Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-07-10
POST OFFICE.-MAILS
Are conueyed by Rail Road Cars and Stages daily

CLOSE: DUE:
Eastern daily ,ex Sun. SA M.&7P.M.. GA. NJ SD M
Great Southern. ........54 A. M.........I5 p NJ
Sunday. P. M.''''':,ii;c'oo, a. M
Washington City. Sam, 4 p. NJ tx P NJ
Western. ...... Is A. M...........o5 p. NJ.
Winchester Va.cx Sun. 6 A. M...........b5 p NJ
York Pa. Route, cx Sun. 8 A. Nj. ......65 p NJ
Norfolk. daily, ex. Sun. B p Mo-. '.'..I A. NJ
Annapolis, Md, ex .Sund ) A. M.......'..oz a. NJ
Delaw are e. Shore DIVA.
Somerset & Worcester g \, ll p NJ
CO, Md Sunday Tues
day & Thursday
Up counties of E.Shore,
Md, Monday, We'd % A. M..........3 p NJ
uesdav and Saturday )
Upper Marlboro Route,
Monday, Wednesday S9P. M. .'....'.o A. NJ
and Friday,
PtTobac oRoute, We'd 20, NJ Am.
nesday and Sunday, s
Westminster Route, }
Monday, Wednesday SGP. M..''......1 P M
and Friday,
Bel-Air, daily, ex. Sun. 5 A. M'.''''''''''z p NJ
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Letters composed Of one more pieces OF paper,
but not exceeding half an ounce in weight sent any
distance not exceeding 300 miles % cents.
Any distance over 300 miles. ...... 10 cents
On every additional weight of half an ounce, or
any fractional Of half All ounce an additional
postage is charged according to the distance;
Letters dropped in the Post Office for delivery in
the same place. cents each
Letters advertised are charged cents each, be-
sides regular postage, or if advertised in papers,
cents.
Circulars handbills and advertisements, printed
or Autographed, paper not larger than qnaro post
or single cap, folded and directed, but unsedled,
cents per sheet any distance; when sealed, same as
letters.
Circulars sheets larger than cap are rated as
pamphlets.
On Pamphlets, magazines periodicals, and every
other kind of printed or Except newspa
pers circulars ,handbl', and advertisements uncon
inf
ing one ounce less o. cents per copy, tor any DIS
tance For every additional ounce, cent. Any
fractional excess exceeding half an ounce, to be
charged as an ounce; less than hall an o.
TO be disregarded. ,,
Nepspaners, ( when sent by the editors or publish.
crs thereby if they do not exceed l91o superficial
inches free, for any distance not exceeding 81 miles
from the place where printed. For any distance be-
yond 80 miles within the State where published, !
cent. For any distance exceeding 100 miles, out of
the State where published, l. CT A newspaper ex-
ceeding 1900 inches, to be rated as pamphlet
Newspapers rreguary sent, that 49, TO non
subscriber, the person sending must prepay Cts for
each paper.
When the article to be mailed is circular, pam
phlct or newspaper il should be so enveoped as to
be open at end-otherwisc, ii will be charged as
letter.
raj has ordered the following regulations: "Mo"ey
for newspaper subscriptions, not exceeding TEN DOL
LARS in each case, may be paid TO POSTMASTER tor
the purpose of being paid to the publisher OF news
paper at any other Office. The Postmaster Is, in
such case, to give 10 the person paying the money,
recent therefor and advse forthwith the Postmaster
who is to pay said amount of such deposits and upon
presentation of this receipt the amount Is TO be pad
over. The Postmaster receiving the amount IS 10
debit himself Herewith in his account, and the Post
master paying that amount is to credit himself there
with, in his account of contingent expenses"
Foreign Mails.-A mail is forwarded from Boston
to- and received from Eng and, via Halifax, (Nova
Scotia } by the British Mail Steam Packets, twice a
month"; for eight months in the year, and once month
for the four winter months. Letters, thus sent, must
have their postage to Boston pre-, PAD; me postage
on Shin Letters delivered at the office where the
vessel arrives is cents; if conveyed by post, cents
in addition to the ordinary postage
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION.
American Mail Steamers.-The following are the
rates of postage prescribed by the act OF the 81 oil
March 1915, for maable matter sent by this line to
Europe:- . :,
Upon all letters and packages not exceeding half an
ounce in wcight.... 80. 49,. '....'''2ic'
For all letters and packages over hall an
ounce and under one ounce. .....,...... .4oc.
For every additional half ounce. ......loc.
For every letter, newspaper, pamphlet
and price current .......... &c
The act of Congress also requires that the uhited
States postage will be charged in addition TO the
above upon all maiIable matter sent through the
mails of the United States 10 New York, from whence
the ship sails for Bremen. All mailabe matter adj
dressed to Eng and Ireland Scotland will be etat
the British post office ia Cowes or SOUTHAMPTON;
and all for France, the Netherlands, Belgium Italy,
Spain, and Portugal, and Africa, will be sent TO Ha-
yre, in France; and separate bag will be made
up for Hamburg and delivered at Bremen Haven.
Aud as no arrangements have yet been completed
between the post-ofice of the United States and
those of the above countries, prepay ment oil the
postage will be required at the office from which sent
upon all maable matter directed to those countries.
Upon mailabe matter sent TO other countries on the
Eastern continent pre- payment Will not be required
il will be mailed for Bremen, where all unpaid posa-
gcs will be collected for the United States by the
Bremen office.