Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-19

! The attempt Of the enemy to eross the Rsppahan
/ mock st Fredericksburg wss made at O'Clock q
I Thursday morning The Richmond Examiner Of Fri
dsy furnishes fhs following account Of what oceurrsC
/ up to l o'clock Of the previous day
It Is understood that the point ai which the enemy
effected passage Of the RaPPshsnnook was az DssT
/ Ran, about two miles below Frederieksburg. The
Yankees sad to have secured landing there on
low cape sud guns in position sweep theil
ranks their reaching the table land extending toward
Fredericksburg.
The passenger train which reached here last evening
left its station three miles this side Of Fredericksburg
about haf past oclcck in the afternoon and brou ght
number Of persons who profess 70 have had coss and
minute observation Of thu mornings psr Of the action
The description q the carnage which have from
these sources are fughtfaL At one point said
70 have cui the line Of the eneuys pOntoon bridges
and pouring in deady showers OF grape 70 have fllsd
The al with legs srms and doinied members Of the
Yankees
When the Ere was opened on our lines several hun
dred women and children were remaining within ths
20 have eesn most piuful. We have, from different
the port hat t7vO women were certainly kikd
BY the enemys IRE We could not obtain the names Of
From the best information we can obtain il appears
hst LouEstrests division was The portion Of our force
actively Gagged yesterday.
An order was received last night At the medical pur.
Veyors Office for all the HbuRness and stretchers that
could possibly be sent from this city Thsse arc The
gloomy indications Of The work OF 70 day.
Later accounts
Through arrived here last night
Fredericksburg We learn that simultaneously with MS
atsHpt 10 throw bis pontoon Bridges across the Kappa
hammock the enc my bombsr+ed the town. Iha few u-
hRbtsuts still ra-iung fheFa began 10 leave iume ds-
telv and tseir way toward Hamilton Station on
The faroad number Of the houses the town were
struck, and Of them M JOhH 6. Kings near the
depot and Mr.. Seott's, wers burned Ore Of tha
church Sc pies also Brucs sAd say knocked
down The humser Of casualties citizens are vsri-
ouny stated Some accounts say that oRly one mz1
Jacob Grotzi killed and another weunded sut
persons who were among the last to leave the
port thst there citizens killed. Rmepg them
were Mr. J. GrotE and brother George, and woman
eBd her infant
Heavy caunenadins and the occasional FIRE Of skirn
ishsrg were heard At the depot froM i've e'cock A.
until eeveD, when perfect silence ensued ali along the
Lines, ana confined uubroEen uEtli ono O'Clock ",
the hour Of departure Of the train FOR Richmond Per
sons who down this train knew nothipg Of the
movements going except such they obtanisd from
thing than that their town was bsas shslcd orer
their hssds, and that their safety depended on hssty
evacuation. The account, however brought BY theIn
does not vary 10 the main from that obtained from more
reliable source They sy that ~ five clock X the
enemy attempted to throw RcrOgs poutOou bridges a.
three points, the cd bridge, about the o. The
town, and above and be Dess Run, streau three
miles bower down he Rappahann0ck that az tbs krst
OF these two points the bridge builders were driven from
taer work by shsrpshooterz bus that the point
besw the cresk mentioned, the ground being low and
open for considerable space on this side his artillery
posted the opposite hghts had dis srsed our sharp
shooters and enabled bis peTfecs the bridge At
ast &C ounts cur artillery bad been brought into po-
siuon covering and completely Commanding the open
spaes upon which The eneuys troops wouia depoy on
crossing.