The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-04-20

cotton few other blockade runners were In port re-
oeivius rep.rs The United States steamers Cherokee
and Nereus left on the 18th and 18th inst respectively
Owing TO the interruption business attendant tho
recent national calamity the departure Of the steamer
Golden Rule for California via Nicaragua has been post
poned until Saturday, 22d inst a. noon.
The steamship Oceanus having board large num-
Der of the persons from this city who took part in the
ceremonies of rehoisting the old flag Fort Sumter
\ arrived at this port yesterday
3 Robert Randall and his reputed wife, Of No 47o
Greenwich street. were yesterday committed to the
for trial. charged with stealing two hundred
dollars from John Bradley while he spending night
in their house
Louisa Faccio and Mary Ann Clancy were yesterday
locked up in the Tombs the charge of having been
engaged in stealing from tho Howard Hotel, Broadway
varo"s occasions for time post, quantities OF
chamber linen Of considerable value.
4 Lieutenant Cantwel promising young onicef OF the
Engineer corps who had recently graduated al west
!, Point and who stationed AZ Fort Richmond, Staten
Island was almost instantly killed at that post on last
Tuesday by the accidental discharge of gun while he
! was in the act of handing 1t to q comrade.
Inn portnnt Speech OF President Johnson
q The Voice OF n Patriot and the Views
4 OF = Statesman.
4 The speech of President johnson, which we
published yesterday, in response to the address
iof visiting committee of citizens of Illinois.
! will be read with universal satisfaction by
every friend Of the Union through the length
! and breadth of the whole land. 1t is the
speech of a man experienced in public affairs,
an earnest patriot, an orator and statesman
AS q ready, fluent, forcible extcmporaneous
J speaker, Mr.. Johnson will probably stand first
! in all our long list of Presidents. He was born
swith the gift, and on the stump among the peo-
z pie, in his State Legislature and in both
branches of Congress- his ample experience
5and practice have made comprehensive
speech on public affairs as easy to him as a
i familiar conversation
4 In this response of his to the Illinois visiting
dcommittee of citizens, he speaks to the whole
(: American people those words of consolation,
!. confidence, ripe judgment and discretion which
! they have been so anxious to hear. He will be
understood and fully believed in saying that,
i!"To an individual like myself, who has never
Z claimed much, but who has, it is trne, received
Z from generous people many marks OF trust
and honor for long time, an occasion like
4 this, and manifestation of public feeling so
!; well timed, are peculiarly acceptable Sprung
Z. from the people myself, every pulsation of the
) popular heart finds an immediate answer in my
& own" He unders lands these manifestations of
him strength to "carry out his convictions OF
& right" Thus sustained he says he will enter
\ upon the discharge of his duties firmly and
I steadastly, if not with the signal ability Of his
predecessor.
/ He shares in the great affection which has
fallen upon the country; but, in view of his
high responsibilities, he dismisses all feelings of
anger or revenge. He sees, however, that this
4 late 'most barbarous and diabolical assassna-
!, ton, springs not alone from solitary indivi-
!, dual OF ever so desperate wickedness," but he
y traces it shack through its successive steps to
q that source which is the spring of all our
y woes''-this fendsh rebellion. Here our new
president strikes tie. key note of the policy
Il which we may expect at his hands. He truly
d says that ''the times we live in are not without
q instruction." and that "the American people
8 must be taught-if they do not already feel
y that treason is a crime, and must be punished
u that the government will not always bear with
.sits enemies; that it is strong, not only to pro-
8 tect, but to punish" Unfamiliar as the people
I of this country have hitherto been with the
& crime Of treason, they "must understand that II
His the blacklist of crimes and will be surely
Z punished"
y There can bepo mistake as to the import OF
u this declaration It is equivalent to an official
.swarning from President Johnson to JEFF. Davis
l3and his ASSOCIATE rebel ringleaders, that such
h of them as shall hereafter fall into the hands Of
justice will suffer the penalty of their great
crime. "Let it be engraven on every heart, y
says the President, "that treason is a crime and
! that traitors shall suffer the penalty" They
shall not attempt the life of the State with i'm
punity. So far as in him lies they will be
! brought to punishment
] Now, what will be the effect of this notice ia
JEFF. Davis and bis fellow conspirators, the con
3trivers, rulers and managers Of the rebellion
4 They know the man with whom they have nov
ITO deal. Solitary and single handed, as ,
3Southern Senator, in 1860 and 1861
The gave this warning to twenty o
q those rebel conspirators in the Senat
Misunderstanding JEFF. Davis, Benjamin
4 Hunter, Mason, Slidell, Iverson, Toomb
sand Wigfall The events resulting in Mr.. John
Z son's election as Vice President, and the terri
y BILE event resulting in his promotion to thu
Presidency, have oil operated to strengthen
Thin in this resolution of punishment to traitors
& What, then, will now be the course of the lead
ling rebels of the South Their course will b
flor Mexico AS this warning from Andrew
q Johnson, as President of the United States, l
ladiffused among them, they will pack up an
spack of for the empire of Macmillan. If an