The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-15

Public School Society, and sort Of rvalship and
contest between the latter and the Board Of Edusa-
ton has been kept up for ten years past, until the
Society finally gives up the contest, and renqushea
the public schools to the Board Of Education.
Talk on Change.
The brought tho Alps to Boston, did not trans
pire until just before the meeting Of change, and there
was not time allowed for its effects to be fully deve
Hoped. :.
Cotton was quite active, with sales Of 900 bales, the
market closing hrm Coffee sold freely and closed with
upward tendency in prices There was better feel
ingn rice, and sales included parcels for export
Sugars also active. Pork closed at higher rates. with
q fair amount OF sales
It stated that the invoices gold ON board Of the
steamship Union proved short soms OF Oo0
It seems that three box~s when opened were found
to contain no gold at all One was found to be three
pounds lighter than the weight marked the boz ON
opening which it was discovered to be filed with shot,
in place Of gold The other two were filled with shot
and iron weights and nearly heavy the org
nal weight marked on them
TWAS supposed that the gold had been abstracted from
the boxes during their transit and its place supplied
with the materials named No clue had been obtained
as to the time of the theft the perpetrator Of the
larceny.
No news had come to hand regarding the missing steam
to be that she was lost She not at any time con-
sidered vessel and 1t said that she was leaky
occasions previous to sailing from the west coast
for San Francisco. believed that there in
upon her in Wall street. and that she proba
bly, uninsured any where.
party well posted in California affairs stated his be-
lief that much trouble likely to prevail in that State
in the settlement OF land claims 1t appeared that the
quantity of land claimed under Spanish titles reached
the enormous amount Of 2e03 35ths Spanish leagues,
equal to IL 624 This vast body Of land was
claimed by only s12 individuals $40 Of whom were for
large and 172 for small tracts If divided equally BE-
tween the sl2 claimants it would give TO- 100 acres 70
each.
There had been many difficulties in adjusting Spanish
land titles Florida but those likely to arise in Caor
nia would far exceed them. Many fraudulent Spanish
claims forged Deeds &C. were trumped up in the former
instance and actually confirmed BY the commits
soners
AS California lands were vastly more important than
those Of Florida and the country not less corrupt than it
was them the grandest attempts at pushing through un.
lust claims would be made, and the land commissioners
ought to possess stronger honesty than belonged
to Arsde to succeed in resisting the assaults which
would be made by spectators upon their sense Of Justice
The extra OF the legislature. under the srcum
stances was deemed indispensable for the completion OF
important business which had been partially acted upon
merchant speaking Of the crowdng of city railroad
cars said that the people much to blame the
that neither the conductors drivers could
prevent their jumping when under way. Side
doors to the Platforms to be closed when the
full, would prevent oyeIcrowdinG-