Washington sentinel., 1853-11-05
Travellers Guide.
Departure of Cars and Steamboats, from, Washing

4 ton.
The cars leave the station, at the intersection
| of New Jersey avenue and c and D streets, for
Ba tmore 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. M. only
The second and fourth are express trains stopping
only al the Relay House and Annapolis junction.
The cars leaving Washington al six A. NJ. and
FIVE +. NJ. meet the cars from Baltimore at the
Washington junction (or Relay House, for
Wheeling.
ternoon goes no further than Philadelphia; the
one on Sunday morning only to Baltimore.
The cars leave the Alexandra VA 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 NJ. A daily stage runs between Gordonsve
and Culpepper in connexion with the cars on this
and the Virginia central roads.
The steamboats, leave the wharf for the South
at fifteen minutes past six A. M. and nine O'Clock
p M, or 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 Ver-
non and Fort Washington, leaving the wharf at
hafpast nine o'clock.
The steamboats, George Washington, Thomas
Collyer, and Union leave for Alexandria every
hour during the day.
arrangement ofths Mails at the Washington Post
Office, July /, 1853
The great Eastern Mail from Baltimore Phila-
delphia, New York, Boston, &c., and Buffalo, &c,
arrives at A. M. and p. NJ, daily; and the mail
sent from the Office, 10 aud by those places closes
at and p. NJ daily.
The Southern Mail closes daily at 7 and o'clock
p. NJ, and is received daily by 6 o'clock A. NJ,
and P. M.
The secondE Eastern and great Western mails are
received by 6 A. NJ; the latter closes at 2 p NJ,
the former at P. NJ, daily. The mail trains north
OF Philadelphia arrive there in time TO connect with
the train for Baltimore, which brings the Great
mail to arrive here by 6 A. M. No eastern mail is
received at the Office on 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 P. NJ. and is received six
times week, with a mail from Baltimore, Md,
by 12 M.
The mail from Georgetown d. c., is received
twice daily, by 8 A. NJ, and 5 p. NJ, and il is
closed for that place at the same hours.
The mail from Rockville, &C., Nd, is received
by p M, and it is closed for those places at p.
NJ, daily.
5 p. NJ. of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday each
week, and closes same days at 9 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
ters and papers received by previous mails and al
s A. NJ for general delivery, and at o'clock p
M. daily, eTcep Sunday, and on that day il is open
from s to 10 A. NJ, and from 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 lot
tcrs:
j. Shilington, Al street and Penn. avenue.
DIR. J. b. Gardner, druggist, Capitol Hill.
DIR. Walsh Garrison ST, Navy Yard
w. 3. Sotheron, grocer, l. and st. Navy Yard
DR.. Boswell, druggist, Virginia av. and nh ST.
south.
J. w. Nairn, druggist, New York av. and 18th
street.
J. B. Moore, druggist, Penn. ar.. Is Ward
J. X. Barr, grocer, M and l1tI 81. north.
J. II. Stone, druggist, 7th and M Il. north.
4. +. Harkness, Penn. av. bet. l7th and 18th ST.
The letter carriers are furnished with KEYS and
are instructed TO visit each depot in time TO receive
any letters len on deposit, TO be mailed at o'clock
r. M, daily. They are required to be prepaid
onecent labels being sold for that purpose by the
carriers, or al the sub-post oficss.