Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-11-11
POST OFFICE.-MAILS
Areconuevedb y Rail Road Cars and Stages daily.

CLOSE: DUE
Eastern daily ex Sun. SA &7P M. .3P NJ IT, M.
Sunday ,,......... .....7 p. M.........ll p. Nj
Great southern daily,...3 p. Mo-. ......7z a. NJ.
Washington, daily, SA M a &9p Ms .M''a Pm
Western, daily, ''.',o A. NJ
Winchester, Va.ex Sun. 6 A. M.........65 p NJ.
York Pa Route, ex. Sun. IL A. Nj. .........65 P. NJ
Annapolis Md.ex Sun .SA M &4PM 81 Am &oP.M.
Deaw are e ShorcofVa.
Somerset s. Worcester : D nlI p. NJ.
CO., Md. Sunday, Tues
day s. Thursday
Upcounties of E.Shore,)
Md, Monday, We'd A. M..........3 p. NJ.
uesday and Saturday )
Upper Marlboro Route
Monday Wednesday 9P. M........''s A. M
and Friday,
PtTobac oRoute, w ed o.. , Nj
nesday and Sunday, )
Westminster Route, }
Monday. Wednesday 6p. M''.'....''' P M
and Friday,
Rel Air, daily, ex. Sun. 8 A. M...........2 p NJ
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Letters composed of one more pieces OF paper,
but NOT exceeding half an in eight, sent any
distance not exceeding 300 miles. 20 cents
ANY distance 800 miles. .......l0 cents
On every additional weight of half an ounce, or
any fractional excess OF hall an ounce an additional
postage is charged according TO the distance
Letters dropped in the Post Office for delivery i'll
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 thographed on paper not larger than qnaro post
or SINGLE can folded and directed, but unsealed
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 other matter (except newspa
pers circulars handblls and advertisements uncon
nected with any manuscript communication, weigh-
ing one ounce less cents per copy, Tor any DIS
lance For every additional ounce, l cent. Any
fractional excess exceeding half an ounce, 10 be
charged as ounce; an excess less than hall an o.
to be disregarded.
Ne,pspnprrs, (when sent by the editors or publish
ers thereby il they do not exceed 900 superficial
inches for any distance in the State where published
| cent. For any distance exceeding loo miles, out OF
the State where published, / CT. newspaper ex-
ceedng 1910 inches 10 be rated as pamphlet
Np,,spnpers irregularly sent, that is, to a non
subscriber, the person sending must prepay CTS. ior
each paper.
When the article to be mailed is crcn!ar, pam
phet or newspaper, it should be so enveioped as to
be open at end-otherwise, 1t viii be charged as
letter.
Freign Mails.-A mail is forwarded from Boston
and New York 10, and received from England, via
Halifax (Nnva Scotia,) by the British Mail Steam
Packets weekly, alternately, for eight months III The
YEAR and twice mouth Tor the four winter months
Letters thus sent, must have their postage to New
York or Boston prepaid The postage on Snip Let
ters delivered the Office where the vessel arrives,
is d cents; conveyed by post cents IN 10
the ordinary postage.
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION.
american Mail Steamers.-'rhe following are the
rates of postage prescribed by the act OF the 81 oil
March iS45 for maiable matter sent oy inns line 10
Europe:- ,.,,e
Up,n all letters and packages not exceeding half an
ounce in weight.... ...... ........ztc.
For all letters aud packages over half an
ounce and under one ounce. .......... 4Sc. |
For every additional half ounce ....... loc
For every letter, newspaper, pamphlet,
and price current $500 =, J
The act of Congress also requires, That the Uhitrd
States hostage will he charged in addition TO the
above ,,pon all mailable matter sent through The
m ,ils of the United States 10 New York, from whence
tho shin ,ils for Bremen. All mailabe matter ad-
Sod TO England ireland or Scotland viii be ieitat
fine British post Office ia Cowes or Southampton;
and all for France the Netherlands Belgium Italy,
Snain and Portugal and Africa will be sent to Hal
vrc in France; and separate bag VIII be made
nm for Hamburg aud delivered at Bremen Haven.
And as no arrangements have YET oeeh completed
between the t-oificc of the Unitcd States and
those of the above countries, payment OF the
hostage i'll be required at the oics from which sent
,,on all malabc matter directed to those countries
Jnon maiIabe matter sent to other countries on the
Eastern continent pre- yment will not be required
:, he mailed for Bremen where all unpaid posta-
oes will be collected for the United States by the
Bremen Office |
sieamers-the foreign postage being collected on the
other side. ,... e., .ho 10, !
ad,s and other British possessions IN America, VIII
not no for warled by mail unless prepaid.
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