The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-02-17
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RUSSIAN MovEMENrs.--:ThH Ifrrlh
National Zeitung has letters from the
{. frontiers Of Poland cf the 4th inst. sta
; ting that since the events in France II
strong military force has been brought
together on the borders between Rus
.sia and Prussian Poland, Eight
RYssibA regiments, both cavalry and
! artillery, arc stationed on the frontiers
I. Of the province of Posen, and the au-
thorities are ordered to, Use, the
strictest supcrvisiph over all travellers
entering Russia The pickctS> Of
Cossacks at the first Russian barrier
arc doubled, and travellers arc accom-
panied by n military escort to the
custom house, Station, Tacy there
undergo a vigorous cXaaai,i.,dtion. The
description in the passport is cstrcAlilX
compared with the person bcaring it,
and in doubtful cases the list of
ssfspceteef and prescribed individuals il
referred to, and special report made
Of all travellers proceeding to Warsaw
The high road from Poscn to this
city is strongly g,lardqa,. the little
town Of Slupcc, a mile beyond the
frontier, is the last statipn, Q&tAc Rs1s-
sian post, and this place is surrounded
by triple Gordon of cavalry. All the
$ Polish hotels are placed under special
control, Large magazines of pro-
visions and forage are collected from
the surrounding country, and not
withstanding the good harvest. lha
export qf,rXe> and Oats is prohibited.
These extraordinary precautions have
created afhongethe population, vast
! numacrs Of whom cannot read, an
impression that somewhere in the
w0r]ld "a dangerous revolution has
broken OUT, or'that w.ar is Impending,
I Of tho march oflargee bodies of Rus
\ sian troops from the interior towards
the Western frontier, described by
some of the German journals, nothing
vas known in Roland itself.
GREAT BR1rAlN.--A declaration with
sssthe signatures of 1862 clcrgynlcnN Of
Tire SSs:irusssnEst,.s- -11srgla,ld, expressing
thanhfnlncss to the Queen for the
Judgment given in the Gorham case,
and recognizing the Royal supremacy
ia. Il things ecclesiastical, has been
presented to the Archbishops of
Canterbury and York. Seven dcacons,
g twelve archdeacons, and many other
!. dignitaries of the Chircii, are among
the signers. The reply ofArchbislop
;Sumaer,,,to the clergyman who pre-
seated; the declaration is worth tran
stribing here:
b. M ApDlSGToN, Jan. ..
T. Ny Dsar "a Sir: I have much sat
e isfpci ign in receiving the declaration
Which You have forwarded to me from
SO numerous body Of, clergy upon IA
subject which sincerely hope m::y no
longer be permitted. to, disturb the
peace of our church
There are many questions in
theology upon which Christians may
ditier.Mithout reproach to themselves
or injury to others. Froln the Re
formation until the present time num-
bers Of our clergy have Subscribed
the same articles, have used the same
tormularies, have mimistered in the
same churches; whose sentiments if
they had been obliged to state them
with local precision, would have been
found to vary, more or less, from each
other, both with regard to regeneration
and to.the effect of infant baptism. But
this difference has not prevented their
harmonious cooperation, or impaired
their uSctulnesS, and, !. should have
been seriously gricved if the period of
my areh-episcopacy had been chosen
as the period when freedom ofopinion.
within the reasonable limits hitherto
dcchied, allowable. VAS, Cor the
first time, denied to our clergy in
q case where it is not denied them bv
the word Of God, or the declared
doctrine of the Church of England.
" remain, my dear sir,
Very faithfully yyo6ts,
j. b. CANTAUR.