Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-04
T ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT
- BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MARYLAND.

aNANA LVNhOOii mAhtLAND.
HRADoR's. DRPARrMRsT OF WARRINGTON,
ORPIoB OF CHIEF ouARTERMAsrER,
WAsHIsdroS, d; c., Dec, 20, 1885.
VIII be sold at public auction to the highest
bidder at POINT LOOKOUT Md, commencing
THURSDAY, January Is, 1865, at 10 O'Clock a.
IN, the following Frame Buildings and other
pa'S STATES sHs R Rsff III HOSPITAL
One Headquarters Building, l75 by IS feet.
Fifteen Hospital Wards, each l76 BY Is feet,
Ono Mess house, $50 by Is feet
oneoSuArds' Quarters, 1877 by "a feet
One contraband Quarters, 90 by Il feet
One Kitchen, 80 by % feet.
Ono Chapel, II by Is feet
Engine. Locomotive Boiler, and all the necessary
apparatus for steam laundry and drying.
One Cow Stable, Of by IA feet.
One Horse Stable, 80 by q feet.
One Wagon house, small.
One Baggage house, IS by % feet
One Warehouse, 80 by IS feet,
One lee house, 40 by 80 feet, and 10 feet high.
Water,tank Building, II by II feet, 80 feet
Two Coal-houses.
One Saw house.
One Forage. house.
One Dead house, and
One Wash house, OF vario us Dimensions,
Also. Covered Plank Poot'Salks connecting the
above buildings aggregate length 800 feet, and
The above mentioned He adauartors Building
is two stories high, lathesl and plastered, and
the hfteen Hospital Wards the Moss house, and
a few other structures are also lathed and plas-
tered.
PRISON CAMP.
Ten Hospital Wards, each lao by IS feet.
Seven Cook houses, each ! 43 by % feet
One Cook house, 100 by 30 feet.
One Cook house, l4O BY 25h et,with two wings,
One Headquarters Building, 70 by "a feet, with
two wings, each 40 by 20 feet
One q. 5. Storehoute, 30 by Is feet.
Una liar hxQ f..N
One Chapel, 100 by "a feet.
One Express Once, 30 by 10 feet.
One Guard House, lbloek,) 10 by 10 feet.
One Quarters, one Office, ard one Store room,
Also, IS liheal feet of Pc uciug, IL feet high
$40 llneal feet OF Board Fer zee, feet high 700
lineal feet OF covered Plan Footwalks, l2 feet
VIDE ana s,iss hneal feet II Plank Pootwalks, 4
auARTERMAsTER's DEPARTMENT..
One Quarters, 100 by IS 4 ,et.
One Quarters, 100 by IA eet
One Quarters, 72 by % fe et
One CHARTERS, SO by rs feet
Three Stables, averaging ls9 by "a feet each.
One Storehouse, 81 by 81 feet
One smith Shop, So by "a feet
One Wheelwright Shop, OF by Il feet.
Aud four 0hoes, three quarters, : wo Store
houses, one on-house, one Saddlers' tShop. and
one %Ise Mess 'hSn ne, Of various dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
One Post Hospital, 10 by Is feet.
One Commissary Storehouse, 200 by rs IA at
- One Commissary salesroom and 0Gee, 81 by
one Once, 27 by 10 feet.
One Guard House, Qog,) 80 by 90 feet.
One Guard House, Qog,) 80 by % feet.
Two frame Guard Houses, small size
One Barraek at Fort Lincoln, 80 by 20 feet.
One Ordnance Storehouse, 81 by IL feet,
One Slaughter House, 40 by "a feet, with Shed
by - ieet, and out, building by . feet.
Ten Kitchens, Quarters, &c, Of yarions diman
sions.
One wharf of Timber and Lumber, 47s feet long,
and varying In width from 20 to iOa feet
24S lineal feet Of Stockade, IL feet high on po
tomac side, with blockhouse 90 by 80 feet. four
platforms, each 10 by IL feet, and loo lneal feet
Of plank footwalk, s feet wide.
1877 lineal feet OF StOckade on Bay side. with
block house % by 20 feet, and three platforms Of
various dimensions, and tootwalk.
One Hose Carriage.
Twenty eight Fire Ladders.
Twenty -four Axes.
One hundred and sixteen Fire Buckets, and
six Lengths OF Hose, each 81 feet long.
Three Cooking Ranges
One Perpetual Oven.
quantity OF Old Lumber and a number of
Pumps. VI
Point Lookout, situated at the junction of the
fotomao river with Chesapeake Bay, was, be- |
fore the war, fayorite watering place, and is |
well adapted for the purpose now, having ex- |
cellent facilities for salt water bathing and
abundance Of fish aud game.
head OF ''United States General Hospitali' are
located directly on the Point the principal struc.
tures being arranged In a circle, radiating from
common centre, and connected BY covered foot.
walks, and could with moderate expense be dtted
up properly for the accommodating Of visitors, as
steam laundry, ice house, coal house, water
tanks and many other structures for the purpose
are ready for immediate use. An excellent on
portunity Is also Afforded to land low ners in the
vicinity, and elsewhere, to secure valuable
fencing and bulldog material.
A steamer will leave the Government wharyes.
south side Of the basin, near FRrdy = ship.yRrd
Baltimore, Md, at 10 clock, on the morning. 81
Wednesday, January II, 1865, for the transport.
alton Of bidders to Point Lookout, and will ba
retained until the close Of the sale to return the
passengers to Baltimore, Meals will be fur.
nished on the boat At the usual (steamboau rates
The buildings will he sold snEly, and other
property In lots to suit purchasers
The military guard will remain In charge Of
the buildings, &c, for fifteen days after the sale
II desired, aud purchasers will be allowed twenty
days In which to remove their property -
Terms Cash, In Government funds
NJ I, LUDINGToN,
Colonel and Chief Quartermaater
de29:ln Department Of Washington,