Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-10-06
Travellers Guide.
Departure of Cars and Steamboats, from Washing

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The cars leave the station, at the intersection
| of New Jersey avenue and G and ID streets for
| Baltimore and intermediate places at six and
eight O'Clock A. M. and halfpast three and five p.
| M. On Sundays at six A. M. and five p. M. only.
| The second and fourth express trains stopping
only at the Relay House and Annapolis junction
| The cars leaving Washington at six A. M. and
/ five Z. 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 10 Baltimore.
! The cars leave the Alexandria (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
Z. 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. NJ Immediately after the arrival of the first
| and the last trains of cars from Baltimore
| The steamer George Washington or the Thomas
| Colyer makes three trips week to Mount Yer
! non and Fort Washington, leaving the wharf at
| half-past nine o'clock.
| The steamboats, George Washington, Thomas
| Colyer, and Union leave for Alexandra every
hour during the day.
Arrangemen fthe Mails at the Washington Post
Office, July /, 1853
The great Eastern Mail from Baltimore Phila-
delpha, New York, Boston, &c, and Buffalo, &c,
arrives at A. M. and p. M, daily and the mail
sent from the Office, to and by those places, closes
| at and p. NJ, daily
The Southern Mail closes daily at and O'Clock
p NJ, and is received daily by o'clock A. NJ,
and p M.
The second. Eastern and great Western mails are
received by A. NJ; the latter closes at z. NJ,
the former at 9 p M, daily Themail trains north
of Philadelphia arrive there in time 10 connect with
he frai Rp yyhi hrinu fhe
mail to arrive here by 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, Md, and Norfolk, n and
adjacent places in Virginia is closed every night
except Saturday, at p NJ, and is received six
times week, with mail from Baltimore, Nd
by ~ NJ
The mail from Georgetown, D. c., is received
twice daily, by8 A. NJ, and S p NJ and il is
closed for that place at the same hours.
The mail from Rockville, &C., Nd, is received
by P. NJ, and ii is closed for those places at p
M, daily
The mail from Brookvi1c &C., Nd, is received by
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 6 A. M. for delivery of let
S A. NJ for general delivery, and at O'Clock p
M daily, ercept Sunday, and on that day it is open
from to 10 A. NJ, and from to s 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
tiers:
J. Shllington, AZ street and Penn. avenue.
Dr. ]. d. Gardner druggist, Capitol Hill
DR. Walsh, Garrison St, Navy Yard
w. B. Sotheron, grocer, i and p ST, Navy Yard.
DIR. Boswell druggist, Virginia av. and hh st.
south
J. w. Marin, druggist, New York av and 18th
street.
J. b. Moore, druggist Penn. av., fst Ward
]. r. Barr, grocer, M and 18th ST. north.
]. II. Stone, druggist, 18th and NJ ST. north.
L. +. Hardness, Penn. av., bet. nth and 18th ST.
The letter carriers furnished with keys, and
instructed TO visit each depot in time TO receive
any letters left on deposit TO be mailed al O'Clock
p. M daily. They are required TO be prepaid
onccent labels being sold for that purpose by the
carriers, or Of the sub-post Offices.