Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-16

By the cession OF Dulcigno long and weari-
some struggle has most probably been brought
10 close. There Is little in the size, appear
ance Or history OF the little seacoast town which
should warrant the interest IL has lately excited
throughout the civilized world. Its position is
lnst such as commercial and seafartng peoples
halfway houses for their trade routes along In
bosnitable coasts. The old upper town, girded
with It's ruinous Venetian walls, rises on a pc
ninsular rock, almost severed from the main
land behind it by two coves of sea- that to the
south being the old harbor of the town, rock set
at the ofling, but Swallowing off to shelving
than the coastlng barks or tlabaccoH of the
DulcignoteS themselves. The real harbOr OF
Dulclgno, however, is the Val oil Noce, distant
about an hour, which, in the summer months,
being well shielded from the scirOcCO, affords
good anchorage for ships OF the greatest bur-
den, but gives less protection against the wintry
selves. before ali things seafarlng people, pos
sess some two hundred and sixty larger
"barks,' as they call them, and with the SIN al
Ter craft or ''fercats' counted In, possesses al
together between four and FIVE hundred yes
sells, the greater part of which have been
lately Vigorously confined to the Val oil Noce
local governing committee, which wishes to
keep every available citizen, be he sea captain
or not ready for the defence OF the town agatnst
all would.be occupants. The loss which the
tOwn has thus suffered is severe, as the Dulcg-
notes have quite an extensive trade;they ply not
only with Adriatic ports like Trieste and Brindisi
but with Malta, Alexandria and other still more
the timber of MiredltIaa forests and the har-
vests OF the rich campagna OF Durazzo.
After the Turkish conquest OF the town in
VI the sayag. instincts of the Dulcignotes
found vent In deeds OF sea robbery, and Dull
fia1o during the seventeenth century became
the great pirate nest Of the Adrtatic. The dam
age Inflicted. by these hardy corsairs on the
Serene republic strove on several occasions to
destroy their nest 1t would appear, however,
mat the Dulc1gnotes are not In the habit OF
remains that though the Venetians and their
allies bombarded the town in 1857 with com
Dlned squadron "of war ships and palanders, u
peated the attempt with greater pertinacity 10
1926, and even formed practical breach In the
walls, such was the desperate valor of the de-
renders that no lodgment could be effected In
the fortified upper town. It was not, indeed.
till the beginning Of this century that the Aus
tr1an navy finally succeeded In putting an end
TO the pirate practices OF the DulcIgnotes.
A GIRL KILLED By BULIDoG.laptai John
Chased eo NE Bulldog Which soeR g Rea
dislike to John Wallace, young man who fire.
quently visited the family. On Thursday last
wallace came TO the house when no one was at
home except Captain Shearers daughter, girl
OF sixteen. She told Wallace that the dog had
broken his chain and he must be cautious as
ne was gong away the bulldog entered the
the house, and told him to remain there until
she Chained the dog. She went to the dog, and
as she was about to take hold of his chain he
spraDg at her and knocked her down. Her
father was returning from field at that mo-
ment ana saw the attack Of the dog on his
daughter. Before either he or Wallace could
interfere the oog had torn the girls throat
open, lacerated her bosom and torn the flesh of
her limbs Captain Shearer shot and killed the
dog. HIS daughter came to after being carried
INTO the mouse, out soon afterward was thrown
into violent commissions. She died on Satur-
day.