Reported fighting on the Rapidan — the enemy said to be Crossing.
By passengers who came down on the
Fredericksburg train yesterday afternoon we learn that heavy firing was heard at
Hamilton's Crossing, in the direction of the upper fords of the
Rappahannock.
Passengers by the
Central train, which arrived at a late hour, state that a report reached
Orange C. H. yesterday morning that the enemy had crossed the
Rapidan at one or two fords during the night before, and that heavy skirmishing was going on all the morning.
Whether the enemy had crossed in force, or whether they consisted of infantry or cavalry, or both, we could not learn.
From movement of our own troops, we think it more than likely that a general advance of the enemy is contemplated.
It will be seen that the correspondent of the
Dispatch, writing from the army, announces an advance of
Meade's pickets.