SHERMAN’S ARMY: Arrival of Sherman’s Scouts at Wilmington on the 11th Inst; CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS REPORTS (3/16/1865)

FORTRESS MONROE, Tuesday, March 14. The steamer Champion arrived here this morning, from Wilmington. She left Wilmington on the 11th instant, bringing the first definite intelligence respecting the movements of Gen. SHERMAN and his forces. On the morning of the 11th instant, scouts from Gen. SHERMAN reached Wilmington, with the news that his army reached Fayetteville, N.C., and were encamped in its immediate vicinity, quietly resting his army preparatory to another march northward.