The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-10
GOVERNMENT SALES.
I ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT BUILD
- JNGS AND 0rhEB PROPERTY AT POINT

AE1B SALE Or GOVERNMENT BUILD
| u lNGS AND OrhEB PROPERTY AT POINT
HEADoUARTERs DEPARTMENT wAsHiNeroN,)
OFFICE OF HTtT QgARTKRMAsTEss
win be sold at PSbhc Auction to the highest bid
| THURSDAY, January 49, 1866, at 10 O'CLOCK, A.
| M. the following frame buildings and other public
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
II One headquarters gpildlng 1i6 ~ 25 feet, 10
2t0 by IS eet; Guards Quarters, 1877 bv "a feet:
one Conuaband Quarters GOT IA ieeti one Kitchen.
60 b, 28 ieel Chapel, n y 20 leoti one La1ns
| dry 81 ly 22 ieet, with stauonary Engine Locomo-
tive Boiler and all the necessary apparntUs for cam
IG,nGiiy and cry ng one Cow Stable 81 by a feeti
,msll; one Baggage House, So by 25 fec one
MaTenouse, 90 by, 70 teeti one Ice Il use,
building, II by II feet, 80 feet high with circular
wafer tank, A6 feet diameter; two Coal Houses, ona
one Wash House, OF various dimensions; also,
| covered Plank Footwalks connecting the above
WIDE III
lhe aforementioned aequarters Building is
two stories high, athed and pastered, anu the if
| IeeD HOSPITAL ards, the Mess-house and n lew
other structures are r, also ia iathed aud plastered
| ~ hospital Wards, eac1 li0 bv % feet; Z Cook
hous $, each 148 by % ieet one Cook house I2O by
vines each 80 Ly 20 feet; one Headuuarters Build
ing q oy "a iee with TWO wings each 40 b 70 eet;
Gd % - 10 by z ieet one Dspoqsary,
press once ~ by l6 leei; one Guard House ID ocl
| 90 by 10 ieetj one Quart rs, one Office aud one
feet OF Fencing 12 feet high $40 lIeal teet OF soSId
Fence, 8 ieet high; zoo lnea feet of covered Plank
EOowalks, IL feel wide; and 91SS hneal feet of PLANK
! FootWak, eet vide, with rail
QUARTERMAsTkR'e DEPARTMENT.,
| One Quarters, IL by rs feet; one Quarters, 100 bv
ia feet one Quarters, 10 by % feel one Quar- 'ers
by % toet three Stables averang 139 ~ 27 ieet
| eachi one Storehouse, 81 by "a feet; one Stnnh
| shor, 80 BY "a feet; one whoelwriqht Shop. 81 by
"a ieet ana four Offices three Quarters, two store
| dimcugOng
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS, AND OTHER
One Post Hospital, 20 by 25 ieet one Commissarv
room and Office 81 by q feet; one oaico. q BY iS
| feet; one Guard House tlog) 80 by so feeti one
Guard House Qogl 81 by 20 feet; TWO frame uard
Houses small size; ono Barrack, at Fort Lincoln,
| 90 ly 70 teet one Ordnance StOreh house "a by IL
feet; one Slaughter House 40 by "a feet with Shed.
"a b, l3 feet and Outbudings, 8 by feet; one Sta-
6ie 90 Dy ~ Iet and 10 Kitchens, Quarters, etc.
one wGarf OF Timber and Lumber, 47e feet long,
and vary ing in width from % to 102 feet 248 ineat
| feet OF Stockade, II feet high the Potomac de-
with blockhou 20 by 30 feet four patterns each
16 by II feet and 100 lineal feet plank footwalk
feet wide 157 ineal feet OF Stockade on INV side
with 6ocE house 25 by 20 feet, and three platforms
| OF various dimensions, and footwalk
| One Hose Carriages 28 Fire Ladders; "a Axes; 116
tne buckets; and six lengths OF Hose, each oil feet
| long.
Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven; q
| quantity OF oId Lumber; and a number Of Pumps.
Point Lookout, situated at the junction of the Pos
| tomac nyer with Chesapeake OaY was before the
war, O iayore watering place, and is well adapted
for the purpose now, having excellent facilities tor
salt " ater Bathing, and abundance OF fish and game
The buildings above enumerated under the head of
| UNITED STATES General Hospital are lOcatel de
rectly on The Point the principal structures being
| arranged in circle, radiating from q common
| centre, and connected by covered foOtwaks, and
could with moderate expense be fitted up properly
| Tor the accommodation OF visitors, steam aun-
dry, ice-house, coal house water tanks, and many
other necessary structures for the purpose ready
| Tor immediate use. An excellent opportunity Is
aso afforded to land owners the vicinity aud else
where, to secure valuable iencing and building
| material.
a steamer will leave the Government wharyes.
south SIDE ofthe BASIN, near Fardy's ship ard Ball.
| timore, Md at 10 O'Clock, Oh the morning of We'd
nesday, January II, 1885, for the anspOrtaton OF
bidders 10 Point Lookout; and will ne untn
the close Of the sale to return the passengers to Bal
hmore, Meals will be furnished on the boat at the
usual steamboat rates
The Buildings will be sold singly, and other pro-
perty In lois TO suit purchasers
The military guard will remain In charge of the
Buildings etc, Tor fifteen days after the sale If
desired, and purchasers will be allowed twenty days
| in which 10 remove their property.
Terms-Cash, IN Government funds.
| . Colonel and Chief QuarteTmaster,
1115t Department OF Washington.
7 ARGE SALE OF UNITED STATES ORD
| VIII be sod at Public Auction, by T. A. MoCLELr
| LAND, Auchoneer, at Allegheny Arsenal Puts
| burg, Pa, commencing at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, MONs
DAY, January To- 1866, the following articles viz. "a
81 Upper Casema-e Carriages, cast iron.
rs sets ARTILLERY Harness.
452S2 Foreign Muskets and Rifles, new and ra
1892 United States Muskets and Rifles, new anG
62ss1 Foreign Muskets and Rifles.
| 1864 United States Muskets and Rifles.
1888 Breech-loadine and other Carbines.
453 Colts ano Sharp's Rifles
| 151 Sporting Rifles.
| 36 Shot Guns.
8O22 Musket and Rifle Barrels.
49, SSs Bayonets, Triangular. and Sword.
| 2lS6 Revolvers
| 1875 Sabres and Swords
| 1000 Sets Cavalry Accautremehts.
$4,000 Sets Infantry Announcements.
| $500 Saddles, Cavalry and Artillery.
10000 Parts of Horse Equipments. Brides, Horse
| Brushes, CurIycombs, etc.
| 5000 Saddle Blank els.
| $500 Parts OF Artillery Harness
40O0 Pounds OF Powder, Cannon, Musket, Rife. and
| Sporting.
so Incomplete Sets of Wrought Iron parts for
| Casemste Carriages
| 600 IONS SeraU Cas- hon.
| so IONS Scrap WrOught iron.
| so tons Lead and Antimony, In pigsj Type Metal,
| 100 Wrought Iron Axles.
25O00 lbs. Lead Dross
| 1900 Packing Boxes.
A large lot OF Appendages for Muskets, Carbines,
A large lot of Artillery Implements and Equip
ments.
| large lot of spare parts for Muskefs, etc.
| large lot of Tools and Machines
| Purchasers Will be required to remove the pro-
| perty ten days after the sale.
| Terms, cash. -
| Lieutenant Colonel of Ordnance ana BreVeG Briga.
| dieIGeneral u. 8. Army.
Allegheny Arsenal. December 96, 1866 70 2s 15t