Washington sentinel., 1853-12-09
Travellers Guide.
Departure of Cars and Steamboats, from Washing

The cars leave the station, at the intersection
of New Jersey avenue and G and ID, streets, fol
Ba timore and intermediate places, at six and
eight o'clock A. M and halfpast three and five p
Nj. On Sundays at six A. M. and five p. NJ. only
The second and fourth are express trains stopping
only atgthe Relay House and Annapolis junction.
The cars leaving Washington at six A. M. and
five p. M. meet the cars from Baltimore at the
Washington junction Tor Relay House) for
Wheeling.
The train leaving Washington on Saturday af.
ternoon goes no further than Philadelphia; the
one on Sunday morning only to Baltimore.
The cars leave the Alexandria (Va.J station, cor
ner of Duke and Henry streets, for Warrenton and
the intermediate points, at eight o'clock A. NJ ex-
| cept Sunday, and at quarter before two o'clock
p M. daily stage runs between Gordonsve
and Culpepper in connexon with the cars on this
and the Virginia central roads. M FIN sge
The steamboats, leave the wharf for the South
at fifteen minutes past six A. NJ and nine o'clock
P. NJ, Immediately after the arrival Of the first
and the last trains of cars from Baltimore.
The steamer George Washington or the Thomas
Collyer makes three trips a week to Mount Yer
non and Fort Washington, leaving the wharf at
haf-past nine o'clock. tGca
The steamboats, George Washington, Thomas
Collyer, and Union leave for Alexandra every
hour during the day.
arrangement ofthe Mails at the Washington Post
Office, Jatiy /, 1853.
The great Eastern Mail from Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, New York, Boston, &c. and Buffalo, &C.,
arrives al A. M. and . p. M, daily and the mail
sent from the office, TO and by those places closes
at and p. NJ, daily
p. NJ, and is received daily by o'clock A. NJ,
and p. M.
The second, Eastern and great Western mails are
received by 6 A. M; the latter closes at 2 p NJ,
the former at p. M. daily. The mail trains north
of Philadelphia arrive there in time 10 connect with
fha frain for Rail xyhi hr;n tLa
mail 10 arrive here by 6 A. M. No eastern mail IS
received at the Office Sunday night and no east
ern mail, to be sent beyond Baltimore, is made up
on Saturday night.
The mail for Annapolis, Nd. and Norfolk n and
adjacent places in Virginia, is closed every night,
except Saturday, at 8 p. M, and is received six
times week, with mail from Baltimore, Md,
by 12 M. ~ sHla9d
The mail from Georgetown, D. c., is received
twice daily, by 8 A. M, and P. M, and il is
closed for that place at the same hours
The mail from Rockville &C.. Md., is received
by P. NJ, and il is closed for those places at p
M, daily.
The mail from Byookvile, &C., Nd, is received by
s p. M. of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, each
week, and closes same days at p. M.
Papers and pamphlets can be sent, without be-
ing prepaid, to any part of the United States; but
double postage is charged on delivery. The post
age on foreign printed matter must be prepaid
The Office is open at A. M. for delivery Of let
tiers and papers received by previous mails, and at
: A. M. for general delivery, and at s O'Clock p.
M daily crcept Sunday and on that day il is open
from s TO 10 A. NJ, and from 2 to o'clock p. M
*Norfolk, &C., three times by Baltimore; four
times by Richmond.
SuB-PosT OFFIcEs.-The following places have
been designated dePots for the reception of let
ters ai44ige ea.sl-
]. Shillington, Al street and Penn. avenue
DR.. J. b. Gardner, druggist, Capitol Hill.
DIR. Walsh, Garrison ST, Navy Yard.
w. B. Sotheron grocer, l. and p ST., Navy Yard
DR.. Boswell, druggist, Virginia av. and 7th st.
south.
J. w. Narn, druggist, New York av. and 18th
street. n
]. B. Moore, druggist, Penn. az. Is. Ward.
J. r.. Barr grocer, M and 11tl s:. north
j. ii. Stone, druggist, 7th and NJ 81. north
IT. +. Harkness, Penn. av., bet 17th and 18th ST.
The letter carriers are furnished with KEYS, and
instructed TO visit each depot in time 10 receive
any letters left on deposit, to be mailed at clock
p. M. daily. They are required to be prepaid
onecent labels being sold for that purpose by the
carriers, or at the sub-post Offices. @