NEWS OF TIIE WEEK.
THE Confederate power died on the 26th April. On that day 1 General Johnston surrendered to General Grant—or to Gene- ral Sherman under his orders—all the armies east of the Chat- tahoochie, on the same terms which General Grant had conceded to General Lee, and without any political conditions. These include the regular and militia forces in North and South Carolina, in Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee.. West of the Chattahoochie and east of the Mississippi there is still a small rebel force under General Dick Taylor ; and again, west of the Mississippi there is supposed to be a larger one under General Kirby Smith, who has recently, it is said, been making large profits by sending down cotton to the Federal authorities at New Orleans and netting a large commission on the transaction. But neither of these forces can well give much trouble, even if they wish. The Ex-President Jefferson Davis was last heard of making off with the spoil of the Richmond banks—private property not in any way belonging to the State, and over 1,000,000 dollars (say 200,000/.) in gold,—towards the Mississippi, accompanied by a cavalry escort of 2,000 men. Might not Wilkes Booth's epigram be retorted with much greater force on his own fax more deeply-fallen President—sic semper tyrannis?
