Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-10-14


Eastern daily .ex. Sun. ga Nj M. 3p. Nj & lpM.
Sunday,.......... .....7 p M. .....Il P Nj
Great Southern, daily,...3 p. M..........7s A. M.
Washington, daily, SAM &9P M'.7sA.".'s r. M
Western, daily, .......b A. M..........o5 p. M
Winchester Vaex Sun. g A. M...........67 p. nj.
York, Pa. Route, ex. Sun.ll A. Nj. ...os p NJ
Annapolis, Md. ex .Sun.SA.M x iP.M 81 Am. &oP'M.
Dclaw are, E. Shore DIVA
Somerset s. Worcester 7 , ~ n p M
co., Md. Sunday Tues
day s. Thursday
IN. countes of E.Shore,)
Md Monday, Wed 8 A. M..........3 p. M
tuesday, and Saturday }
Upper Marlboro Route,
Monday, Wednesday Or Nj .'.'''''S M
and Friday,
nesday and Sunday,
Westminster Route, ,
Monday, Wednesday (6P NJ. ......'.1 p M
Rel Air daily, ex. Sun. & A. NJ. .........2 p. M
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Letters composed of one more pirc's Of paper,
but not exceeding half ounce III weight, sent any
distance not exceeding 3oo miles,. ...':n cents
AM distance over 800 miles -. ...... 10 cents.
On every additional weight of hall an ounce, or
anv fractional excess of half ounce, an additional
postage is charged according to the distance;
Letters dropped in the Post Once TOR delivery III
the same place, , cents each
letters advertised are CHI rged cents each, be-
sides regular postage, if advertised in papers,
cents :. =,
Circulars,
or Autographed, paper not larger than qnar'o post
or single cap folded and directed, but unseded,
cents per sheet any distance postage to be prepaid;
when sealed same as letters
Circulars on sheets larger than cap, are rated as
pamphlets. ,. -, ....
On Pamphlets, magazines, periodicals. and every
other kind of printed or other matter
pers circular haudbls, and advertisements uncoh'
nected with any manuscript communication "eiSh-
inc one ounce less q cents per copy, Tor any DIS
lance. For every additional ounce c'nt' any
fractional excess exceeding half an ounce, 10 he
charged ounce; an excess less 'n'" man d" o@'
TO be disregarded.
Newspapers (when sent by the editors or publish
ers thereof if they do not exceed l9ou Superncin
inches for any distance in the State where published,
cent For any distance exceeding loo miles, on' OF
the State where published, /, CT. newspaper ex
cecdng 1900 inches, TO be rated as pamphlet
Ne,pspapers irrcgularly sent that is, to non
subscriber, the person sehoihS must prepay " "
each paper :, ~
phet or newspaper, it should be so enveiopeu as 10
be omen at one end-oherwi il will be charged as
letter. " IT, ,..
Foreign Mails.--A mail is forwarded from Boston
aud New York TO. and received from England, via
Halifax (Nova Scota) by the british WAL ?aeI,n
Packets weekly alternately, for eight months IN me
year and twice a mouth for the four winter months
Letters thus sent, must have their postage 10 new
York or Boston pre- paid. The postage on snip Let
tors delivered at the office where the vessel arrives
ia ID cents. if conveyed by post, cents in addition to
the ordinary postage
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION.
american Mail Steamers.-'rhe following are the
ra,as of hostage prescribed by the act OF the 81 OF
March 1915, for mailable matter sent by 'hs line 10
Europe:- ,: half ~
Upon all letters aud packages not exceeding nal, a"
ounce in wcght.... -. -. ''''''''-'''
For all letters aud packages over hali an =,
ounce and under one ounce. ..... ........'toc'
For every additional hafounce ..'.''.'oc'
For every letter, newspaper, pamphlet =.
and price current -. ......... .'o;
1'be act of Congress also requires, that lhe ohteu
S,ates hostage will be charged in addition 10 tne
above ,pon all maable matter sent through .he
nails ofthe United States New York from whence
.La chin calls for Bremen. All maable matter adj
dressed TO England Ireland orScotland VIII be etat
th Rr;tish most Office in Cowes or SOUTHAMPTON;
anJ ali for France the Netherlands, Belgium Italy,
spain and Portugal, and Africa, VIII De Sent 10 ma
vre in France; and a separate bag VIII oG m'ue
M, for Hamburg and delivered at Bremen maven.
hd ne M arrangements have yet been completed
between the post-oflice OF the o"'t'n o'a's anu
,ho.. of the above countries, pre-. payment OF the
s,,a. will he required at the piIic from winch sent
10, a maIabl. natter directed 10 tlose countries
IIno, maablp matter sent to other countries on me
Eastern continent pre- payment VIII nIt ne required
IL az III he mailed for Bremen, wher" all unpaid os,a-
COS will be collected for the United states oy 'he
Bremen office. ,, an l,,.rs
,d newspapers to go by the Cunard line OF nritish
,aamersrthe foreign postage being collected on the
other side. ,,,, for th. Can,
ID 40 aud other British possessions IN America VIII
no, he forw arded by mail unless prepaid.