The New York herald., 1864-07-24


According to latest accounts from Atlanta portion
Of the city occupied by forcss but the enemy hold
sbe rest with desperate etnac The loss OF the rebs
Ia the nght Wednesday ofciay reported terrible
General Howard says he buried two hundred OF their
dead In front Of tho Fourth corps, who large
number OF wounded lay the Held. General Booker
reports that he buried four hundred Of the enemy aud
chat -four thousand lay wounded a his feet The ngh,
must have been terrific one and obstnatsy contested
by tho rebsh
Reports flying around Washington yesterday that
che rebels had reerossed the Potomac into Maryland
0sow Edwards' ferry. Tho rumors reached here and
osussd . little anxiety, but the raid turnedl OUT to be
suit Of Esry's retreating column. temporary panic
existed 10 Mary land last night the people who had
hastily abandoned their homes were returning.
The rebel raiders In Kentucky made attack the
village Of Henderson the bank OF the Ohio river
zhursday bus the gunboat Brilliant sheled The woods
did much danger 70 the village.
conspiracy b said to hsv, bsea discovered IN Mis-.
souri, having for object formation OF . Northwest:
confederacy. This discovery Of mares nest had
led TO the arrest Of several influential persons public
and forth, supposed be implicated The hrag
gadocio Of the guerilla chief Thnton p some OF his re-
MARKS Platte City, appears 70 have considerably In
creased tho fears the existence Of kind OF
plot the State OF Missouri.
The position at Petersburg remains unchanged We
hsve later OF the movements or either the
beseigcrs or beseiged.
MIsCELLANE0Us EEwA
The steamship Kangaroo, from Queenstown the 18th
OF July, reached this por, yesterday evening.
Our telsgraphc news report By the Kangaroo is one
day later than the advices OF the Europa bat the day
previous TO her sailing being Sunday, there Is no nnan
cisl commercial Intelligence with the exception OF
transactions the Paris Bourse which dated the
Afternoon OF that day
Our special correspondence London and st. Peters,
burg with the from foreign les published
in the HERALD to-day contain very Interesting and rather
important details a the latest news by the Europa
Yesterday the United States District Attorney entered
nnsl decree OF distribution OF the proceeds OF the cargo
so the prize schooser Sophia captured March 1884, 10
AitsmAba Sound Georgia, by the United States mortar
Ncbooner Dan Smith, which vessel, with the steamer
Buron and bark Midnight, share In the prize The sum
ror distribution Is $3.50.
terrific tornado swept over the city Of Columbus,
Ohio On Wednesday afternoon. Trees and fences
Thrown down and several buildings unrooed The sheet
fron the root Of building ripped or by pieces
end carried into The middle d the street. The
schoolhouss was lifted and carried a considerable dis
The gale swept the valley leveng the
90 the ground and doing great damage 10 the The
rain fell in torrents.
Petroleum has bsea discovered At place called Mud
Greek Hollow" Bristol, ontario county, N. Y
company has already been formed for developing the
hitherto concealed treasure The discovery
distance hundred feet from the surface OF the
earth. The oil Is described resembling the petro-
Ieum discovered IN Canada Bristol and the vicinity
OF course thrown into great excitement by this ad
dItion 10 It's prospective wealth.
Forty thousand dollars worth OF property destroy
by Ore Boston on Friday morning.
The Ioss by the nre Casteton New York, on Thurs
day, amounted TO Nifty Thousand dollars.
Nearly bali Of the business portion of the village Of
MEXICO in osweso county New York, destroyed by
ore Friday.
Nearly ali OF osr exchanges contain accounts OF conaa
graions the woods The damage already done very
great and In some instances whole villages have been
nov are In danger OF destruction.
The commercial status the on saturday az a
Friday The gold quotations. which reselaie trade mat
tsrs, we're much the same, though generally rsthe
higher than Al the close Of business on Friday Foresf
mcrchandse the turn nrmer; but prices showed nt
shanss Of importance Domestic produce was also abou
shs same. except few srticles. Cotton was trin
power. Petroleum was steady, with fair demand. A
fbs Corn Kxchsnge the tcodepcy Of the leading stspe
wss again downward The difficulty Of obtaining fund.-
20 carry stocks forces speculative lots o Gour, pork
vhisEsy, &c on the market and prices thus gave way
nndss the ncsvy pressure 10 SELL About the ouy com
noditics that we're sustained cats corn and lard
9oanags was scarce and frsghs tending upward,
eboagh ussa u the close of the wcek business was
Nght.