Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-04
q .A5sGE SAFE OF GOVERNMENT
81 b = Bl ILDiNGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT I0OkGJTT MD

q AsGE SAFE OF GOVERNMENT
Ez Bt IIDlNGS AND OTHER PROPERTY Al
POINT LOOKOUT MD.
Headquarters DEPARTMENT Oh WAsHrycroy,)
Office OF Chief Quartcrmastcr. :
WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. - 1855. }
VIII be sold at public auction, to the highest bid
der at POINT LOOKOUT MD, commencing
III RSDAf, January =. 1865, at 10 o'clock. A. NJ,
the the lot2WnS frame buildings and other public prop
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
One Headquarters Building, 175 by 25 feet Is Hos-
by y feet; ono Guards Quarters. 167 by u feet one
Ionl,raband Quarters 60 @y Il feet one Kitchen 60
by - feet with stationary Engine Locomotive Boil
and all the necessary apparatus for steam laundry
and driving; one Cow Stable, Vi by Il feet Horse
Stable, - by q feet, one Wagon House small; one
Baggage House, - by > feet; Warehouse, s. by
y tee one Ice House 10 by 30 feet. and 9 feet h4h
circular water tanlG Ice diameter; two Coal Houses,
one Saw House, Que Forage House, one Dead House,
and one Wash House.; OF various dimensions; also
covered Plank footwaiksconnecting the above build
ings. Aggregate length, $50 feet, and feet wide.
The above mentioned Headquarters Building is
two stories high. lathed and plastcred and the ff-
teen Hospital Wards, the Mess-house, and a few
other structures are also Iathed a9d plastered
10 Hospital Wards, each 40 by p feet; Cook
houses, each 143 by 2 feet: one Cook house, 30
by p feet; one Cook house, 40 by 25 feet, with
two wings, each 50 by % feet; Headquar-
ters Building, 70 by q feet, with two wings each
10 by 20 feet; e. :. St0TchOuSe, 90 by ~ feet; one
Dispensary, 10 by 50 feet one Chapel 100 by y feet
House block 50 BY Is feet one Quarters, one 0fce.
and one St0re-room, Of various Dimensions also
feet Of Bard Fence, feet high; ZOO neai feet Of
covered Plank FootWalks. L feet wide. and 91s8
iincal feet Of Plank Footwalk, feet wide, with rail
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 100 by Is feet; one Quarters 100 by
IA feet one Quarters Y by y feet one Quarters 60
by . feet three Stables averaging 39 by y feet each
StOrehOUse, 81 by q feet one Smith Shop SO by
q feet one Wheelwrilht Shop, 81 by II feet and
Clubhouse, one @adlcr's Shop and one MeSs-house Of
various dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS ,6 Bl-ILlIpIINSGS AND OTHER
One Post Hospital, % by 3 feet; one Comm;ssary
Storch9USe, 200 by - feet; one Commssary Saesroom
and Office 81 by p feet; Office, y by 16 feet one
Guard House l0g,) 80 by 81 feet; one Guard House.
uog) 50 by % feet; two frame Guard Houses smad
size; one Barack at Fort Lincoln co by % feet: one
Ordnance Stoleh0use, 81 by IL feet; one Slaughtcr
House. 10 BY 2 feet, with Shed a by II feet and Out
Building by feet one Stable, IS By y feet, and 10
Kitchens, Quarters, &c, of various Dimensions
One wharf Of Timber and Lumber, 476 feet long and
varying i'll width from y to l2 feet 2l5 nea feet of
Stockad2 u feet high on Potoma; side, with block
house % by % feet four platforms each 6 by Z feet
aud 100 lneal feet Of plank footwalk, feet wide 157
Ineal feet Of Stockade Bay side, with bloekhouse
p by 20 feet and three platforms Of various dimen-
One Hose Carriage Is Fire Ladders 2t Axes: l16
Fire Buckets; aud six lengths Of Hose. each Il feet
long.
Three Cooking Ranges one Perpetual Oven; j
quantity of old Lumber, and number Of Pumps:
Point LOOE out, situated al the junction OF the P0
tomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was. before the
war. favorte watering place, and is well adapted
for the purpose now, having excellent facilities for
saltwater bathing, and abundance of fish and game.
The buildings above enumerated under the head OF
United States General Hospital" are located direct
Ina by coyeFfGGd f6ow and could With
moderate expense be fitted up properly for the ac-
commodatinn OF visitors, as a steam laundry ice
house, c0ai-h0use Water-tanks, and many other
necessary structures for tho purpose are ready for
immedla use. An excellent opportunity IS also ST
t'TI ID the vicinity and ciEpwhprt
to secure valuable fencing and building material.
side of the Basin. near Fardys shpyard, Baltimore.
Md. at IL O'Clock, on the morning of Wednesday,
January IT, 1885, for the transportation of bidder. to
close Of the sale to return the passengers to Balt-
more, Meals will be furnished on the boat at the
usual Steamboat rates.
The buildings will DO sold singly, aud other pro
perty in lotS to suit purchasers.
