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(Per Hansa vid Southampton.)
NEW YOE; Dec. 21. THE latest despatches received from Washington all agree in stating- that Lord Lyons has not yet presented any official demands to M. Seward on the Trent affair.
The New York Times and the Herald both state that Messrs. Mason and Slidell will be delivered up to England. The Herald, however, in an angry article, says that when the re- bellion is crushed outstanding accounts against England can them better be settled than now.
The New York World states that the general impression in Wash- ington is, that the matter will be amicably settled, and adds : "There are signs which indicate that the subject will be referred to the arbitrament of all maritime nations, but Messrs. Mason and Slidell will not be surrendered under any circumstances. There still exists. a feverish under-current of popular feeling on the question, but nothing decisive can be ascertained—whether Lord Lyons has made any demands, or what the demands are. A strong impression pre- vails that the matter will not lead to war."
It is reported that among the papers transmitted to the Senate on Mexican affairs there is a project of a treaty between America and Mexico, which provides that the Federal Government shall pay 11,000,000 dollars to Mexico, to be applied to the satisfaction of the English and French claims,in return for the grint to America of com- mercial privileges, and the right of transit across Mexican territory for troops and munitions of war.
It is thought that the Senate will confirm this treaty. No menden is made of a settlement of the Spanish claims. NEW Yonx, Dec. W.
A battle is reported in Missouri, in which 1300 Confederates, find- ing themselves surrounded by the Federal forces, surrendered with their baggage and equipments.
Reports are current that the Confederates have evacuated Galveston.
One hundred and twenty thousand pounds of Sea Island cotton have arrived at New York from Beaufort. Four hundred thousand. pounds more are reported ready to be shipped. Vice-President Stephens, of the Southern Confederacy, is said to be seriously ill.
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