Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-02-26
TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO.
FROM LATE LONDON PApERs.


The movement round Montenegro is daily augmentnc
in Importance and bids fair assume the proportions Of
bloody struggle for ascendancy in European Turkey
where the longstanding question be decided whe
ther the cross ( the Greek cross with the Car for
Pope tie shall in future reign over the pro-
yinees extending from the Black Sen to the Adriatic
which have been hitherto nomnay subject to the Porte
What part Austria will play in the drama it is not diff
cult TO guesscertainly not that Of neutral and indifer
ent spectator The uncle of the regnng Prince Of Mon
tenegro is now in Vienna for the purpose it is said
OF obtaining promise Of assistance from the Austrian
Government
letter from Vienna, announcing the departure Of
Count de Lnange from that capital special mission to
Contannople relative to the affairs OF Montenegro says
that the Counts instructions follows
l. Austria offers her kind Offices and hes ntsrgenton
70 re-estabsh the statH quo ante
3 Austria in her quality Of protecting Power az the
border Christians demands cessation Of the persecuous
and arbitrary Of which tie poor rayahs have been
hitherto victims in tie Turkish provinces.
3. In case, however, the Turkish Government should
decline to comply with this request Count Lnnnge is in
struced to inform the Ottoman Porte Of the firm resou
ton of Austria to intervene solely for the protection Of
the Christians against all persecution and oppresson but
in to influence the relations between Turkey
and Montenegro.
correspondent of the Pari~ Prssse writes from the
Bocca di Cattaro the 18th:
The Turks are beaten every where. They in great
force. Omer Pasha concentrated Podgarizza lone of
the three border fortresss Of Montenegro 900 Nzams
and 600 Rayahs The Pacha Of sutar left Antivari
with 10000 men, including 1000 Nzams; while the Pa
cha Of the Herzegovina attacked the northern frontier
with 5000 men They were every where driven back by
small numbers Of the Montenegrins Fire and slaughter,
it is added mark the passage Of the Turks
Austrian vessels Of and land forces the spot
to prevent the passage either way of Turkish troops
the two strips Of land belonging to the Herzegovina,
the Adriatic coast
the 18TH says the Triester Zcung Oman
Pasha took up strong position at the foot Of bill on the
plain behind Scutaii The Montenegrns availing them
SCI of he ckelt Turkish
where alarm and disorder beginning to prevail The
Turks dispersed all sides and the following trophies of
victory carried off by the Nontenegrns: Seventeen
standards (among them that Of the Prophet, which is
said to consist Of Mahomes iuexpresbe eighty horse
loads Of powder sixty horses, number Of and sill
vermounted yaagans, and last though not least three
hundred and seventeen Turks heads
VIENNA. FEBRUARY 3.-Athough the dispatch of
Corps Observation the frontier during the progress Of
the Montenegrn strife is perfectly ineligible proceed
ing the order given suddenly yesterday afternoon to
mobolse the ninth army corps in garrison here and
march to the frontier has produced surprise
Meanwhile three brgadc have already been started for
Croatia.
i division OF pioneers marches to-day tomorrow the
infantry regiment, Prince Emile will follow the 9th
the regiment Grand Duke Constantine, the regiment of
Lancers that OF the Archduke Charles well Others
will he sent with the necessary batteries. Nothing po
stve has ranspred the immediate grounds ef this
order
am informed that the Austrian forces the Turkish
frontier will number 40 900 1t will be divided into
Bosnian frontier viii be commanded by Jelachich, the
notorious BAN, ard the second, stationed in Damaa hy
Gen. Count Leningen
An drree Just issued from the Ministry of the Interior
informs Austrans disposed to emgrate to the United
States except uuder very special circumstances
will not be allowed TO return, but will be considered
have lost irecoyerably their rights of domce. All Min
listers cautioned against facilitating the of such
emigrants by improper ul, and the frontier police
enjoined to keepa sharper lookout than
The Augsburg Gazette Of the 9TH quotes from the Ga
Ul gf q
key in which it states that Austria has taken any
gressiye attitude toward Turkey.
HUssIA.-The report of advance of the Russian
second corps pon the Swedish frontier confirmed
The Vienna Presse, which makes this statement, add
that the fifty army corps under Gen Rudgcr has already
received marching orders and the fourth army crops
in expectation Of similar commands, has called in its
reserves.
The Ces Correspondents mas the following from the seat
of war, dated January -
The Bosnian Turks advanced from Niksich, in the
Herzegovina TO the fortified convent Of Ostrog Of the
elevated points OF the Xcta Valley in the Bsopay
lvich Nahia, district and afcr taking losing and re-
taking it. they took MP strong position or the river
Zeta. At the same time Omcr PashI pushed forward
his corps the fortress Of Spus and obtained posses
sion Of the valley Of the Ieta The consequence Of this
combined operation was th&; the Moutenegrns were
obliged 10 retreat the heights the right bank of the
Zeta where Prince Daniel with 800 and Pero Petrovch
with the same number Of Montenegrns are.
The four Nahas Bilopavlivch Moratscha Piperi, and
Kutyka being thus cut from the four Nahias forming
Montenegro Proper have declared their adhesion to Omer
PaSha, who has published proclamation. After some
feeble attempts penetrate into the Cerninzza Saa
the Bey of Antiyar fell back Mount Suterman where
lie is opposed to a few hundred mountaineers,
Deryisch Pasha with 4 900 1000 men, is posted
the table land of Grahovc within sight Of the frontiers Of
Montenegro The Woiwode, respected and gallant but
inexperienced man. shut himself up in his house with his
men but the Turks having brought their artillery TO bear
on it, lie and forty others obliged to surrender.
One hundred and fifty families have already sought shell
ter tie Austrian side Of the frontier.