The military guard will remain in charge of tho
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.
Colonel and Chief Quarternaster,
deS0-15t Department of Washington.
gTNETEFs STATES MILITARY FAEL-
a ROADS, OFFICE ASSISTANT QUABTERMASTER, ?
WASHINGTON, ID. c., December 20, 1865 }
The sale of United States Military Railroad Mate
rial at Alexandria, Va, will DO resumed on WE'D
NESDAY, the 10 h day Of January next.
In addition to the articles previously advertised
there will be offered
BV,JJU teeI seasoned YAK ildnk ana TIMBER.
One new Lathe. 36 feet long, 81 in swing.
One new Vertical Gar-Wheel Borer.
One second hand Pianer
One Engine House, 55Sx66.
Thirty buildings, varying in size from l0xl0 to 30x60.
One Wharf, foot of Franklin street. Containing q,
i65 square feet
Only small proportion Of the new material has
been disposed of-sale to commence at 10 A. NJ.
Terms cash in Government funds.
Vouchers for transr Ortaton will be received from
'''' ''>' ''--- ''''''' ' 'u il. L. ROBINSON.
d2-eotJaS Brevet Brig. Gen. A. Q. NJ.
q ,ARGE SALE OF TSIEED STATES OIeD-
IL NANCE PROPERTY.
ALLEGHENY arsenal,
December &C. 1865.
land, Auctioneer, at Allegheny Arsenal. Pttsburg,
Pa, commencing at 10 o'clock A. NJ. MONDAY,
Jan. 18th, 1866, the following articles. viz.
Iron Cannon.
g Upper Casemate Carriages-cast iron.
q Sets Artillery Harness.
1922 Foreign Muskets and Rihes-new and re-
1892 United States Muskets and Riaes-new and
81 s37 Foreign Muskets and Rifles
1854 United States Muskets and Rifles.
1888 Breech- Loading and other Carbines,
1853 Colts and Sharp's Rifles.
l5i SPoTting Rifles.
1922 Musket and Rife Barrel.
1898 BayOnetS- Triangular and Sword.
2,lS5 Revolyers;
l,S15 SabreS and Swords.
1900 Sets Cavalry Announcements.
5000 Sets Infantry Announcements.
$500 Satisfactorily and Artillery.
10000 Parts of Horse Equipments, Brides Horse
Brushes, Curry Combs. &c
1900 Saddle Blankets.
5000 Parts of Artillery Harness.
1000 Pounds Powder. Cannon, Musket, Rife, sand
80 Incomp,ete Sets Of wrought Iron Parts for
CaSemate Carriages.
500 Tons Scrap Cast Iron.
80 Tons Scrap Wrought Iron
50 Tons Lead and Antimonyin Pigs-Type Metal,
100 Wrought Iron Axles.
5000 Pounds Lead Dross.
1000 Packing Boxes.
A large lot of Appendages for Muskets, Carbines,
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.
r. II. R. WHITLEY.
Lit. Col. of Ordnance and
de3O-tJal3 BIT. Brig. Gen. L. s. Aamy,
EDUBLIC SALE OF GOVERNMENT
Il PROPERTY.
OFFICE, DEPOT CoMsussARY OF SUBSISTENCE. !
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. ~, 1855
Will be sold at PUBLIC auction on TIL RSDAY,
January Is 1861 the T. BgidingT PeFtapbHg to the
GO 4. : f ! \ 4 E / 3 I b A Nd ( EF
Consisting of the main Buildings, used as Bake
Two Wings each Is by IS feet and one Wing, Is
by 46 feet also, Buildings occupied quarters for
employees one by 30 feet and one Is by 80 feet In
Tue DdheTy Hfe ONells, ABOUT tIJ,UuU
bricks.
This property is all nearly new and affords rare
opportunity for purchasing Lumber and Bricks for
building purposes.
Fifteen days will be allowed for the removal of the
above property.
Terms cash in Government funds at the time OF
sale. G. BELL
d30-tJal7 Major & c. S., i. S.A
ENXTENSIVE SALE OF
~ GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
AT FAYETTEVILLE, NC.
The entire stock of the United States Arsenal to be
sold on THU RSDAY, January II, 1866, by EDWARD
L. P0ULk, Auctioneer, consisting of the following
articles, viz:
Machinery; Boilers, ranging from Is to AZ feet.
Large lot wrought and Pig Iron.
Large Guns, Howitzers, COumbiads, 32-p ounders
Grindstones, Solid Shot, Gas Pipe and other arti-
cles too numerous to mention.
ALSO,
From three to five millions of Bricks Brown Stone
&C., &C.. the remains of the said Arsenal
By order of the Chief of Ordnance, Washington,
D. c.. j. +. LUKENS,
Lieut.. and Depot Ordnance Officer,
deZ9-tJaI Wilmington, N. G.
HUSH GUANO,
II Containing 10 per cent. of AMMONIA, so per
| cent. Of BONE PHOSPHATE OF LIME, So pei
cent. Of animal matter. pronounced to be equal to
| PERUVIAN GUAN0.
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