Posted on 03/12/2025 8:01:08 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 11.
The Bulletin of this city has the following special dispatch:
WASHINGTON, Saturday, March 11.
A letter dated Wilmington, March 6, was received here, to-day, in which it is stated, in positive terms, that a scout from SHERMAN's army had reached Gen. TERRY's headquarters, who left our forces in the occupation of Cheraw, South Carolina, the terminus of the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad but a very few miles from North Carolina. Nothing but cavalry skirmishes had taken place. The army had rested for some days, and found very fair subsistence along the route. The advance into North Carolina was a certainty.
This letter adds that on the 1st of March the scout started for Newbern, but learning of the occupation of Wilmington, reached that place much sooner.
The source of this intelligence is perfectly correct.
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