The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-22

Cstsn ssd TO the extent II 900 bAes at prices which
favored buyers. Other branches Of trade were without
aaimatisn. and closed with duh aspect The ship Pulls
ford Of New Bedford reported by telegraph to have gone
ashore San Francisco raid TO have been insured
in eastern shees The ship Quebec sunk by collision in
the Mississippi with the stee United States valued
ct about s2 600 SIS 00O and her cargo consisting Of
cotton and assorted articles Of produce atabous $50
500 600 more both chiefly insured in this city. The ship
Howard. Of $50 tons sold Saturday, by Msssrs
Foster & Stephenson, TO Messrs. Thompson Hunter
and Capt soule-te latter 10 command her. The terms
were private The bark vira Harbeck, from San Fran
cisco January l6th vim Rio April l2h arrived Satur
ds " with 400 bags OF Rio coffee which viii increase the
stock in this market There considerable anxiety
manifested 10 obtain additional news from California
Some apprehensons manifested regarding the re
port Of increased mortality there and it difficult 10
surmise The unless epidemic had appeared
The only received OF favorable character were
the reports the mining districts regarding the yield
Of gold
1t was stated by a gentleman 90 change, that the
Crystal Palace was sufficiently advanced to justify the
CONNER Of The removal o. the goods, Of certain
heavy kinds to it next week from the lower erd Of the
city The Palace Tor glass house, being recognized as
bonded warehouse it suppeeed teat the directors
would have into bonds with the for
the safekeeping OF the goods.
As general thing, merchants had taken no great in
the Palace and differences Of opinion prevae
with regard to its character and prospects The design
was laudIble one. and il properly carried out wout
prove both useful ard credabls TO .he country Some
thought the location had been very nudciousy chosen
and that its situation msrred by the close proximity
Of wooden tpl;pg hou e. It was hoped however, that
every allow anCe would be made for the difficulties en-
couniered enterprise, and that the best results
might flow from the exhibition None felt disposed to
oppose any obstacles TO its complete success.
letter OF much general interest received from sci
entiGo gentleman at the Sandwich Islands, was obging-
" handed to us With permission for its publication 10
the HERALD II win be found in another part Of this
paper.
raeer OF the natives The writer estma that the
sent native population not Of what Il
was when Captain Cook visited 1t. He struck with
deserted ruins, desoate fields and unnhabited villages
What lad he,ome Of the peope His observations would
to lead to the conclusion that civilization as usual
" introduced among sayages had exter mnat'ns
well Outstanding influence; and that the AogIo
Saxon sudden attempts to concert heathens into Chris
tans the hand, and into citizens OF constitutional
the other not much better than the
Spanish mode Of making conversions at the point OF the
bsyonet An old woman still living, who remember
ed hxving Captain Cook The letter win be read with
interest at The present tme when poltisai questions Of
great importance have sprung up in reference ~ these
Islands.