Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-09-30


Eastern, daily lex. Sun. sA M. STE M. 3P M s P M
Sunday, .....7 P. M.........ll P. Nj.
Great Southern, daily,...3 P. M".......:75 A NJ
Washington, daily, SA. M. 1882 Ms M ,5& oP. M
Western, daily, .........6 A. M..........65 p. NJ
Winchester, Va.ex Sun. g A. M..... ....65 P. M
York, Pa. Route, ex. Sun.ll A. M. ia p M.
Annapolis, Md .ex Sun. SA M ZIP. M. 3 M &oP Nj
Delaw are, E. Shore DIVA.
Somerset s. Worcester II p NJ
CO, Md. Sunday Tues {
day & Thursday
Up.counties of E.Shore,
Md, Monday, We'd "A. M.........3 p. n,
uesday and Saturday
Upper Marlboro Route,
Monday; Wednesday sr' M ''''''''S A. M
Pt.Tobac' oRoute We'd 20, - \,
nesday and Sunday, )
Westminster Route, }
Monday, "Wednesday 6P' "'..'...'''7 P. M
Be-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 ounce in weight, sent any
distance not exceeding 300 milcs..... ....5 cents.
ANY distance over 300 miles. $3.50. 10 cents
On every additional weight of half an ounce, or
any fractional of half an ounce an additional
hostage is charged according to the distance.
Letters dropped in the Post Office for delivery in
the same place, cents each
Letters advertised charged cents each, be-
sides regular postage or 1t advertised IN papers,
cents.
Circulurs, handbfs, AMI advertisements, printed
or Autographed paper larger than qnaro post
or single cap, folded and directed, but unsedled,
cents per sheet, any distance postage TO be prepaid;
when sealed, samcas letters.
Circulars on sheets larger than cap, are rated as
pamphlets. -.
On Pnmohlets, magazines, periodicals. and every
other kind of printed or matter, (except newspa
pers circulars haudbills and advertisements uncon
nected with any manuscript communlc"loh' "eiSh-
ng one ouuce or less . cents per copy, for any dis
lance, For every additional ounce, cent. Any
fractional excess exceeding hall an ounce, 10 be
charged as an ounce; excess less than hall an o.
to be dsrcgarded. "
Ne,,sDnpcrs (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
I cent. For any distance exceeding lou miles, out OF
the State where published, | J ct. newspaper ex-
ceeding 1900 inches, to be rated as pamphlet
Newspapcrs irregularly sent, that is, to a non
subscriber, the person sending must prepay cts tor
each paper. :, -
When the article to be mailed is circular, pam
phlet or newspaper, it should be so enveloped as to
be open at end-otherwise, 1t Will be charged as
letter. So
Foreign Mails.-A mail is forwarded from Boston
and New York TO, and received from England via
Halifax, Nova Scotia,) by the British NAL steam
Packets weekly alternately, for eight months in the
year and twice mouth for the four winter months
Letters, thus sent, must have th''r postage 10 view
York or Boston prepaid The postage on snip Let
ters delivered the Office where the vessel arrives,
is 81 cents: conveyed by post, cents in addition to
the ordinary postage.
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION.
American 1foiI STEAMERS The following are the
rates of postage prescribed by the act OF he 81 OF
March 1885, for maiabe matter sent by TINS line TO
Europe:- ,..,e
Upon ali letters aud packages not exceeding hall an
ounce in weight: -. 80. .'''''''-'
For all letters and packages over hall an |
ounce and under one ounce. .........'.4oc'
For every additional half ounce. ..........ioc'
For every letter, newspaper, pamphlet
and price current 1900 49, .'e,
The act of Congress also requires that the United
States hostage will be charged in addition to the
above upon all mailable matter sent through the
M ;is ofthe United States TO New York, from whence
the shin sails for Bremen. All mailable matter ad-
dressed 10 England Ireland orScoland will be letat
tbe British post-ofice in Cowes or southampton;
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 De maze
nm for Hamburg and delivered at Bremen raven;
And as no arrangements have yet been completed
between the post ofice of the United States ana
those of the above countries, prepay ment OF the
hostage will he required at the office from whlcn sent
u.on all malabe matter directed to those countries
JJpon maiIabe matter sent to other countries on ,he
Esern contiuent pre- W i'll not be required
4; ~ m he mailed for Bremen where all unpaid posta-
ges will be collected for the United States ny the
Bremen Office :. ,. =. ,,.o.s
The American postage only, is charged on letters
and newspapers to 60 by the Cunard line OF british
steamers-the foreign postage being collected on the
other side. ,. Co. Al. Gan
Under present arrangement, letters Tor the Can,
.das and other British possessions IN America VIII
not be forw arded by mail unless prepaid.
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