Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-08

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II. L. ROBINSON,
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! ,ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT
n BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MD.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WAsHIxGToY,l
Office of Chief Quartermaster
WAsEIsGToN, D. c.. Dec. -, 1866.
Ill be s9d AZ pqbG aqcTn t9 the highest bid
THURSDAY, January is, 1866, at 10 O'Clock, 4. NJ,
the following frame buildings and other public prop
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
One Headquarters Building, Us by % feet; Is Hos
Pta Wards. each IT'S by . feet one Mess House 30
by q feet Guards Quarters l67 by a feet: one
G0ntraband Quarters 50 by i feet; one Kitchen. 60
by q feet with stationary Engine, Locomotive Boil
er and all the necessary apparatus for steam laundry
and drying one Cow Stable. 81 by Il feet; Horse
Stable, 81 by q feet: one Wagon House, small; one
Baggage House, IS by Is feet; one Warehouse IS by
. feet; lee House 40 by 90 ct and 10 feet high
Water Tank Building, II by II feet 80 feet high with
circular water tankl6 feet diameter two Coal Houses
one Saw House, one Forage House. one Dead House
and one W ash House. of various dimensions: also
covered Plank Footwal ks connecting the above build
ngs Aggregate length, 1850 feet, and feet vide.
two stories high; latbed and pastered. and the ff
teen Hospital Wards the Mess house, and few
other structures, are also lathed and plastered.
PRISON CAMP.
10 Hospital Wards each l40 by % feet; Cook
houses, each 14S by 2 feet: one Cook house 40
two wings, each 80 by % feet one Headquar-
tiers Building, ~ by "a feet with two wings, each
90 by 20 feet one G. s. Sorehouse 90 by p feet one
DiSpensary, 40 by 3S feet; Chapel 100 by "a feet
one Express Office. 80 by 10 feet; one Guard
House, (block SO by 10 feet one Quarters, one Office
9lSS linea feet Of Fencing L feet high 80 lineal
feet of Board Fence feet high 100 lineal feet of
fGysTe d. Pan b,; FGoTeks Z feet vide and 9s
QyaRTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 100 by q feet; one Quarters, 100 by
"A feet Quarters. Y by - feet; one Quarters SO
by feet: three Stables l3q by u
a feet one WheelwriEht Shop, 81 by Il feet, and
four Offices, three Quarters. two StOre-houses one
Clubhouse one Sadlers Shop and one Mess house, of
various dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS k B1TP1EhkR4FYYGs AND OTHER
One Post Hospital, 70 by % feet; one Commissary
Storehouse 200 by 81 feet one COmmissary salesroom
and Office, 81 by q feet Office, q by 10 feet
Guard House, Qog,) 50 by so feet; one Guard House.
Qog,) 80 by 20 feet; two frame Guard Houses, small
size one Barrack at Fort Lincoln, so by 20 feet:
Ordnance Storebouse 81 by u feet; one Slaughter
House. 10 by a feet, with Shed by Is feet and Out
Building by feet; one Stable 36 by p feet, and 10
Kitchens Quarters, &c, Of various dimensions.
One W arf of Timber and Lum ber 476 feet long and
varying in width from y to 02 feet 2S inea feet of
Stockade II feet high POtOma0 side, with block
house % by 80 feet four platforms, each Is by u feet
and 100 linea feet Of plank footwak feet wide 57
lnea feet of Stock ade Bay side with blockhouse
. by 20 feet and three platforms of various dimen
One Hose Carriage; % Fire Ladders; q Axes: 11o
Fire Buckets; and six lengths of Hose each 81 feet
Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven;
quantity of old Lumber and a number of Pumps.
Point Lookout, situated at the junction of the Po-
tomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was. before the
war, tavorite watering place. and is well adapted
for the purpose now, having excellent facilities for
l-water bathing, and abundance of fish and game.
The buildings above enumerated under the head of
United States General Hospital located direct
ly on the Point the principal structures being
ranged in a circle, radiating from common centre
and connected by covered tootWalks and could with
moderate expense be fitted up properly for the &C
COnnnOdatlOn OF visitors, as steam laundry,
house, coal-house, water-tanks, and many other
immediate An excellent opportunity is also af-
torded to landowners in the vicinity, and elsewhere,
to secure valuable fencing and building material.
steamer will leave the Government wharves. south
side of the Basin Fardy's shipyard, Baltimore.
Md. at 10 o'clock, on the morning of v Wednesday,
Point Lookout, and will be retained until the
close of the sale to return the passengers to Balt
more. Meals will be furnished on the boat ST the
The buildings viii be sold singly. and other pro-
perty in lots to suit purchasers.
The military guard will remain in charge Of the
Buildings &c for fifteen days after the SALE if de-
sired and purchasers will be allowed twenty days in
which to remove their property.
Terms cash, in Government funds
NJ l. IUDINGT0N,
Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,
de30-l5t Department of Washington.
z ARGE sALEo RrI u GEng STATES ORD
ALLEGHENY Arsenal.
December 26, 1865.
W Ill pc s0ld at PuDlc Auction, Dy L. a. MCClel-
land, Auctioneer, at Allegheny Arsenal, Pittgbarg
Pa, commencing at 10 o'clock A. NJ, MONDAY,
J an. 18th, 1866 the following articles, VIZ:
Iron Cannon.
50 Upper Casemate Carrages-cast iron.
Is Sets Artillery Harness.
1922 Foreign Muskets and RiAes-new and re-
1892 United State, Muakets and Rifes-now and
62Ss7 Fdr 1i a. Muskets and Rifles.
1864 United States Muskets and Rifles.
S,53S Breech-Loading and other Carbines.
453 Colts and Sharps Rifles.
Isl Sporting Rifles.
80 Shot Guns.
5022 Musket and Rife Barrel.
1888 Bayonets-Trianguar and Sword.
PISS RevolTers.
1873 Sabres and Swords.
1900 Sets Cavalry Announcements
5000 Sets Infantry Announcements
$500 Saddles-Cavalry and Artillery.
10000 Parts Of Horse Equipments, Brides, Horse
Brushes, Curry Combs &c.
5000 Saddle Blankets.
$500 Parts of Artillery Harness.
Sporting.
Casemate Carriages.
600 Tons Scrap Cast Iron.
so Tons Scrap Wrought Iron.
50 Tons Lead and Antimonyin Pigs-Type Metal.
100 Wrought Iron Axles.
600 Pounds Lead Dross
1900 Packing Boxes.
A large lot of Appendages for Muskets, Carbines,
&c.
A large lot Of Artillery Implements and Equip
ments.
A large lot of spare parts for Muskets, &c.
A large lot of Tools and Machines.
Purchasers will be required to remove the property
within ten days after the sale.
TERMS CASH.
R. II. R. WHITLEY,
1t. Col of Ordnance and
de30-tJal3 BIT. Brig Gen. U. s. Aamys