five tons and upwards, the ton to consist
of 2,240 pounds. No bid will be considered at
a higher rate than two hundred and forty-one dollars
per ton. The proposals to be opened on the
6th of August next. The department will then determine
whether the contracts shall be awarded.
No delivery will be required sooner than the 1st
dav of January, 1850.
i ne saiu nemp must De equal in quality to uie
best foreign hemp; and in all casea of equality of
bid, the contract will be given to the hemp grower.
The quantity required annually will be about 500
tons.
The said hemp must be thoroughly dressed,
cleaned, free from shivcs, and must not lose more
than sixteen per cent of tow and waste when
hatchelled to tne satisfaction of the inspectors ready
for spinning. Its strength must be such that a rope
of one and three-fourths of an inch in circumference,
made from twenty-one yarns, as prepared and tested
by the inspectors, or by their direction, will bear
at least 4,200 pounds, and its length, colojr, and other
properties must be entirely sausfactory to the inspectors,
or the chief of this bureau, or it will not
be received; it will be inspected and tested at the
respective places of delivery.
The respective United States hemp agents to certify
bills for the hemp which may pass inspection
and be received by them, according to the contracts
which may be entered into; ninety per cent, of
which bills to be payable within thirty days after
their presentation to such navy agents as may be
agreed upon and named it; the contracts.
Persons offering must state the price, in words
and figures, (clearly and legibly,) asked per ton of
2,240 pounds, when delivered, inspected, tested,
approved, and received by the said hemp agent, and
payable, as above specified.
Every offer must be accompanied, as directed in j
the act of Congress mai.tng appropriations for the
nava! service, approved 10th A ugust, 1846, by a
written guaranty, signed by one or more responsible
persons, (to be certified by some official personage,)
to the effect that he or they under'ake that
the bidder or bidders will, if his or their bid be accepted,
enter into an obligation within fifteen days
after the contract is submitted for signature, with
good and sufficient sureties to furnish the supplies
proposed. No proposal will be considered unless
accompanied by Buch guaranty.
Bonds, with two approved sureties in one-half
the estimated ..mount of the respective contracts, .
will be required '?ul ten per centum in addition wnl
be withheld from the amount of each payment to
be made, as coi'ttcral security for the due and faithful
performance of the respective contracts, which
will on no account be paid until the contracts are
complied with in all respects according to their
terms.
Offers must be made in stnet conformity with the
terms of this advertisement. The persons offering
must state by which nary agent they wish their bilis
paid, if their offer is accepted, and by which lump or
nary agency they wish to have contracts and bonds
sent for their signature; and if they should not be
executed within fifteen days after they are received
by the ^cnts, the Department will consider itself
at liberty to accept other offers in place of those
thus neglected. June 16?lawi6ihAug
Pension and Bounty Land Agency,
WASHINGTON C1TT,
Office removed to l&A street, opposite the Treasury
Department.
GEORGE M. PHILLIPS, Notary Public, Commissioner
of Deeds, and formerly of the Treasury
Department, attends to the prosecution and
collection of Claims before Congress and the several
Executive Departments of the Government. His
attention is more particularly directed to the presentation
and prosecution of CLAIMS FOR PENSIONS,
whether?
Revolutionary, Invalid, Navy, Half-pay or Widow's;
Pre-emption and other Land Claims;
Re\oluli<?uary Services?for Commutation, Halfpay,
or Bounty Lands;
H. ?unty lands and Pensions for services in the late ;
War with Mexico;
Contracts with the different Departments for Supplies,
lie.;
Settlement of the accounts of disbursing and other |
officers of the Government;
Collection of unclaimed dividends on the funded :
debt of the United States.
Being in possession of a large number of Rolls of !
the Ariuy of the Revolution, he is euabied to produce
the "proqf of mrvtce" of a large propoi tion of those
engaged in that struggle, and for which they or I
. u r. fr,.m th.. '
I'oiM Stair*.
A* Notary Public, the undersigned ' prepared to
furiitab legalised copies of Documents or Record#.
Charges will be moderate, varying according to
the nature of the business transacted. Letters, to
receive attention, afiould he p??tagr paid, and may
be addressed GEORGE M PHILLIPS, '
Box \'o f>2, Washington rity.
