Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-16

oSrrcE OF CHIsp ouIRrxnnAsrEn,
wAsnisaroS, d. G., Dec, %, 1888.
WIN be sold At public suction to the highest
THURSDAY, January Is, 1855, at 10 O'Clock a.
m. the following Frame Buildings and other
public property at that place, viz:
UNITED STATES GtNBRAL HOSPITAL.
One Headquarters Building, l75 by % feet.
Fifteen Hospital Wards, each l75 BY Is feet,
One Mess house, $50 by Is feet
one Guards Quarters, 1877 by n feet.
One Sontraband Quarters, 90 by Il feet.
One Kitchen, 90 by Is feet
oue Chapel, IT by 2J feet.
One Laundry, 90 BY % feet, with statiouary
Engine, Locomotive Boiler, and all the necessary
apparatus for steam laundry and drying.
One Horse Stable, 90 by q feet.
One Wagon house, small
One Baggage-house, IS by Is feet.
one Warehouse, IS by IS feet.
Wster.tank Building, II BY II feet, 80 feet
nigh, with circular water tank l6 feet dian eter
Two Coal houses.
One Saw house
One Forage house
One Dead house, and
One Wash house, Of various Dimensions.
Also, Covered Plank Pootwalks connecting the
above buildings; aggregate length 500 feet, and
Tho aforementioned Headquarters Building
is two stories high, lathed and plastered, and
the fifteen Hospital Wards, the Mess. house, and
few other structures are also lathed and plas-
tered.
PRISON CAMP.
Ten Hospital Wards, each 40 by Is feet.
Seven Cook houses, each las by q feet.
One Cook house, l2oby % feet.
One Cook house, l4o BY rs feet, with two wings,
One Headquartsrs Building, 70 by "a feet, with
two wings, each 40 BY % feet
On: S g; s; s.OrshO rs 90 b. q feet
One Chapel, 100 by "a feet.
One Express once, so by 10 feet
Ono Guard House, (bloek,) 90 by Is feet.
One Quarters, one once, and one store-room
Of various dimensions
Also, ,lss lineal feet OF Fencing, l2 feet high
$40 lineh feet Of Board Fence, 9 feet high 700
lineal feet OF covered Plank PootwAlks, u feet
wide and lss lineal feet Of Plank PootwAlks, 4
auARTERMAsTER's DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 100 BY Is feet.
Ono Quarters, 100 BY Il feet.
One Quarters, ~ by % feet.
One Quarters, 80 by rs feet.
Three Stables, averaging l39 by "a feet each.
One storehouse, 81 by27 feet.
One smith Shop, IS by "a feet.
One Wheelwright Shop, 81 by Il feet
houses, one oil-house, one saddlers' shop, and
one Mess house. Of various dImensions.
hlsCBLLANEoUs BUILDINGS AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
One Post Hospital, 10 by Is feet
One Conn issary storehouse, 200 by IS feet.
One Commissary satesroom and Once, 81 by
~ feet.
One once, n by 10 feet.
One Guard House, Qog,) so by 50 feet.
One Guard House, QogD 80 by % feet.
Two frame Guard Houses, small size.
Ono Barrack at Fort Lincoln, 80 by 20 feet.
One Ordnance storshouse, 81 by IL feet.
One Slaughter House, 40 by "a feet, with Shed
"A By Is feet, and Out building 0 by o feet.
One Stable, 50 BY % feet; and,
Ten Kitchens, Quarters, &C., Of various dimen-
sions.
One wharf Of Timber and Lumber, 40 feet long,
and varying In width from % to lo2 feet
HS lineal feet Of Stockade, IL feet high on Pc.
tomac side, with blockhouss 20 by 30 feet, four
platforms, each 10 BY IL feet and loo linsai feet
Of plank footwalk, 6 feet wide.
1877 lineal feet Of stockade on Bay side, with
block house Is by % feet, and three platforms Of
various dimensions, and fOotwAlk.
One Hose Carriage.
Twenty eight Fire Ladders.
Twenty -four Axes.
One hundred and sixteen Fire Buckets, and
Blk Lengths Of Hose, each 81 feet long
Three Cooking Ranges.
One Perpetual Oven.
quantity Of Old Lumber and q number OF
Pumps.
Point Lookout, situated at the Junction Of tho
Potomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was, be-
fore The war, hyorite watering place, and Is
we'll adapted for the purpose now, having eK-
cellent facilities for salt water bathing, and
abundance Of nah and game.
The buildings above enumerated under the
head OF Omitted States General Hospital are
located directly the Point, the principal struc-
tures being arranged In q circle rAdiAiing from
q common centre, aud connected by covered foot. |
walks, aud could with moderate expense be fitted
up properly for the accommodation OF visitors, as
q steam laundry, Ice house, coal house, water
tanks, and many other structures for the purpose
are ready for immediate use. An excellent OPP |
portunity 10 also Afforded 10 land -owners In the
Vicinity, and elsewhere, to secure valuable |
fencing and building material
A steamer will4csyo the Government wharyes, |
south side Of the basin, near Pardy's ship yard,
Baltimore, Nd, at 10 clock, on the morning OF
Wednesday, January II, 1866, for the transport |
alton Of bidders to Point Lookout, and will be
retained until the close Of the sale TO return me
passengers to Baltimore. Meals will be fur.
nished on the boat at the usual (steamboat) rates
The buildings will be sold singly, and other
property In lots to suit purchasers.
The military guard will remain In charge OF
he buildings, &c, for fifteen days after the sale
Z desired, and purchasers will be allowed twenty
lays In which to remove their property.
Terms: Cash, in Government funds
NJ |. LUDINGToN,
Colonel and Chief QuartermASter,
de9-lT Department OF Wkahington