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THROUGH LINE FOX SAN
Ak FRANCISCO. Via CHAGRES.--
t0R THE NEW & FAyORlTESTEAM-


CHEROKEE, 1900 tons, Captain H. windle,
PHILADELPHIA, 100 tone, Capt. ] Y Nicholson
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Cherokee. Philadelphia.
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Cabin. sterugs
Passage from Panama TO San
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Passage from Panams 20 San
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Passage from Panama to San
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THE NEW YORK ~ LIVERPOOL UNITED
STATES MAIL STEAMERS.

THE NEW YORK ~ LIVERPOOL UNITED
STATES MAIL STEAMERS.
| The ships comprising this line
| The ATLANTIC. ......... Capt. West.
| The PACIFIC ............ Capt. Nye.
The ARCTIC. Capt. Luce.
The BALTIC: .;.,....-.....C Capt Comstock
| The ADhlAIlC .......... Capt Grafton.
ESEk THESE ships having been built by
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| Dservce, every care has been taken in
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tions for passengers unequalled for elegance
comfort.
Price of passage from New York to Liverpool
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| from Liverpool to New York, f35.
An experienced surgeon will be attached to each
ship
| No berth can be secured until paid for
PROPOSED DATES OF SAILING.
From Nep York. From LioepooI.
Saturday, Dec. 7th. Saturday, Dec. Ia, 1851.
| Saturday, Dec. 2lst. Saturday, 2sth
Wednesday, Jan l., 1851 Saturday, Jan. II, 1851.
Wednesday, 29th. Saturday, Feb. sth.
Wednesday, Feb 18th. Saturday, 22d.
Wednesday, Feb. Goth Saturday March sth.
| Wednesday, March ~. Saturday, 22d.
EDWARD x. COLLINS,
No SO Wall street, N. Y.
Or to BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.,
E. G. ROBERTS CO.,
l3 Kings Arms Yard, London.
| l.. DRAPER, Jr.,
| Boulevard, Montmartrc, Paris.
| The owners of these ships will not be account
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cious stones, or metals unless bills of lading are
signed therefor, and the value thereof, therein
| expressed.
b After the first of pril next the rate Of freight
by the above steamers, from Liverpool, will be ma
| terially reduced. Nov. 20
FOR LIVERPOOL. = United States Mail
Steamship ATLANTIC, Captain James West
This steamship will depart with the mails for Eu-
rope positively on Saturday, 7th of December, at
IL o'clock, M, from her berth at the foot of Canal
street
No berth secured until paid for.
| All letters must pass through the Post Office.
| For freight or passage, having unequalled ac-
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The steamer PACIFIC will succeed the Atlantic,
and sail December 2lst. Nov D
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