The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-02
AGnirs in Eastern Europe.

To comprehend the teiesratt,s vshish
reach us daily from London and Paris IN
regard to the war in Eastern Europe, our
readers must bear IN mind the great his
torical facts which lie behind them. In
portant events are doubtless near at hand
which may change the whole current Of
history for that portion of Europe. it IS
plain that things cannot continue longas
they are, and there is an anxious under
tone of expectation through the business
world as to what this spring may bring
forth in thu settleuient0 Of the long mOoted
q Eastern dtiesticn" 4 recent dispatch
has reported much excitement on the faris
Bourse at the rumor that seven thousand
Montenegrins had Joined the insurgents,
and that Servia was m0bilizing herarmy.
To appreciate the significance of such rti-
mOrs our readers must remember that
historical Eastern Europe IS like plain
covered with drift deposit, from which
here and there an old granite peak arises
jim indication of the earliest strata.
Ia the middle ages a considerable Seia-
vonic and christian kingdom occupied
the eastern provinces of. Europe. The
sreat Turkish invasions OF the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries covered these dis
tricts, and would have flowed disastrous
ly over all Europe but for the obstacles
there offered There remains now above
the level of the detritus and refuse left
by this great inundatian. only oneor two
6f the old landmarks Of the region. Mon
tenegro, the little country of the Black
Mountains, near tine Adriatic, was never
fairly conquered ny the Turks, and has
retained its independence. 1t formed a
barrier in the middle sges to the Turk
ish f5od, and st.li CbstfHGts It. The head
of this principality is, no doubt, in near
relation with the Russian government,
and throughout this rebellion the refu-
gees of Bosnia and Herzegovina have
taken refuge in its mountain Businesses.
Many a Montenegrin soldier has, no
doubt, served among the insurgent chris
tians 1t has probably required inces-
SAINT excrti0ns by the prince to keep bis
subjects from marching in lorce to drive
out their long-hated ei1efnies andoppress-
ors from the territory of their kinsmen.
Another survival " of ancient times i:
the province of " Free Servia." This re
yion has been overwhelmed and occupied
by the Turks, but seventy years ago 1t wa
substantially freed, and has only paid &
nominal tribute to the Porte since. Tn
der freedom it has made continual prog
ress, and its independence and advancing
r,rosoeYity are an unceaslng model to al
the the Sclayonic provinces of Turkey o
what VIII thew could be and ought to be
Servia moreover, possesses a remarkaol.
ho1d and warlike population, and cal
tnrr, ont q considerable body OF hard.
trnanS tas She will naturally be he leade
ne nrovince.s, if once they are MAD
OF ene dor ooyel nment, poor as 1t Is,
io,-;no ifss. inc, money freely to purchase arm
poiI4o d - n,obilize the army. Servia, MOI
tenegro, and all these provinces II ;tb sho4, u
he remembered, are anlmaleo VIZ WIN teo ~
traditions and passions wnlcn nay 49, Oed
transmitted by i've sh certblisTT thn turks ~ III
and bitter struggle WIN 'ne : " 40