Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-12-09


Eastern daily ,cx Sun. SA M.&7p.M.25 P M x lp.M'
Sunday, .......... .....7 p M........ll p. M.
Great southern, daily, % p. M.'....... ~ A. NJ
Washington daily, oA NJ MP NJ 90 AMI q
Western daily, .........G A. M...........65 p M
Winchester, Va.cX Sun. + A. M.........'"02 P NJ
York, Pa. Route, ex. Sunll A. Nj. ....:... % p. M
Annapolis Md. Sun .SA M lP M. . GAM &9P'M
Norfolk Mon. w ed s. Fri 3 p. NJ
due Tues. Thurs. s. Sat. 7 A. NJ.
Delaware e. ShorcofVa.l
Somerset & Worcester u NJ II p NJ
CO, Md. Sunday Tues
day & Thursday
Up counties of E.Shore,
Md, Monday, We'd ) A. M.....''.''3 P NJ
uesday and Saturday }
Upper Marlboro Route,
Monday, Wednesday 9p. NJ. .'.'''''' A. M
and Friday,
PIT. Tobac' oRoute w ed 20, NJ A. NJ
ncsday and Sunday, )
Westminster Route, }
Monday, Wednesday S6P. M.'......'.' P. N
and Friday,
BeI-Air daily ex Sun. s A. m............2 p. NJ.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Letters composed of more pieces of paper,
but not exceeding half ounce in weight sent any
distance not exceeding 300 miles .......5 cents.
Anv distance over 300 miles,. 10 cents
On every additional weight of half an ounce, or
any fractional excess of half an ounce, an additional
postage is charged according to the distance;
Letters dropped in the Post ohce Tor delivery IN
the same place, cents each.
Letters advertised are charged cents each, be-
sides regular postage, if advertised IN papers,
cents. =,
or lhorraphcd on paper not larger than quarto post
or single cap, folded and directed, but unscacd,
cents per sheet any distance, postage to be prepad
when sealed, same as letters
Circnlars on sheets larger than cap, are rated as
pamphlets. 49,, o.,..
On Pamphlets, magazines, periodicals, and every
other kind of printed or other matter (eXceptnewsp
circulars handbills and advertisements ancon'
nec,ed with any manuscript communication, weigh
ing one less . cents per copy Tor any as
lance For every additional ounce, cent. ANY
fractional excess exceeding hall an ounce, 10 DC
CHARGED as an ounce; an less than half an o.
to be disregardcd. -.
Ve,,soapers i when sent by the editors or publish
crs thcreof) if they do not exceed ,9oo superhero
inches for any distance i'll the State where published
cent For any distance exceeding 100 miles, out OF
the State where published, l. CT newspaper ex-
ceeding 1900 inches, to be rated as pamphlet
Ne,pspnpers rregularly sent, that IS, TO non
subscriber the person sending must prepay c'S' ior
each paper. .
phle or newspaper, it should be SO enveoped as 10
h. onen at one end-othcrwise, il will be charged
Enre;pn 1faiIs-A mail is forwarded from Boston
and New York to, and received from England via
lila Nova Scotia) by the British Mail Steam
Packets weekly alternately for eight months IN the
wear and wcc month Tor the tour winter months
Letters, thus sent, must have the,r postage ~ cW
York or Boston pre- paid. The postage on snip Let
tors delivered the office where the yessei arrives
is ID cents; conveyed by post cents IN addition TO
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION.
American Null Steamers.-The following are the
r,s If nostarc prescribed by the act OF the Sd OF
March S45 for maiable matter sent by TINS line 10
Europc:- ,., ,,,,;, hoIf IN
ouncc in weight. 80. '.'..;;c .'''''''4fo
For alt letters and packages over hall an -,
ounce aud under one ouncc...... ....''''...toc
For every additional half ounce .Ioc
For every letter, ewspaper, pamphlet
and pricc current ....-..... - DC
III, .ct of Congress- also requires, that the united
States postage will be charged IN addition" TO Ine
nnvn unon all mailable matter sent through the
- liz oCtbc United States TO New York, from whence
th shin sails for Bremen. All mailable matter ad-
drnssrd to Eng land ireland orScotland VIII be eltt
Tho Rritis h post Office in Cowes or southampton;
and all for France the Netherlands, Belgium nay
Sn,in and Portugal and Africa, VIII be sent 10 ma
yrn in France; and a separate bag VIII be made
mn for Hamburg and delivered at Bremen Haven
And rs no arrangements have yet been completed
hntwecn the post Office of the United States and
,bnse of the above countries, prepayment OF 'he
nosope will be required at the office from when seat
mon all mailabe matter directed to those countries
r. nathalie matter sent to other countries on the
Estern continc nt pre- pay ment will not be required
:, ~ he mailed for Bremen where all unpaid osa
COS will be collected for the United States by the
Bremen office. .,,, =, Iot,.rs
j nnwsnopers TO 90 by the Cunard line OF British
steamers-thc foreign postage being collec'eu vi '''
other side ,., c,r ,he Can
.dos and other British possessions III America VIII
,ot he forwarded by mail unless prepaid.