R KFERENCEM.
He baa the pleasure of referring < laiiuanls and
other* to the following gentlemen:
Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott, U. 8. Army.
Brig, (ionreal Nathan Tom, Paymaster Gene
raj U. 8. A.
" George Gibson, Commissary GenerafU.
8. A.
Hon. A. K. Paris, Second Comptroller of the Treasury.
? Walter Forward, late Secretary of the Treasury.
" Simon Cameron, Cnited Stan-* Senate.
" Patrick G. Goode, Sidney. Ohio.
" Alexander Harper, ZaDesville, Ohio.
" Willis Green, Green, Kentucky.
" Garrett Davis, Paris, "
" Bailie Peyton, New Orleans.
" John W, Davis, Speaker of the House of Reps.
James (I. Hampton, New Jersey.
" R. W. Thompson, Terre Haute, Indiana.
" K. M Huntington, Indiana.
" E<* uuihI Deberry, Lawrenceville, N. C.
* I). H K.uiffman. Texas.
" M P. Gentry, Tennessee.
" Andrew Stewart, Pennsylvania.
" James Irvin,
" Richard Brodhead, "
' Truman Smith. Litchfield, Connecticut.
" 8. F. Vinton, Ohio.
" B O. Thibodeaux, Ixnnsiana.
" Calvin Blytbe, Philadelphia.
" Win. B. Ri-ed, "
" C. H. Sinitli, Indiana.
" Joshua A. Spencer, Utica, New York.
" Robert Smith, Alton, Illinois. _
M William Sawyer, Ohm.
Messrs. (Jilt* k Sea tern. Washington city.
J?wrph li. Bradley, Esq.,
Rev. Win McLain, "
" Wm. T. Sprolc, W'est Point.
" James Knox, New York.
" Jamn G. Hainner, Baltimore.
niwip. /% r. nnnpinri ? v*>.% nniuifiorr
D. L<vh? & Hon, Baltimore.
L)r. W. L. AtJee. Philadelphia.
R<v. (iwr1 Dtiiflrld, Detroit.
Hiohop McConhrey "
Rev. J. P. DurM i, D. D., Philadelphia.
S Hmdy, Km, . Wheeling, Virginia
A. M Phillip" k 8 >ti, "
Rev. F.. H. Lynohlnirf, V*.
Ri-v. Richard Praiiiwad, Meadvillc, Penn.
J. D. IVfree*, H*q., Indianapolin.
June II?<M I
A. -*2 APPONE 7~
t tONflN'KS to offer hie arrviee* .%* Proframrr
Vy Mild Tranalator of the FRKNCH, SPANISH,
ITALIAN and LATIN lanKiMMr''* Ro?*h pronunciation
noon improved, a no bad pronunciation r?r- I
tainly Oufndrd, under hi* inatrih tion.
L amm* are friven in arh<*>l* and private familien
on Very moderate term*; and Indie* who nin? Italian,
French or Kpaniali nongK, air mid *end noon for him
if deairin^ hi* aervire*.
Renidence, Mr. Fugitt'*, Indiana avenue, near
City Hall. June 15??ljf |
PATENT OFFICE, Ma* 9, 1849.
TN pursuance of the "act legalizing and making
I appropriations for such necessary objects as have
been usually included in the General Appropriation
bills without authority of law, and to nx and provide
for certain incidental expenses of the Departments
and offices of the Government, and for other
purposes," approved the 126th August, 1842, separate
proposals will be received at this office until ths
25th day of June next, for ftirnishing all the stationery
(a list of which is below) andexeeuting all
the printing and book-binding that may be required
by this office for the year commencingon the 1st
day of July, 1849, and ending on the 30th day of
June, 1850. All the articles to be furnished, and
work to be executed, must be of the best quality,
and in the beat manner, delivered without delay at
such times and ip 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 anil 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 nuantitv of anv article than is snecincd. no
cording 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, wore and laid, ruled, per
ream
Envelope paper, envelopes, Sfc.
