Daily national Democrat., 1861-04-04

! AN Ab'LllioNlSt 'NLEDGE HAMMER on LIN
coLN's INAueuRAL--The Anli-slavery stand
ard, says correspondent of the Bulletin, is
commenting upon the Presidents Inaugural
III terms which ought to put to shame the
language with which the Charleston Mercu-
ry has noticed it. says the standard
It was generally beliyed that the address
of Mr.. Lincoln would be honorahly distiu-
guishel from those of his predecessors in
spirit and in utterauee The hour has come
and gone, but the man was not sufficient for
it. The speech was made with the face turned
towards the South aud with both kuees
bowed down bef're the idol it worships, as
have been all of those delivered from the
same place for the last quarter of century.
1t is only distinguished from such 10y The
cumsness Of its construction and the vilcness
of its rhetoric. 1t is lucky for Mr.. Lincoln
that it was not the constitution of the Eng
Iish languagr and the laws of English cram
mar that he was called upon to swear to sup
port and enforce, for he would have been
forsworn on the spot before all the people
This, however. is the le st of the faults of
the Inaugural. We could have wished that
IL public document which has been more i'm
patiently waited for and viii he more eager
ever produced, had not been so hagrautly
iIliterate. But We could have forgiven the
form, had the substance been such ns the
lime demands. Ii it had l'reathel a re,oute
determination to maintain the rights Of the
North and the integrity of the nation, at ali
hnz 'rIs, il might have cumluaudrd Il respect
hat Wouid have di>amed criticism. II il
had plainly set forth the encroachmpnts of
slavery upon tn, Sc, and shown how they had
eliminated in the disruption OF the Union, us
their natural RESULT proclaiming his intention
of checking the one and restoring the other.
hy the full exercise of al bis constitutional
power. he would have t. ken Il position which
even his enemies would have admired lie
was elected by the Noith in the f'ith th,t he
would express NortherI ideas as opposed to
Southern ideas.
The Standard, although it condemns the
address us strongly as the Mercury. argues,
of course, from an entirely different point Of
view. The Charleston journal condemn,
Lincoln for bis anti slavery fanatici-m.
FoHr SUMTER Fired rroN-Fort Sumter
has been fired upon, and Nj. ior Anderson was
ready to respond, when flag of truce was
sent from the Cummings Point Lattery.. with
an assurance that it was a mistake The
event is described as follows - colre.pon-
dent Of the New York Times, writing from
Charleston, March Sth:
1t seems that this morning, orders were
given at Forts Mouitrir Johnson aud Morris
to practice at long ranges, and the shipping
were notified last night. Those who were
not posted up, were terrified this morning at
the constant uonuiug Of heavy guns At
about O'Clock, while the Col,mtiads were
being fred at Maj Stevens battery, at Cum
miugs Point shell which had been placed
in it, accidentally ~ took effect on that side
of the Sumter wall which have before de-
scribed as being only four feet thick. Major
Stevens, who was per-onally in command,
observed at once with hi, glls+ that an ugly
cash had been made, he heard the distant
sound of the drum beat, saw the port holes
thrown open. and every preparation made
for return OF the same kind. lie immrdj-
ateiy raised Il v hije flag, FASTENED to his
boat, and in person went over to Major An
derson and made an ample apology.
TUE DALlGs "A correspondent orlhe Port
land Times, writing from the Dallts. says
find This cutie lively place. There are
great many good, Sold here for Tie differ
yn' mines, should thjnEHbopt am equal pro-
portion for Frazer river, Rock Greek and Dhe
Nel Percc, mine; find The merchants here
very accommodating and very reasonable in
their prices.
/ have no very late news from either the
FIaz.r or the Rock Creek mines; urws from
the n ~ Per,es continue to he very cucour1-
giuE have not myself personally convcrs
ei with those who have lately come iU fro
There, hut get ny Information from these
who have
/ give 70 as my d,li1crte opinion from all
| can learn here that that section of couu-
try " i'll prove to be rich mining district,
and there will, inevitably, be a great rush OF
miners there, either his seuson or the next
Something over three thousand head Of
beef cattle have LEFT Dherelhis spiiug for Fra
zer river and Kuci, Creek, aud between Eve
nud six hundred mules aud Cayuse horses
most OF the latter. There are many more
which would have gone had not the hl.h du
tics Of the English Government prevented.
Permit me to say word to thr farmers of
Oregon. My advice is, not to e led off 10y
any undue eXcrcrent either real ar ma4iu-
airy. If you have got good mites ON your
borders, they viii he sure 10 give You "a good
aud ready market for all your farms viii
produce, and it they prove to hc rcudilv eN-
haU-lcd, they are not worth running after.
BGt can safely say to that class who have
not now any proHilrir employment, would
d>i-e them TO Try their luck in these mine,
Ihe prospective prize j. worth the effort to
make trip tGere.
FonGNG TRADE MARKs-BoGus TLAoNloL,