Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-05-15

Ertsch, without resistance. When n reached
s .he narrow valley of the Keus, through which
'o oasie road passes, a party of the troops of
Sooc1he sprang mine, and thus threw them into
s'o utmost confusion. The besieged about the
S Same ume ELECTED vigorous sortie, and beat
"gue after long march.
Az night the combat was suspended, to be re-
~eu hext day, when the volunteers were re-
Pu'sed with great loss, leaving GOO Cor 1900 ac-
co.tcctng TO some) dead on the field.
=, me troops OF Lucerne boast of loss Of only
'aueis now found that they were in trap; the
Ioun'Iy people of Lucerne, who had suffered
.Hem 10 pass without resistance, set upon them i'm
"S retreat, nficting severe injury.
ne invaders were treated with such ferceness
IN an quarters, that it is said that out of 1000 or
sacre.
The Diet has again been conSo ked, and the ses-
sion was re-opened on The 9th ult. The first de-
od'e was irregular and stormy, but it was resolv-
cd 10 refer the whole question to a committee.
me SWISS Journals of the 9TH ult. state that
'he government Of Berne had just sent a COM
missioner to Lucerne with supply of money, i'm
order 10 relieve the distress Of the prisoners of
sna' turhuient Canton, and negotiate their release
%ommiitees had also been appointed at Zurich
and Lucerne for the assisting of the defeated Luz
cerne refugees. The Canton Of Arpau was occu-
pied by the Federal troops; and one of the Fede-
raj Commissioners left Argau for Lucerne on the
ON. on his departure, very large number of
women and children assembled around him. and
entreated him to implore the mercy of the Luz
cerne Government in behalf of their husbands
and parents. Seventy -four families of Arrau had
as yet received no tidings of their relations the
place has not quite four thousand inhabitants.
Letters from Zurich Of the 9th state that the
evaporation OF the conquering army is so great
mat serious approximations were entertained as to
nrIc ,rl.1 l-c
hhese prisoners are said to be 1909 in all. A.
inong them are 1870 Bernese, and 69l Artogians.
GREAT 1NUNDATIoN IN GERMANY.
Flemish papers give sad accounts of inunda-
tions In various parts Of Belgium and Germany,
arising from the change in the weather. AtMav
ence on the 30th, the Rhine had risen TO am a
farming height, and all the villages in that quar-
Ter had suffered severely. At the town of w orms
no communication could take place otherwise
IMAM Dy boats. The Danube, rising above it's Ii
mits' mad inundated the contiguous lands. A Pa
IT'S paper states that the greatest foundations of
which Germany has during two centuries pre.
served the recollection, were those of 1855 and
OF 1884: but neither Of those events were as dis
astrous as the foundations of the present YEAR
t~the entire Germanic Confederation. part Of
Austria and OF Poland, have been literally under
water since the 30th March, The Rhine, the
Maine, the Neckar, the Danube the Ebe. the
Vistula and the Weser, have in succession over.
flowed their banks, not in day, but in an hour.
The villages and towns on ali these rivers had
souered severely, and the greatest distress pre-
va'iea. Committees of relief had been raised in
'he clues, and assistance had been rendered in
every direction. One Committee at Berlin COL
iected between the LIST and 18th of April lo1 100
thalers, equal TO Bl6,O0O.