, 1864-12-26
We Have Taken 500 FRS
oners. $50 Guns, and
$4,000 Bales Of Cot.
ton.
Dispatches from Gems. Sher-
man and Foster.
Latest from the Great
Wilmington Expe-
ditiOll,
FROM THE SOUTH-HIGHLY I'M
P0RTANT BY REBEL SOURCES.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN. .

A dispatch has been received this evening
by the President from Gen. Sherman, dated
Savannah, Thursday, % inst, announcing
HIS OCCUPATION OF THE CITY OF
SAVANNAH AND THE CAPTURE OF ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY GUNS, plenty Of
ammunition and about Is 600 bales Of cotton.
No other particulars are given.
An official dispatch from Gen. Foster to
General Grant, dated Thursday, ed
inst, at P. m, states that the city Of savan.
nah was occupied by Gen. Sherman On the
morning of the e1st, and that on the proceed
ing p. m and night Hardee escaped with the
main body Of his infantry and light artillery,
blowing up the hon-clads md the navy
yard.
He enumerates as captured 500 prisoners,
150guns, II locomotives, In good order, 100
cars, large lot Of ammunition and materials
ofwar. steamers, and 50 600 bales Of cotton.
No mention Is made Of the present position
Of Hardee's forces, which had been estimated
at about Ii. 900.
The dispatches Of General Sherman and
Gencral Foster are us follows:
GEN. SHERMAN's DISPATCH.
SAVANNAH. Ca, Dec. g, 1861.
To his EScel1ency President lincoln:
lBEc TO PRESENT fou AS CHRISTMAS a1rr
TEE CIT OF SAVANNAH, WITH 4 HUNDRED
AND F1FTr HEAVY GUNS AND P1ESrr OF AMr-
THoCsANp BALES OF COTTON.
[sisned,] W. L. SHERMAN.
Major General.
GEN. FOSTERS DISPATCH.
STEAMER golden GATE.
SAVANNAH LIVER, Dec 2ad-700 p. m.
To Lieut.. Gen. Gsantand Major Gen. ual1eck:
1have the honor to report that have just
returned from General shcrman's headquar-
ters, in Savannah. send Major Gray, of my
staff, as bearer Of dispatches from General
Sherman to Jou, and also message to the
President.
The city Of Savannah Was occupied on the
morning Of the 2lst. Gen. Hssdec, anticipat-
ing the contemplated assault, escaped with
the main body Of his infantry and light arti1
lery, on the evening of the 10th, by crossing
the river at Union Causeway, opposite the
city.
The rebel iron~clads were blown M, and
the navy yard Was burned. All the best Of
the city is intact, md contains 1000 citizens
who are quiet and well disposed.
The captures include 500 prisoners, $50
guns, 13 locomotives in good order, 100 cars,
large supply of ammunition and materials
Of war, steamers and 81, 900 bales Of cotton
eafely stored in warehouses. AL these valu-
ables- -fruits Of m almost bloodless victory
have been, like Atlanta, fairly Won.
Iopened communication with the city with
my steamers to-day, taking up all the torpe-
docs VIC could sec, md passing safely over
others. Arrangements arc made to clear the
channel Of all distractions. Yours, &C.,
&c. FOSTER, Major Gen.
The Richmond papers Of yesterday state
that on the 23d, 20 vessels Of the Wilmington
expedition had reappcared. The dispatch Of
Gen. Bragg is published in the Richmond pa-
pe1e, and is as follows:
WILMINGTON, Dec. %.
Twenty six vessels OF the Fcdcral feet reappcar-
ed this morning. There has been no change since
the last dispatch.
This j. tho atest intelligence received from that
{Slgned) EDWIN n STANTON,
Secretary OF Wur-