New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-26
CAPTURE OF SAVANNAH.
Hardee's Army Make their Escape.
100 Guns, 10 Locomotives, 100 Cars and
$1,000 Bales Of Ccttcr Taken.
Robels Blow up their Iyon-Clasa and
BurI the Navy-Yard.
our STEAMERS PASS UP 10 I'VE CITY.
WAR lTpIVTNrNT.

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WASHINGTON, Dee y, iei4-er N. )
To Maj.-GeH. DIX Ner-fork: dispatch has
been received this evening by tie President from
Gen. sherman. Ii is dated at savannah on Thurs
day, the 22d INST and announces his occupation q
the City of savannah and the capture of 80 guns,
plenty Of ammunition, and aLogt 25o00 bales Of
cotton. No other particulars are given.
An official dispatch from Gen. Foster 70 Ger.
Grant, dated on tic 22d inst, at : p ~, states
tha, the City of Sayanuah was occupied by Gen.
sherman on the morning Of the 2lst, and tia; on
the preceding afternoon and night, Hardee es-
capped with the main BODY Of bis infantry and Light
artillery, Blowing M the iron-clals and the Navy
Yard.
He enImerates as capture. 500 prisoners, 80
guns, - locomotives in good order, 100 ears,
large lot Of ammunition and material. OF war, three
steamers aud 80 900 bales Of cotton No mcntonis
made of the present position OF Hardees force,
which had been estimated a. about 1900.
The dispatches Of Gen. Sherman ard Gen. Foster
arr as follows:
SAVANNAH, GA, Thursday, Dee. -, 1864.
"iEs E5ceHeRey, P,eside4t LIScolS:
II beg to present you as Christmas gin the
City of Savannah with one hundred aud fifty heavy
guns and plenty Of ammunition and also about
e5,001 bales Of cotton.
"w. T. sHERMAS, MAJ Cen"
"SrFNiER GOLDEN GATE,
SAvASYAH RIVER, Dec. - ?. MS
To Li,u'.-Cea. GRANT and Mgj.-Gea. II. W.
uAtLEcK: l have the honor to report that have
Just returned from Ger. Shemans headquarters in
SaysnIah.
II send Maj Cray, of my taft, as bearer Of dis
patches from Gen. Sherman 10 Won, and also mes
SAGE % the President
The City Of Savannah was occupied on themorn-
ing Of the 2lst. Gen. Hardee, anticipating the
contemplated assault escaped, with ;ho main body
Of lis infantry and light artillery, on the morning
Of he Goth, by crossing the river to Union Cause
way, opposite the city. The Rebel i.cn-olals were
blown M, and the Maryland was burned. All the
rest OF the city is intact, aDdcontans twenty thous-
snd citizens, quiet ana vel-dsposcd.
The captures include eight hundred prisoners,
one hundred and fifty guns, thirteen locomotives,
in good order, one hundred and ninety cars, large
supply of ammunition and materials % war; three
steamers and thirty-ihree thousand bales Of cotton
safely stored in warehouses.
IAN these valuable fruits of an almost bloodoss
victory have been, like Atlanta, fairly won
Il opened conrtz nication with the city with my
steamers today, taking up what torpedoes we could
see, and passing safely overothers. Arrangements
are made 10 clear the channel Of Gil distractions.
'Yours, &C., j. G.. FOSTER, Maor-General."
The Richmond pepers Of yesterday state that
tie sd, twcnty-six vessel. of the Wilmington ex-
petition had reappear"l
The dispatch Of Gen. Bragg as Published in the
Richmond papers is as follows;
"WILMISGToY, Dec. %.
"Twenty-six vessels OF the Federal feet reap
pearcd this morning. There has been no change
since last dispatch"
This is the latest intelligence received from that
expedition. EDwABD NJ. STANTON,
Secretary Of Wsr.