New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-24
MONTENEGRO.
Tho War with the Turks.

The latest news nom Montenegro rep0rts
great activity the part OF the behseren's An at
tempt effect landing Of Turkish troops In the Bay OF
scuiMi WINS repnlsed with great loss by tue Noniens
grners who hal erected powerful battery At Vcrba-
Between 2Co0 1000 ofthe male population OF the Her
zosowina hsd declared for the cause OF the Monlene
srinsrs who show disposition IA eyacuae the ctades
sfZnblsh. This scaourt dates from the 18th u, when
great .xcrtoDs were being made 70 tortify the hi'
rounding thal,tro ,hold.
The intelligence. from Vienna announces the unsuc-
ces,u landing OF the Turks IN tho Bay Of Scutan.
letter from this AdTs dated 30th December, give some
interesting details anterior TO tho landing. Itsays;
"The whsle coast OF Albania having been declared in
ststs Of blockade the appearance OF the Turkish hee
in the Adriatic u rionieniary expected. DnrHzo has
been selected landing port IL u said that tie
expedition Is commanded by Captain PachS IN person,
and consists' 81 mAnofwar, three frigltes two
vettes, four steansrs aud Asmber OF smaller craft
The blockade IS necessary 10 prevent the Monicne-
sriners rC receiving asst snoe by which ms ht
lily be cent 10 them ~ boats from the Dsnann coast ~
their frontier Is within three miles OF the shore Ths
most valuable assistance they could receive a. gun
powder and lead, Gnd tho Austrian Government has
thought nc 20 notify that those articles have not been
prov ided from the Governm .nt stores at Cstaro.
"On the lsEd side OIner Pscha Il advancing toward
tho black mountains with Considerable forces Tht~
clever General, experienced In European tactics, the
hest the Tuksoep Is sccus,sme % gserills warfare
and bss troops chiefly Arnauts and Msced1nan, well
stes 10 the work Ills drst object 4. 10 conins the no
tusl fssIiug possibe the frontier of Montenegro
especially 10 prevent s spreading 10 the Herzegovina
or Bosnia, where much excitement prevails. National
IS well ~ rel .Oas sympahies have footing there NJ
nearly seven eghths OF the population Scayrs and
foIows of the Greek Church Ia Albania this not so
much the case. NJ tho great majority o. the 5cayes
Roman Catholics; snd, moreover, there II very con.
siderable Tsfskh population dstng from the former oc-
cupstiop.
This circumstance gresf drawback % the progYrss
At the hontsnegrnerp, 20 whom Albania and specially
tie plains Of Scuar offer great temptation from their
rch pa,tufage the glorious climate, and their easy
muncaton with the sea, parsdise compared with tho
HcrzcAoWlna, who's. mouDians and barren lands arc
lti.s better than their own bills Beyond IL il true s
BosDla there IL q fine champagne country but neither
the views pOr the power Of Montenegro extends 20 far
II We cacalst. their armed force Al 5000 taking into
confederation that oil carry from Is years upward
their strength only consist In tbs defense VI thor
own territory.
For the offensive these mounalneers would be of No
avail and would be defeated In battle on the PLAN
They have neither artillery nor cavalry, and where
each individual fights his own account his thoughts
always turned uron plumber and booty 10 les very dn
out matter 70 heepu anything Ike discipline. Tho
Porte seems this time 10 have taken up the at,er Nth
Montenegro seriously aud 70 look forward to nothing
leasthsn its complete fubjcction. Hu.sis which only
recently acknowledged ia Independence, scarcely
remain an icle spectator Of events
Moreover commercial letters and travellers from Mol
dayia and Wallschs mention that from Woynia down
10 the mouth OF the Pruih the country swsrus with
Russian trocps aud that rsinlorcsaenn continually
srridpg'
Another letter. ssys "f the Aon.epegrinors succeed
Ia ticking possession Of Sczfa the Turkish dominion IL
iost In the whole VI Upper Aibssis down a. Dwaxzo
and the Nontenegrnsrs then turn toward the Her
zegorins, aud cause rising there"