The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-08-20
MONTEy 70 M.
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late letter Il, n London paper says; Monte
negro In not 80 definite term as II ssems 10 bs
nj rst sight and though the district TO vbiet, it
tb ~ ho IL e r y
outline, and remarkably complex in it's physical
and political characteristics. and u j. ons Ia
which thesprdipHry maps help rs but little. The
whole coiintry y between the 42d and lsd de
Rress north latitude. and its extension from
west to east IL considerably less, IL is APP
prp1 imhtsly DIVIDED ~ iseast longitude. giving
II q length Of about gj. and breadth OF 81 Eng
lish miles with population o. 1872. accord
ing 10 tho census Of 1864 This IL. probably. its
average breaib. But IL is by M means 80 easy IT,
deter mine it's real extent. happy comparison
BY Lieut., Arbuthnot gives us The BEST notion 81
the centre. but broud Mt it's 81 tern and western
extremites. and tho bearing Of this eohfgn-
ration always makes ibteif manifest in cam
pnigna On tho south side Of The narrow part
lies Albania, on ths north. Herzegovlnm and
Bosuin--both Turkish. and the space bstwssn
the two is, in some points. probably less than
fifteen miles. H. Is easy 10 see how tbs two ex-
tremities may be separated from one another
nv All n yad ny army. Montenegro never touches
the SEA. from which IL il jsalously cat on both by
Austria and Turkey. II is country 81 which
II country within sight Of the Adrimic but with
OF port On the side 81 He,zeeoyina tbs
population of tbs frontier IL Mahomsdan and
On Iatiau. tbs Christianity being that Of both
tbe Eastern and estern churches. But the
Herzrgoyinaps and Bosnians hre Sclhy2uictn
race aHd in languages. On thu side 81 Albania,
the creed with slight amount of Christianity
il Mah0m@ltn; but the Language and the race
aro other than SeIav0Dic: while fhc national
nntiphthy betvect the Albanian and the monte
neg rim is nt lsnst equal t. the sympathy between
ths M1nteneRrins and the HHruizoyiD ians. Bur
thers Is apDther series of national or political
differences which hrelfss generally known and
hpbteci teh. Montenegro proper. pr tbe Mon
tenrRrD TINT Is governed by the Vlndika ffeT inst
j. the iIll9 Of ffibes AiAjtal, - only phr1
Of II district. rs Independence Is reeoR-
nizs1. IT hhs defined boundary. ana re-
sf0nGille ruler; and for good Or bf,i we
Ia rttf.V
OF the political - stem 81 Europe. But beyond
the Boundaries ~ MonieneRro there ia y great
amount of whnf H. really MouteneRH in habits
in community Of feeling aud in practical though
not recognized DdeD ud@nce, ali tnls is other
than M0ntepegrin III th9 ttrietlF local apd po-
liical sense NJ The term. For good or bad, these
sefni-indepcndent monnttineers generally net
with their fellow Selayonans both III Hsru32o-
vim and Montenegro; but y by no means iOl-
made betwe-h the other two denominations and
second party. or that tboy do nothing IN their
own c9pacily for which the more orderly Herzl;-
goviuiang OF the more respOnstble Iontens4rin
may not be- credited. The foremost of these are
the btnani. They are mountanecrs Of course,
and the northern extremity u their district. In
the west. abnts upon the road from Gatshko 10
Niksich Thy lie beyond the frontier Of Mon
b;nngro and are practically independent Of the
Sultan But the Bnnihni mountains. on the
west. only sink in the parts between Niksich
and GatAbko. and when they gradually reap
pear in the cast to u height 81 coo feet, sim
liar population presents itself. Just "a much
beyond tho true Mpntenegrin frontier. and Just
rs little amenable To the government II
Here oyina rs the Banihni. These are the
Uskoks OF the Drobniak district Between these
and the Baniani lies las has jDst been stated the
line Of which Niksieh (which Ia Always bel < in
vested and hich has To bis revfctnaled keeps
up its communications with Gatshko: and 1t is
clear that the Baniani an l tho U1k0kS are the
natural kee ot the passes IL IL not sur
prlsing II they act In concert, and sonnet mes on
the own account. They certainly do good
deal which is laid to the charge Of HERZEGOVINA
and Montenegro. On the other hand. they are
often made scapegoafs and charges against the
MonteneRrins and rZeg0vinans are shifted
of to The Uskoks or BANANA. Such at least. IN
the case when the tale Of some at ocity Is told
other hand, the Turk charges the Uskok and
Banian misdeeds to Montenegro and Herze-
gozna. The Uskoks lie on the Bosnian as well
rs on the HerZegovinian frontier. On the cast
ern frontier Of Montenegro. and on tand with
I'M the district called Raacia, or Upper Mpsia, as
we'll az on that of Albania. lie the fassoeyitshi.
who affect d scent from the old kings Of Scr
ovitshi or these. as their relations are with
Albania rather than with Herzegovina. ii Is not
necessary to say more. l have only TO add that
the map In Lieut.. Arbufhnot's work on Here
govina; or mar Pasha and the Christian
Rebels y gives US the best view for these parts
as well as fair means for com pairing the cam
paign OF 1861 with the one now pending. In the
names likeJiest to be found that illustrate the
cjnfiguraiion Of Montenegro which gests
the comparison with the dumb-bell. This is
where the narrow band between the two ex-
tremities is at its narroweSt: Niksich being on
the side Of Herzegovina. Spuzh on that OF Alba
MIA According to the scale Of Arbuthnots map
they are less than twenty miles apart.