Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-12-30

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Sunday. ......... ....l NJ. ''''.'.ll p. NJ.
Great southern, daily. P. M....... u a. NJ.
Washington, daily, "a M ,4&9p NJ 5!A.M' a&7P'M'
Western, daily, '.:''...6 A. M''''''''' % p NJ
Winchester, FaeX Sun.. u A. M...........65 p. ~.
YorI, Pa. Route, .Sun.ll A. NJ. ........6s p NJ.
Annapolis ,Mdex. Sun.sA.M < IP.M SIAM. &oP.M
Norfolk, Mon. w d & Fri. p, NJ.
due Wed. Fra & Sun. I A. NJ.
Delaware, e ShorcofVa.
Somerset < Worcester ~ , =,
co.,Mi. SUNDAY, Tues
day & Thursday
Up counties Of E.Shore,
MD, Monday, We'd 5 a. M.........,3 P. NJ.
uesdav and Saturday }
Upper Marlboro Route,
Monday, Wednesday E9P. n. ....-...S "A. NJ.
and Friday,
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neshty and Sunday, )
Westminster Route, }
Monday. Wcinesdly HGP. M..........7 p. NJ.
aud FRIDAY, J
Bel-Air. daily ex. Sua. A. m............2P p. NJ.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Letters composed OF one more pieces Of paper,
hu not eye ed mo- half an ounce in weight sent any
distance not exceeding 300 miies..., - centS.
ANY distance over 800 milrs.... .....lO cents.
On every additional weight Of half ounce,
any fractional excess OF ht an ounce, an additional
postage i charged acc rrdiug 80 til" distance.
Letters dropped in the Post Office for delivery in
the same placp 'nts each
Letters advertised are lrgcd cents each, be-
sides regular postage or if advertised in papers,
cents.
CIrculurs handbs, anl advertisements, printed
itho9rLphrd. paper not larger than qnarto post
or single cap, folded aud directed, but unscdcd, ,
per sheet any distance, postage to be prepaid;
when sealed, same as letters.
Circulars on sheets larger than cap, are rated as
pamphlets.
On PumptlefS, magazines, periodicals, and every
other kind OF print ID or other liter, (rxcep ncwspa-
pers circulars handbills and advertisements nncon-
nected with manuscript commune ilIon, weigh
ing one ounce less = cents per copy for any dis
tancc For every additional ounce, | cent. Any
fractional excess exceeding half an ounce, 10 he
charged ounce; an excess less than hall an o.
to be diSrcgardcd.
yenspaoors, (whcn sent by the editors publish
ers thereby If they do not exceed 1900 superficial
inches for any distance in the State where rnhlshcd
cent For any distance exceeding 90 miles, out OF
the State where published, | ! CT. A newspaper ex
ceeding 800 inches, to be rated as pamphlet.
NrrrSp qpcrs irreguIarly sent, that is, 10 non
subscriber, the person sending must prepay cts for
each paper.
inlet or new Spapnr, it should be rnvcoped a. TO
be opru at cnd-otherwSe, 1t will be charged as
a letter.
Foreign Ntils.-A mail is forwarded from Boston |
and New York TO- and received from England, via |
Halifax, (Nova ScotiN,) by the British Mail Steam
Packets W crkly, alternately, for eight months in the
year anI twice a mouth Tor the onr winter months.
Letters, thus sent, must have their postage to New
York or Boston prepaid. The postage On ship Let.
tcrs delivered at the Office whore the vesS arrives,
is u cents; If conveyed by post cents in addition to
the ordinary postage.
OCEAN STEAM NAVlGATToN
american Nal Steamers The follow ing are the
rates of hostage prescribed by the of the 81 OF
March ISi5, for maiIahc matter sent by this line to
Europe
Upon all letters and packages not exceeding half an
ounce in weight. ....'''... '....'..Ztc'
For all letters and packages over half an
ounce and under one ounce ..... ........,..4'c
For every additional hafouucc ................ sc.
For every letter, newspaper, pamphlet,
aud price current -......... ,....3c. !
The act of Congress also requires that the United
States postage will be charged in addition TO the
above mpon all maable matter sent through the
m Ills ofthe United States TO New York, from whence
the ship sails for Bremen. All mailabc matter ad-
dressed to England ireland orScoland. will be lrtat
the British post-oiiice in Cowes or Son,hamptoh;
and all for France, the Netherlands, Belgium Italy,
Spain and Portugal, and Africa, will be sent to Ha
vre in France; and separate bag VIII be nude
up for Hamburg and delivered at Bremen. ii ivcn.
And as no arrangements have yet been completed
between the pos,-oiEce of the United States and
those of the above countries, pre-. payment oil the
postage will he required at the Office from which sent
uoon all tnaablc matter directed to those countries
Upon maablr miter sent to other countries on the
Eastern continent payment will not he required
il vii be mailed for Bremen, where all unpaid posa-
pes will h. collected for the United States by the
Bremen office.
The American postage only, is charged on letters
and new sp,pers to 90 by the Cunard line of British
foreign postage being collected on the
other side.
Under present arrangement, letters FOR the Can
ad A. and other British possessions III America VIII
not be forwarded by mail urlrss prepaid.