The Democratic advocate., 1880-11-06
DULOIGN0.


Tho town Of Dulcigno, which the Alba
mans are ordered by the powers of Europ,
to give up to plueky little Montenegro
lies on the Turkish side of the Adriati,
Sea, at point opposite Rome aud Naples
midway between each. 1t is called in thai
quarter of the earth Dul,cheen-y you. About
5000 people live there, and are the effetC
descendants Of the most formidable band
Of pirates that ever existed. 1t is a very
old town, as everything in that region i,
old beyond our western meaning of the
word. One hundred and sixty seven year.
before Christ the city surrendered to the
Romans and received exemption from tax.
alton and its freedom. From 500 10 | !.
600 pirates held full sway, aud 10 171s a
great battle was lost there by the veni.
tians. 10 the seventeenth century Duleig.
no became temporarily as noted as Jeru.
salem on account of the successful assump.
tions OF an impostor named Sabbath, who
proclaimed himself the Messiah. Converts
to Sabbath were numbered by thousands
in every part Of Europe. His face was
handsome and his conduct austere and be.
coming to the part he played. He was
deeply versed in the Talmud, and able.
through his fine education and general
earnestness Of demeanor, to impose upou
all who came under his influence. As his
fame increased his responsibilities widened
and it became necessary that he should
deposc the Sultan, the enemy of Christi
anity He therefore set out for Constan.
tiuople to confound the Turk with his
auathema. Owing 10 tho moral power
which he had acquired, this expedition
was not so crazy an affair as might be i'm
agined. However, the Sultan met him
with craft, temporized, and finally got him
10 his power. Under threat Of execution
the impostor renounced his claims and be-
came convert to the Mussulman's faith.
lie was then banished to Dulcigno, where,
such is the power Of faith, his former dis
eiples refused to accept his apostasy in any
other light than as a diyincly inspired
means Of bringing Islam to his feet. The
religion of Sabbath of Dulcigno continued
to thrive until his death, and his tomb be.
came shrine for fanatical pilgrims from
Germany and France.
The harbor Of old Dulcigno Is one Of the
Oldest on the Adriatic coast, and the best
that exists on that harborlcss coast between
the southern point Of Dalmatia and the
mouth Of the Drin. The haven is a safe
guard from the south wind-thc fierce sir
rocco, but is exposed on its northern side.
When the pirates were captured in the
sixteenth century this harbor was the scene
Of the conaagralion of 500 of their ships,
a iustration that at one blow forever pnr-
ged the whole Adriatic Sea. In 1878 the
MOntenegrins took Dulcigno by storm,
most Of the Turkish garrison having pre-.
yiOusly got away by sea- Austria, howev.
er, at the Berlin Congress, objected 70 lis
retention BY Montenegro. Austria is cha
grined by the present eession Of Dulcigno
to Montenegro. The little country Of he.
reditary fighters isan unwelcomc neighbor,
and its liability 10 also want Scu,ari Ia
the near future dislurbs the Austriaus.
The Dalmation tongue Of land, which Aus.
tria is compelled to guard so jealously, 4
atall times open TO the fcrnys Of the Mon.
tenegrins, and the stronger they become
the greater the danger to Austria.