The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-30


t1fe'ligenee'frcn that port, Bahia ard rernambuco.
ietssr rom our correspondent 1T RIO Jsosiro
contains h,fo,mstion regarding come Anne icsrs.
erpsoeed 70 b.l7ns IN = vhAer, VINO were picked
up at sea in . wrefchec oopdi'i q, and Afterwards
exam red before the United States Consul.
TIL rsss or THE STEAMSHIP CITY OF GLASGOW.
At llst, alter mopti Of paiLfol suspense, indca-
tons Of III probable tsfe OF toe steamship City OF
G asgos ard Of the hundreds Of uafotupate beings
whoetnbar ked IL her have come tn Ugh. Captain
Mol avy, Of 81. bark Mary Morris, from Glasgow,
arrived here yesterday, and repor that on the 18th
~ August In lat. SO %, lon. l6 o. weather very
thick at the nme ani heavy sen on, 20 fell IN With
The bul Of large iron vessel, apparently Clyde
butt, pSiptsd black, vith b light red bottom.
There were three or four compartments IN the hull,
and al the wood work vas entirely burnt out Of
her. Some Il the mep VINO sent aioft TO look
into her perceived she rad ma hincry 10 her. Ga
the Lear day Capt McLeary fell IN with and took
on board iul length female figure head, about
seven feet ia height, with her hands extended, aud
a vrsaIo upon hes head and green stripes on her
dress. The figure can he board the Mar
Morris, at the foot Of PiDe street. 1t was the i'm
preston If all Oh board ibe bark that the wreck
Was that Of an iron propeller, supposed the City
of Glasgow. From the circumstance that NO
other iron vessel has been reported lost
except The steamer Helen SloInao some toree yeas
back app. ar aDces favor the belief THAI the wreck
that Of the city u Glasgow and that the fate Of
tire poor souls board though different from tnsi
hitherto supposed, vas the INST awsu that
among the many disasters incidental to tha
Though the proofs but small 70 identify
the wreck as that OF the CITY Of Glas gov, the
ther being too nnfsv0rable 10 rlakea thorough
examination, still enough may have been T.
, guios ,hose TO decision wa were acqu.nted with
the info tuDate vessel.
Our Philadelphia correspondent te'egraphs tina.
the City Of Glasgow had no such figure head a.
That picked up by the Mary Morris. We think he is
mistaken. She had such 40 ornament when s1e
traded from this port, but it may have been taken
off. She bad however, red bottom. The figaro
lead may have belonged to some other vessel
CLOSE OF THE BLOC gsAN CONVENTION.
The Seventy.frst Protestant Episcopal CsnyeI.
ton OF tie do ess Of New York closed its threa
days session last night Zoe chief portion OF yes
terday was upied by the convention 10 baloting
for su cessor to the late Provisional Bishop o. the
dioct ss--the Right Rev. Jonathan Mayhem Vain
wright There were eight balot,ngs Of bot
fore choice was msde. AT the first balotinq
votes were cast for twentyoae candidates. cha
contest, however, lay after tn, second ball,E-
when DR.. Haighs's chances cyan TO diminisa--be
tween The Rev. Horatio Potter, D. D., Rector of S
Peters Church, Albany and the Rev Francis virtop
D. D., Rector Of Grace Church, Brooklyn. The 20.
mer Yves elected on the eighth ballot; and CON
mrttee having waited on lin TO inform hun Of ths
IL bo aiu "a If
the high Office i'm osed on him. He subss quentiy
addressed the convention. Our report Of The
proceedings is very full and extremely interesting.
A POLICEMAN MURDERED.
Early yesterday morning officer Cahill, of tbs
Ele venth ward, was shot dead while pursuing two
eu, glars, who were fleeing from the scene Of the
depIeda the store s54 Ninth street. Instant
search for tie burglars was made by the police AMI
III q short time a number Of suspicious chara ;teTs
were appreb In the afternoon an inques.
commenced by one Of the Coroners, who, after
hearing mass Of testimony, adjourned the iavesti
cation until to day. All the prisoners were dis
charged except two, named Justin Pstten snd James
Ryan, who were Iemanded to prison to await the
esult of the investigation. TIE deceased is repre-
tn,ed to have been man Of excellent character
ard faithful officer. 1t is to be hoped that promp.
conviction and enlistment will be dealt upon the
murderers when taken as the least laxity in sd.
uipisterng the law IN this instance win have the
effect Of lettering policemen from the fearless per
tormaIce OF their duty.
NEwS FROM CUBA.
week later news from Havana, by way OF
Challeshp, has come t. band. General Concha bad
arrived, and bis reception was brilliant aud entha-
iastc one. The festivities entirely eugrossed the
pubs .miad. W. give In another column all the
news Of interes.