Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-10-21
PEDLARS IN MAINE.

class of our citizens
PEDLARS IN MAINE.
Having seen several pedars' carts with dry
goods, &c, IN our streets, since the Revised
Statutes went into operation, have thought it
proper 10 call the attention of the public to the
fact that those statutes expressly prohibit the
peddling of all goods or merchandise from town
to town, on foot or with carriage, excepting
farming utensils, wooden wares, articles of
domestic manufacture, made prime ipalv of wood,
fish, fruits, provisions, garden seeds, combs, lea
ther, shoes, or potters' earthern ware. Tin ware
may be sold by special license for one year
The penalty for peddling other goods than those
above named is not less than twenty five dol
lars, nor exceeding fifty dollars, and forfeiture
of all the articles and merchandise.
One DAY LATER FROM CANTON. The ship
Lowell, of Boston, arrived at New York on Sat
urday afternoon, having left Macao one day later
than the bark Florida. The following letter from
Captain Remmonds, gives the latest news, which,
in connexlon with previous adviees, is important.
New YORK, Oct 9, l541.
have only few moments to say, we have ar
rived after passage of l42 days, having left Ma
Gao on the Goth of May. We were off Sandy
Hook on Saturday night last, but obliged to stand
off on account of bad weather.
When left Macao, British fleet of 20 sail
of ships of war, and transports, were off Lintin
bound up the river. What their object was no
one knew The Chinese at Canton going
away quite fast when left, but it was not known
there that the fleet was coming up.
A fast boat arrived at Macao Just before | left,
reporting that the British merchants had all left
Canton on the 18th and gone on board ship of
war.
The Narragansett was loading when left
| understood the Huntress and Ann Mckim not
secured your obedient servant,
THOMAS REMMONDS.
The following letter from Canton, written
three four days before the sailing of the
Lowell, shows the opinion prevailing there of
the policy which would be pursued, before any
news had been received there of the views ofthe
British government, or ofthe appointment of the
new officers, who were on their way to China.
Extract from letter received by the Lowell,
dated
CANTON, May, 10th 1871.
We may add here that we consider the breach
between the English and Chinese as constantly
becoming wider and more difficult, and unless
the English consent to yield something to the
pride and prejudIces of the Chinese, to receive
matters of right, they will be compelled to I'M
dertake the coRquestor diSmem6erment of the EN-
plre. Indeed we may consider the blow already
struck and that through foreign innovation and
the agency Of opium, we have before us in Chi
ma a series OF troubled unsettled years, in the
course of which the whole system of foreign trade
here will be deranged and perhaps broken up.
The arstocracy prone to ridicule the eleva-
nct A,o;.
rejecting 1t is easier TO tansmute men Of talents into
gentlemen than ii is TO convert mere gentleman into
men OF talents.
LAW OF ADvERrIsIYG.-A decision has re-
Gently been made in England, which, we doubt
not, would be strictly followed in similar case
in this country. From this is apparent the ne
cessity that advertisers should accompany their
communications with explicit directions. The
case is as follows
Court of REQUESTS 0 Council versus StolreS
This was an action drought by the plaintiff, a
newspaper proprietor, against the defendant, who
had occasion to advertise in his paper,) to recov-
er the amount Of an advertisement which had
been inserted forty-fve times, the ground
that the advertisement had been intended for one
insertion only. The manuscript order was pro-
duced, and appeared indefinite. The case had
been some time under consideration of his Hon
or, who, in his anxiety that strict justice should
be done between proprietors of newspapers and
the public had taken the opinion oftwo of the
judges on the subject and agreed with them in
deciding that newspaper Proprietors acre justified
in continuing the insertion Of advertisements, mol
ordercdtor any specified number Of times, until
the sumo uoere ordered 10 be acithdraUn. His Hon
said, it was desirable that the public should be
made acquainted with this decision, in order that
the persons having occasion to advertise, may be
aware OF the necessity of stating on their orders
the number ofnsertions they may require if
they neglect to do so, it was unreasonable to ex-
pect newspaper proprietors to attend to that which
was clearly the advertisers own business. A
verdict was then entered for the plaintiff.
The Bangor Wing has been treating itself to
new dress, and it looks all the better for it, though
it always made very neat appearance.
THANKsGIvuNG.-Govern Ellsworth, Of Con-
neccut, has appointed Thursday, the 25th of No
vember next to be observed in that State as day
of public Thanksgiving