10 reams envelope paper, buff, per ream
10 do ao white do
4 do blotting paper
5000 envelopes, large and small, buflf
5000 ao do white
10 pounds linen twine
10 do gum arabic
3000 quills (80)
3000 steel pens, assorted, best quality
3 gross lead pencils (hard and soft)
20 dozen red tape
2 gross silk taste
4 pounds wafers
0 do sealing wax, best extra superfine,
scarlet
2 dozen ink, red and black, in cuarts
2 pounds India rubber, prepared, Qoodyear's or
other's
? do pounce
1 dozen pounce boxes, ivory
1 bushel blacR sand
1 dozen sand-box*s, cocoa
1 do penknives, 4 blade*, Rodger* & Son's,
1 do do 2 biadea, do
1 do erasers, do
| do inkstands, French pump
1 do ivory folders
2 do wafer stamps'
3 pairs paper shears, Rodger* A Son 'a, 6-inch
blade, per pair
6 pairs paper shears, Rodgers A Son's, 6J-inch
blade, per pair
1 dozen scissors.
PRINTING,
Blanks on writing paper, 6(c.
Demy size, broadside, per quire
Do half sheel do
Folio post, broadside, per quire
Do one puge, do
Foolscap broadside, do
Do one page, do
Cfcuarto post, one page do
File envelopes ana letter envelopes, per hundred
Circulars on writing papir.
1 page on a sheet, printed per quire, foolscap
3 do do do do
3 do do do do
4 do do do do
1 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 best quality.
Book W'ork 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 medinm
BOOK BINDING.
Letter books, per volume
Record of patents, (manuscripts) per volume
Records for assignments do
Received letters do
Books (library) miscellaneous do
EDMUND BURKE,
June IS?tj 1 Commissioner of Patent*.
KOTIOE. -The steamer C&
I LUMBIA, Captain Jaine* HartSSkm
P**r> w'" 'eHvr Commerce street
wharf, in Baltimore, on Satur
<lay, March 3d, at four o'clock in the afternoon, for
W ashington, Alexandria and Georgetown; and returning,
will leave Washington at 6 o'clock and
Alexandria at 7 o'clock in the morning of the following
Wednesday. Thereafter, ehe will leave
Baltimore on every succeeding Saturday afternoon,
and Washington and Alexandria on every succeeding
Wednesday morning, at the hour* before mentioned,
during the arason.
For passage and freight, apply to the Captain on
hoard, or to the several agents: C. Wortfungton,
Baltimore; Mr. Riley, Washington; Messrs Pirkrell,
Georgetown; and Messrs. Wheat. Alexandria.
JAMES HARPER. Captain
A report having heen extensively circulated that
the steamer Coluiulna had been condemned by the
Injector of Bteamhuat Hulls for the port of Wash
ington, the annexed certificates arc published in
refutation thereof:
Having heen called upon by you to examine the
hull of the steamer Columbia, whilst on the railway
in Baltimore, on the 23d ultimo, and having per
formed that duty, I feel no hesitancy in saying that
the hull of that boat is in PinmI condition, and trust
worthy for the carriage of freight and passengers
between this plate and Baltimore. The injury dime
to the sternptwl having now been repaired, I consider
her to or as good as many steamboats of five
years of age,
I am. air, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM F.ASRV,
Inspector of Steamboats.
Washington. Frkrumy 17, 1*48.
To William Gunton, Esq., President of the Washington,
Alexandria, and Georgetown Steam Packet
Company.
BALTiMOaa, f'rtrruarn ?0, 1849.
We, the uhdersigned, shipwrights of Baltimore,
have had the steamer Odttmina op? n jur railway,
and, at the request of the owners > nd agent, have ,
tiamincd her throughout and ina..o a'l noc-asary
rrpairw. ?? c nuw t ? iuniui u?niIJI ?ion, ^ruiumoi v
her to hp in very good C.-.W for tV* transportation
of freight and pnesen^er* Vtwrrn Baltimore and
Washington. FLaNN,GAN 4c THIMBLE.
June ft?3ta*t?w
TO IlVVB.t roM.
THE fit'fWCRIBERS off, . tW aerrirra to p*
aona wiehing to obtain patents in the United
State* or in foreirn ruur.triet*, and will prepare epr
cificationa and drawing*, and i*ke ail n>-ceasary
step* to secure a patent.
