Gen. Sherman's Progress

New York, Deo. 20. The íTírj.'ii's'ccrrpfpor:dont from Ft. MoAllister anti Hüton Houd, 14th, -ays : When Gen. Shirrnan arrived in front of Sv;nrab, aftor having marr.li ed 300 miles, his troops meanwhile living on th') verv bost p"ovisions, be had j i.h him a drove of 1 200 cattle, thongti ■he Btarted fnitn Atlanta wilh only 200 ; He oIüo eatht-roJ up on tho way ovi;r 7,000 ablü bodiod nt-groea, nnd so many horses,. mules und wagons as to embarrass him. His army during a considerable poi ñon of the miireh extended over a sweep of country sixty milos in breadth, asrnacb as four miles af times intervoning between the right wing of nne column and the left of the other, but communication was at all times kept up between the two. Híh whole in man from the limo of le'tving i lanta to his ai'i'ival in front of Savan, nah, froin wounds, sickness, capturostraggling and all ether causes, was only about onc thousand The average Jaily march was about twelve milas. Whea the city oí Savaunah was invested by Sheiman, it was unprepared for a ."iege, and it was believed it could not hold out more tlian a few days. Gen. Slocnm holc's all the approaches on the uortb side of the city, inchiding all the railroads leading out of the city. Gen. Iloward's army eonuects with his right, and swings arnund to the Ugeecheo ltiver, at Fort MoAllifter. New York, Dec. 20. The HeraWs Fort McAllister corrospoiident says of the capture of that fort, that at 4:20 A. M , on the 4tb, Gen. Hazen placed his división in poai tion with another división of the lóth Corps as a 6upport, and tho order was given, when his gallaut división marched at double-quick forward, penétrate! the abattis surrounding the wolk, plnngedlhmngh thediteh.nnd thescaled pfirnpets of the fort, ten feet in height, and swarmed into the work under a hot : (irc, wtiich, while it cut down inauy, faiïed to check the advance, and the work was oura. Most oi the garrison were bewildered by the sudden sweop of our veterans, and stirrendered in haste. but others etood by their guns and loughtuntil they were cut down. Not over three minutes elapsed aftur our veterans leaped the parapet ere their cheers announced the work done, to the eager troops stretched around this doomed city. Our captures were 2,000 prisoners, 21 heavy guns, and a large quantity of ordnance, subsistence and supplies, besides an open port, throttgh which Gen. Shertnan can draw all Lis supplies.