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


East.r, daily .ex. Sun. ga m&7p. M. .3p.M.&lIP.M.
Sunday ....... .....7 NJ. .......il p. Nj
Great Southern, daily, 3 p. m...... "a A. M
Washington daily, M 4&9P NJ MN 9p' NJ
Western daily, .........6 A. M......... .o5 p NJ
Winchester, Va.ex Sun. Is A. M.........'65 P. NJ
York, Pa. Route, .Sun.li A. Nj. .'..o5 r NJ
ANNAPOLIS Md x Sun. SA M lP M. 8 "A IN. SoP.M
Delaw are, e. ShoreotVa.
SomersetS s. Worcester D NlI p NJ
co., Md. Sunday Tues
day s Thursday
Up counties of E.Shore,
Md Monday, We'd s A. M.........3 p. NJ
nesdav and Saturday }
Upper Marlboro Route,
and Friday,
PIT Tobac' oRoute, w ed }ep A. Nj
nesday and Sunday, }
Westminster Route, }
Monday, Wednesday Or M''.'''''''' p M
and Friday,
ReIAir daily ex. Sun. s. A. M............2 p. M.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Isfferx composed Of one more pieces OF paper,
lint not exceeding half an ounce IN weight sent any
distance not exceeding 300 miles ....5 cents
AM distance over 300 miles,. 10 cents.
On every additional weight of half an ounce or
anv fractional excess of half ounce, an additional
postage is charged according to ths distance;
Letters dropped in the Post Office for delivery in
the same place, = cents each.
I,,.rs advertised are CHI ,rgcd cents each, be-
sides regular postage, if advertised IN papers,
cents.
(ircuLnrS, ludbills, ami advertisements, prlhttu
or Itbographed paper not larger than qnarto post
or single cap folded aud directed, but unsedI"d =
cents per Sheet any distance postage to De prepaid;
when sealed same as letters
Circulars on sheets larger than cap, are rated as
pamphlets. 49,, .
On Pamphlets magazines, periodicals. ana every
other kind of printed OF matter
pcrs circulars ,handbs, and advertisements uncoh'
n.cted with any manuscript commuhica'loh' "eiSh-
inc one ounce or less - cents per copy tor any DIS
t.nce For every additional ounce cent. Any
fractional excess exceeding half an ounce, 10 be
charged as an ounce; less than hall an o.
Weosnaesr,, when sent by the editors or publish.
ers thereof il they do not exceed i9oo superhc'a
inches. for any distance IN the state wnere n"osheo
cent. For any distance exceeding 100 miles, out OF
The State where published, j. CT. newspaper ex-
ceedng 1900 inches, to be rated as pamphlet.
Wersnnpers irreguIarly sent, that is, to non
subscrber the person sending must prepay Cts Tor
each paper. .,,. :,I.r ,,,,
When the article to be mailed is circu!ar' pam
inlet or cwspaper. it should be so enveIoped as TO
be omen at one end otherwise, it will be charged as
Foreign Mails.-A mail is forwarded from Boston
and New-York to, and received from England via
Ualifax Nova Scotia,) by the British Mail steam
Packets weekly, alternately, Tor eisnt months III inc
year and tw ice mouth for the four winter mounts
{o,,ers thus sent must have their postage to New
York or Boston pre- paid The postage OH snip Let
tcr, delivered at the Office where the vessel
is "a cents; il conveyed by post oe"'' ' ~ "
the ordinary postage.
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION.
american Mail Sfenmers.-The following are the
rates of postage prescribed by the act o, me d" OF
March, Is45, for maablc matter sent ny inns i'"e 10
Europe:- . ,a; h,Ir an
ounce in weight. -. 100. '.''''''-'''
For all letters and packages over nan an -,
ounce and under ounce...... ...........f2c'
For every additional half ounce
For every letter, newspaper, pamphlet .,
and price current ........ ~ 80
1,bc act of Congress aso requires, that the onittd
s,,,es hostage will he charged in addition 70 'ne
.,nv. npon all maiIabc matter sent throusn me
nils ofthe United States 10 New York, from whence
the shin sails for Bremen. All ma''ao'e mater au
dressed 10 England Ireland orScotand. VIII be 'eit't
the British post-ofiice ia Cowes or oou.na'hp.1 1
AMI all for France the Netherlands, Belgium ltaIv'
Sma;n and Portugal and Africa, will be sent to Ha-
~" in France: and a separate bag will be made
M, FIR Hamburg and delivered at hremen raven
And AS no arrangements have vet been competed
b.tween the post office Of the United states ana
those of thu. above countries, prepay ment VI ''e
hostage will he required at the oics from ""cn sem
,,o, all maabIc matter directed tn those countries
JI,o, maiIable matter sent to other countries on ,he
Eastern continent pre- payment VIII not ne required
n will he mailed for Bremen. where all unpaid rosa-
Cos will be collected for the United States ny the
Bremen office. ., o ,o,t.rs
The American postage only, is charged on letters
and newspapers to go by the Cunard line oil nriush
,smersrthe foreign postage being collected on the
other side. ,.. e,u .ha Ton,
.d,s and other British possessions m america viii
rot he forw arded by mail unless prepaid.
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