Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-12
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON, !
Office of Chief Quartermasta7,
WASHINGTnN L c Dec % 1868

Ollce OF OuleI IuarLerm2StSE, ,
,, WASHINGTON, Z. c., Dec. %, 1865. J
VIII be sod at pqbe aqGti2n to 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, It's by % feet Is Hos
ptal Wards, each 175 by % feet one Mess House 2O
by Is feet; Guards Quarters. 167 by q feet one
GontrabaHd Quarters 60 by i feet one Kitchen, 90
by q feet; Chapel II by 25 feet one Laundry 80
by = teei with stationary Engine locomotive Boil
er and all the necessary apparatus for steam laundry
and drying one Cow Stable, 81 by a feet Horse
Stable, 81 by p feet; one Wagon House. small; one
Baggage House, So by 25 feet one Warehouse. S. by
Water Tank Building, II by II feet 80 feet high with
circular water tankl6 feel diameter two Coal Houses
one Saw House, one Forage House, one Dead House
and one " ASH House, Of various dimensions; also
covered Plank FOoJwalis connecting the above build
ingS Aggregate length; $50 feet, and feet wide.
two stories high lathed and ,piastercd and the if
teen Hospital v As Is, the Mess house. and few
other structures qis6 lat424 ard plastsFs
10 Hospital Wards, each 40 by 3 feet; Cook
houses. each ll3 by p feet: ono Cook house, 40
by 2j feet one Coos noasc, Jag by . feet, with
Two wings, each 80 by 20 feet; one Headquar-
tcrs building z By p feet, with Two wings, each
40 py &c feet one c. s Sorehouse 90 by - feot one
one Express Office, so by is feet; one Guard
House, Block so by Is feet; Quarters ono Office,
and enc Store-r90m, OF various dimensions; also,
feet Of Board Fence, feet high 700 iineal feet Of
covered Plank. Fqotwalks, Y feet wide. and 9,lSS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DEPARTMBNT.
Il feet one Quarters p BY 2 feet one Quarters s.
by & feet three Stables averaging l39 by q feet each;
Storehouse 81 by y feet; Smith Shop, So by
q feet one Wheelwri&ht Shop, 81 by i feet, and
four Offices three Quarters, two Store houses, one
il-house one SadlerS Shop and one Mess-h0usg, of
various dimensions
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
One Post Hospital, 20 by % feet one Comm,ssary
Storehouse 20 by 35 feet; Commissary Salesroom
and Office 81 by y feet; Office y by Is feet; one
Guard House dog so by 80 feet one Guard House,
Qog,) 30 By 70 feet; two frame Guard Houses, small
brino,ce StaroboSo II ~ 10 III, t " W y iet one
House 40 by "a feet, with Shed 81 by IS feet and Out
building by feet; Stable, Sc by y feet and 10
Kitchens, Quarters, &c. of various dimensions
One harf of Timber and Lumber, 4T6 feet long, and
varying in width from y to 02 feet 24S nea feet of
Stockade II feet high on Potomac side with block
house 20 by 80 feet four platforms each IL by y feet
and 100 lneal feet Of plank ootwalk feet wide 157
lneal feet OF Stockade on Bay side, with bockhouSe
. by 70 feet and three platforms of various dimen-
SOns, and foOtwalk.
One Hose Carriage; IS Fire Ladders; q Axes 116
FIRE Buckets; and six lengths of Hose, each 81 feet
Three Cooking Ranges one Perpetual Oven;
quantity OF old Lumber, and number of Pumps.
Point Lookout, situated at the junction of the Po-
tomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was, before the
war; faSerite watering place, and is well adapted
saltwater bathing and abundance of fish and game.
60 The buildings above enumerated under the head of
United States General Hospital located direct
ly on the Point, the principal structures being
ranged in circle, radiating from a common centre
and connected by covered footwalks, and could with
moderate expense be fitted up properly for the ac-
commodatiOn of visitors, q steam laundry, ice
house. coal-house, water tanks, and many other
necessary structures for the purpose, are ready for
immediate use An excellent opportunity Is also af
forded to landowners in the vicinity, and elsewhere
to, secure valuable fencing and building material
side of the Basin, Fardy's shipyard, Baltimore
Nd at ~ O'clock on the morning of Wednesday,
January H. 1866 for the transportation Of bidders to
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 at the
The buildings will be sold singy, 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.
n. !: LUDINGT0N,
Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,
de30-l5t Department Of Washington.
~ NANCE PROPERTY.
ALLEGHENY ARSENAL,
December q, 1865. !
land, Auctioneer, at Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburg.
Pa, commencing at 10 o'clock A. NJ, MONDAY,
Jan. 10Th, 1866, the following articles, viz;
Iron Cannon.
g Upper Casemato Carriages-cast iron.
Is Sets Artillery Harness.
1922 Foreign Muskets and Riaes-new and re-
1892 United States Muskets and Riaes-new and
62.887 Foreign Muskets and Rifles.
1864 United States Muskets and Rifles.
1858 Breech- Loading and other Carbines.
453 Colts and Sharp's Rifles.
Isl Sporting Rifles
IS Shot Guns.
1922 Musket and Rifle Barrel
1898 Bayonets-Triangular and Sword.
1873 Sabres and Swords
1900 Sets Cavalry Announcements
5000 Sets Infantry Announcements.
3,5U0 Enthusiastically and Artillery.
$4,000 Parts of Horse Equipments, BriHes, Horse
Brushes. Curry Combs, &c.
$500 Saddle Blankets.
$500 Parts of artillery Harness
1900 Pounds Powder, Cannon, Musket Rife, and
81 Incomplete Sets Of wrought Iron Parts for
Casemate Carriages.
Geo Tons Scrap Cast Iron.
50 Tons Scrap Wrought Iron.
50 Tons Lead and Aqrmonyin Pigs-Type Metal.
100 Wrought Iron AXlcs.
$1,000 Pounds Lead Dross.
1900 Packing Boxes
A large lot of Appendices for Muskets, Carbines,
4 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. Il. R. WHITLEY,
Lit; Col. of Ordnance and
de3O-tJal3 Bt Brig. Gen. U. S. Aamy.
ENUBLIC SALE OF GOVERNMENT
IL PROPERTY.
OFFICE, DEPOT CoMMIssARY OF SUBSISTENCE,
WAsHINGToN, D. c., Dec. g. 1865.
Will be sold at public auction on THURSDAY
January IS, 1866 the Buildings pertaining to the
GOV ERNMENT BAKERY
Al Point Lookout, Md,
Consisting of the main Buildings, used as a Bake
House, 80 by 120 feet.
Two Wings each . by IS feet, and one Wing, Is
by 46 feet also, Buildings occupied quarters for
employees one by 80 feet and one Is by 80 feet In
the Bakery are five Ovens containing about 80 600
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., u. SA.
gENIaE UNDERSIGNED, having been appoint-
M ed Agent for the sale of "0'NEILL'S PaILA-
DELPHIA ALE" is prepared to furnish dealers in