The insurrection in the Herzegovina has prospered this week. It
would appear to be as certain as anything from that land of lies can be, that Socica, the insurgent leader, has compelled the fortress of Goransko to surrender, two full regiments of Turkish regulars submitting at discretion. This news would indicate that the Turkish troops are either starved or demoralised, and is the more important, as Socica is the most promising of the insur- gent leaders. He is described by the Times' Correspondent at Cettinje—an able man, whose letters 'are well worth careful reading—as a young man, a large proprietor in the Herzegovina, who was driven into Montenegro by the Turks, and has developed many of the qualities of a General. He planned the defeat of Selim Pasha at Muratovizza, and he took. recently a small fort, defended by 105 men, by a device which shows natural readiness. He had no breaching cannon, but he made a block-house of logs, put it on wheels, pushed it up to the walls, the garrison firing muskets in vain, and commenced mining, whereupon the garrison immediately surrendered. He is trusted by Montenegrins, and it seems probable that the moun- taineers will not much longer be controlled.
