Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-09-23

CLOSE: DUE:
Eastern daily ,ex. Sun. SA M. &7P M PM 4 lpM.
Sunday ,.......... .....7 p. M.......'.ll r. M
Great Southern, daily,...3 P. M.......".75 A. NJ.
Washington daily, SA Nj. a &9P M IAN a. oPM'
Western, daily, .........6 A. M........".o7 P M
Winchester, Va.ex sun. % A M'.'.....''''o2 r. d.
York, Pa. Route, ex. Sun. ii A. Nj. ......'o5 p NJ
Annapolis Md ex. Sun. SA M &iP.M. % M SoP'm
D.law are e. Shore DIVA.
Somerset & Worcester . ~ l p M
CO, Md. Sunday Tues
day & Thursday
Up counties of E.Shore,)
Md, Monday, We'd A M....'.....o p NJ
uesdav and Saturday
Upper Marlboro Route,
Monday. Wednesday sP' M ....'''.s A. M
aud Friday,
Pt Tobac oRoute, Wed }ap A. M
ncsday and Sunday,
Westminster Route, }
Monday, "Wednesday 6f. "'.''''.'''7 P h"
R.I Air daily ex. Sun. 8 A. M............2 p. NJ
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Letters composed OF one or more pieces OF paper
but not exceeding half ounce in weight, sent any
distance not exceeding 300 milcs..... ...o cents
Any distance over 300 miles,. .......lO cents
On every additional weight of half an ounce, or
any fractional excess of halt an ounce, an additional
postage is charged according TO the distance
Letters dropped in the Post Oihce ior ueh'ery Ill
the same place, , cents each.
letters adv ertised are charged 2 cents each, be-
sides regular postage, if advertised in papers,
cents. w
IIrc,lurs handbills, and advertisements, printed
or ithogrsphed on paper not larger than quarto post
or single cap folded aud directed, but unse"led,
cents per Sheet any distance postage 10 DC prepau
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 other matter except newspa
wore handbs, and advertisements uncon.
nected with any manuscript communication, weigh
ng one ounce less, q cents per copy tor any DIS
,,ncc For every additional ounce, | cent Any
fractional excess exceeding halt an ounce, 10 ne
charged as an ounce; excess less than nail an o.
10 be disregarded
Newspapers, when sent by the editors or publish
ers thereof if they do not exceed l9oO superhcIai
inches for any distance in the State where published
l cent, For any distance exceeding 100 miles, out OF
the State where published, CT newspaper ex-
ceeding 1900 inches 10 be rated as Pa"Ph''t'
Vp,pspapers irrcgulariy sent, that IS, 10 non
subscrber the person sending must prepay cts. Tor
each paper. , , ., 49,
When the article to be mailed is a circn!ar, pam
pbet or newspaper, it should be so enVeopeu as 10
h. osn NJ one end-o,herwise, it will be charged as
E,re;on M1ils-A mail is forwarded from Boston
and New York TO, and received from "a - W."
Halifax Nova Scotia,) by the British m'li steam
p,ck.,s weekly alternately, for eight months IN the
year and twice mouth Tor the tour winter nouns
jettrrs thus sent, must have their postage 10 view
York or BOSTON pre- paid The postage on snip Let
49,, II;vcr.d at the office where the vessel arrives,
is D cents; if conveyed by post, cents IN addition TO
the ordinary postage
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION
american Mail Steamers. The following are the
,ns oc nostaoe prescribed by the act of the 81 OF
March 1915, for maable matter sent ny his line 10
Unnn ali letters aud packages not exceeding half an
ounce in wright.... -. ''..... ''4'e'
For ,jI Letters and packages over hall an
o,,cr and under one ounce. ..........4oc.
For every additional hall ounce ...'loc
For every letter, new spaper, pamphlet
aud price current '........' - ~
pho act of Congress also requires, that the United
s,.,.s hostage will be charged in addition TO the
a,ove mon all mailabe matter sent througn inc
nails ofthc United States TO New ork from whence
the shin sails for Bremen. All mai'able mater au-
r.ss.d II, England ireland or Scotland VIII De Ietat
tho Rr;,i al post Office in Cowes or southampton;
I I ~, Gor France the Netherlands Belgium Italy,
ST. and Portuy al and Africa will be sent to Ha
we in France; and separate bag VIII oe m'ae
~, G,r n ,mbure aud delivered at Bremen Haven:
And as no arrangements have yet been completed
h.,wecn the post office of the United States anu
,bos. of the above countries, prepayment OF the
hostage will be required at the office from whicn sent
on MI malable matter directed to those countries
Ifmo, ma;Iabe matter sent other countries on the
Eastern continent pre- payment VIII not oe required
!, will he mailed for Bremen, where all unpaid posa
20 will n. collected for the United States by the
Bremen office. ,..
The American postage only, is charged on letters
I'D newsnapers to 90 by the Cunard line of British
.,amcrs-the foreign postage being collected on the
other side. -. ,...u for tb. Ca,
Hinder present arrangement letters Tor tne Can,
.d,s and other British possessions IN America VIII
not he forw arded by mail unless prepaid