Fiotn their long experience ap prActi.xd median
k-?, added to a thorough knowledge of (h?- Patent |
Law and acquaintance with the details oonnei ted
with thr business of the Patent Office, they truat
they will be able to give satisfa< tion to U.eir employers,
both in the clearness and precision of their
specifications, and in the promptness and ability
with whirh they tranaaet all business entruated to
them.
Peraona residing at a (iwtanre may procure all
neceaaary in tor ma tion, have their business tran I
acted, and obtain a patent, by writing to the nub
scrihera, without in< urring the expenae of a per
aonal attendance at Washington.
Models can he aent with perfect safety by the ex- 1
presses
Rough sketches and descriptions can he aent by
mail.
For evidence of their competence and integrity,
they would respectfully refer to all those fin- whom
they have transacted business
letter* must be postpaid. Office on F street, op I
posite th. Patent Office. P. H WATHON, i
June IJ-lmw E. 8. REN WICK [
m 9
NINTH 8TKKET, ^
m a m riMmVLVilU AVENUE,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
ADVERTISING:
Advertisements will be inserted in The Republic
si tiir usual rstee of the other papers published in
Wuhingtuu.
A deduct tun will be made to thoee who advertise
by the year.
THE T&X-WEEKLY REPUBLIC
WILL SB 1MI7BD BVEBY
TUESDAV, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.
THE WEEKLY REPUBLIC
WILL BE PUBIJHHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
SPLENDID LOTTERIES,
FOR JULY, 1849.
J. W. MAURY 4t CO., MANAGERS.
$40,000!
20 PRIZES OF 94,000 are 980,000!
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY,
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy,
Clam No. 84, for 1849.
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, the
7th of July, 1849.
BRILLIANT SCHEME.
1 priae of 940,000
20 price* of - 4,000
10 do .... 1,693
10 do .... 1,200
Ac. Ac. Ac.
Ticket* only 910?Halve* 96? Quarter* *2 AO.
Certificate* of package* of 25 Whole- ticket* x 130 00
Do do of 26 Half do 65 00
Do do of 25 Quarter do 32 50
3 PRIZES OF 926,000 ARE 978,000!
3 prize* of 910,000 are 930,000!
30 prima of $ 1,000!
VIRGINIA 8TATE LOTTERY,
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy,
Clam No. 87, for 1849,
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, the
14th of July, 1849.
GRAND SCHEME:
I priae of 926,000
1 do .... 26,000
1 do .... 26,000
3 prise* of - - 10,000
3 do - - 6,000 f
3 do .... 3,182 '
30 do .... |,000
178 do 600
A . A. A. _
Ticket* $10?Halve* $5?Quarter* $2 60.
Certificates of package* of 26 Whole ticket* $ 140 00
Do do of 26 Half do 70 00
Do do of 26 Quarter do JA 00
CAPITAL, $36,000!
$ 18,000! $ 10,000!
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY,
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy,
.Clan* No. SO, for 1819.
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, the
'21 at of July, 1*19.
76 mjmbcr lottery, 13 drawn ballot*.
SPLENDID SCHEME:
1 splendid prize of - - $36,000
1 prize of 16,000
1 do .... 10,000
1 do .... 8,000
1 do .... 5,o00
1 do .... 1.000
1 do - - - - 2,266
20 pnz~s of .... 1,200
20 do .... 000
20 do .... 100
Icc. Ac. Ac.
Tickets $10?Halves $6?Quarter* $2 60.
Certificates of packages ol 26 Whole tickets $ 130 00
Do do of 26 Half do 66 00
Do do of 26 Quarter do 32 60 ?
$52 000! I
$18,000! $11,000! I
Sixteen Drawn BalloU' 1
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY.
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy,
Claa* G, for 1849,
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, the
28thof July, 1849.
18 number lottery?18 drawn ballot*!
Mart prixee than blank*.' ?
SPLENDID SCHEME:
1 splendid prize of ... $ 52,000
1 prire of 18,000
1 do .... 11,000
1 do .... 8,000
1 do .... 6,000
1 do .... 4,000
1 do .... 3,000
1 do .... 3,6W
10 prisea of .... 1,800
10 do .... 1,100
10 do .... 600
k.r fci Re.
Ticket* #15?Halve. $7 60-Quarter. ?3 76 1
Eighth* #1 871.
Certificate* of package* of 28 Whole ticket*# 170 00
Do do of 26 Half do 86 00
Do do of 26 Quarter do 42 60
Do do of 28 Eighth do 21 26
Order* for Ticket* and Share* and Certificate* of
Package* in the above Splendid Lotteries will receive
Uie moat prompt attention, and an official account
of each drawing sent, immediately after it i*
over, to all who order from u*
Address J. it C. MAUHY, Agent*,
June 14 Alexandria, Va
MEXICAN CLAIMS.
.Vohrr to holder i of claim* aga*n*t Mexico, provided
for by the fifth article qf the unratified convention qf
November 20. 1843.
THE Board of Commissioner* to adjust claims
agxinat Mexico, appointed under act of Confrroaa
of 3d March, 184#, have adopted the following
order, to wit:
" It appearing to the Board that memorial in
everal of the cases provided for in the fifth article
of the unratified convention of November 28, 1843.
between the government of the United State* and of
Mexico, to wit, claim* which were considered by
the commissioners under th* treaty of 11th April,
1839, and referred to the umpire, and which were
I not decided by him. have not been filed agreeably
I to the order, heretofore cla (dished, aud It being
represented that further time ia necessary. therefore
i w
1 " Ordered, That the time for filing mrh memorial*
be extrnded to the firet Monday of November nsxf;
and all memorial* and argnrnenta relating to mid
chum* are required to b* filed on or before mid
\+t'n - -^1 J
UFP-ICS or SAID lX)M MI?x|ON ,
Washington, June 7, 1.449. *
WM. CARKV JONES, Rerretary.
June 14 ?dIOt
P. H. HOOK 4i CO.,
P*. A frnit. kflWM* tlh Uiil Nth (tFMto,
HAVE now in store and are constantly rr*wiring
from manufacturers and importers addin
-III toll .Wing deer riptii.il ..f goods, \ i* |J
Hoimu furnishing articles of ??< t rarlatT, nek %l
| as Carpeting*, Kup, Floor Oil Clothe, Canton and
Spanish Mattinr>, < urhil Materials and Fixtures, 1
Liw'e Curtains, Embroidered Muslin Curtains, Marwillrxf
O l it. risri.-i, Furniture t'liuilr, Lin. n SIh<ci
j inge, Pillow Case Linens, Towellings. Tabic Damasks,
T a Me Cloths, Damask Napkins, Bird's Rye,
Scotch and Russia Diaprra, CloUt. Worsted, and I
i Cutlnn Table and Piano Covers, he... Jtc.
I> LADIES' WF.AR. FANCY GOODS, h- ,
WK NAMCFrench
and India Silks of the latest styles
Black Grns de Rhine* and Satin de Chine for ve
rites
Km >i B.re^" x, T sores, and Grenadines
French, Scotch, and American Lawns and GingJ
hams.
Plaid, Striped and Plain Swiss Muslins
Lace Capes French worked Collars and Cuffs
Splendidly Embroidered and Flam Canton Crape
Shawls
Needle worked ud Bordered Shear Lawn Hand
korchiata
Silk, Cotton and Raw Silk Hoaiery of every deacripti.n
Kid, Silk and Liale Thread Glovca, of every de <
notion
BWlr Net Mita, Thread Urn, Bla< k Silk Lara*
Rohhin Edging*, he., he.
IN GENTLEMEN'S WEAR, WE NAME French.
F.ngliah, and American Cloth* of every
color, from the moat celebrated maker*
French Doe* kin* and (aaaunerea of the flneat
quality
Silk, Satin, and Maraeillea Veating*. a great variety
Silk, Merino,and Cotton Under Veataand Drawer*
Silk *nd Linen Cambric Hamlken hiefc, Fancy
Cravat* i
Linen Shirting* and Drawer*. Linen*, he.
Together a ith a complete aaaortment of gv <da of
ev ery deer ription in our line, to which we invite the
attention of purr haarr* beArreporchaain^ elaewhere,
a* inducetnenta will be offered.
P. H. HOOK * Co,
June IS (Union