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AMERICA.

The following are extracts from letters and papers
brought by the steamer America :
NEW YORK, DEc. 31.
The excitement here in relation to the Trent
question has materially subsided—the main point,
namely, the surrender of the commissioners, being
determined on. The settlement has been received
by the people with a feeling of congratulation that
a war with England has been averted ; and although
perhaps in the Western States the surrender may
not meet with the full approbation of the public,
there is no doubt now that matters at home are
becoming so serious that the subject of a foreign
war will be dismissed from men's minds.
The financial condition of the country is becom-
ing critical, and the New York journals are taking
the matter up in a serious tone, and Congress is
urged to pass direct tax bills sufficient to meet the
national expenditure.
The suspension of specie payments is thus edi-
torially noticed by the .New York Herald:—
" Yesterday the banks of New York suspended specie
payment with some 25,000,000 dollars of gold on hand.
Only a few days ago they had 40 millions, and it is pro-
bable if the suspension had been deferred a little longer,
the last dollar would have been drained from their vaults.
The silent panic among the depositors which thus prompts
them to withdraw their
.deposits has been brought about
by the infamous conduct of members of Congress, who
since the opening of the session at the beginning of this
month, have done nothing in the direction of a provision
for the financial necessities of the country in its hour of
need, with the exception of a tax upon tea and coffee, which
will but slightly increase the revenue. Their whole time
bas been squandered in miserable squabbles about the
everlasting nigger, who has monopolised the attention of
the Senate and House of Representatives for so many
years, to the exclusion of the real business of the nation.
And now, with a war on our hands costing, it is estimated,
about three millions per day, the Treasury will be without
a dollar by the middle of January. By that time the loans
of 150,000,000 dollars made to the Government by the mer-
chants and the banks will have been expended, and no
means whatever provided for a further supply of the indis-
pensable sinews of war."
A Washington telegram of the 30th says
" The suspension of specie payments to-da3 gives general
satisfaction among the business community here. There
seems to be a general desire to keep all the specie in the
country, and to give free c;reulation to Treasury notes. On
this point Mr. Spaulding, of New York—who, by the way,
is a banker at Buffalo, member of the committee of ways
and means—introduced in the House of Representatives,
on leave, a bill to authorise the Treasury to issue demand
notes of not less than five dollars, redeemable everywhere,
to the amount of fifty million of dollars, in addition to those
heretofore ordered."

The United States sub-Treasury at New York

followed the example of the banks, and suspended
specie payments—i • e., it paid specie only for the
principal and interest of the public debt, and for
no other claims.
The New York Tribune publishes the following
suppressed despatch :
" The true history of the Trent affair at Washington is
briefly this—
" At the first Cabinet meeting held after the seizure of
Slidell and Mason, tho President expressed himself in favour
of restoring them to the protection of the Briti,h flag if it
should be demanded. He said it was doubtful if de course
of Captain Wilkes could be justified by international law;
and that, at all events, he could not afford to have two wars
on his hands at the same time.

" Attorney-General Bates echoed this opinion. He
thought the seizure unjustifiable, and was in favour of
giving up the men on demand.
" Secretary Seward was ncn-committed. The other
members of the Cabinet disagreed with Mr. Lincoln posi
tively, and Secretary Chase argued forcibly and wi.h
warmth that the course recommended by the President
would be dishonourable to the United States as a nation.
Thus matters stood until the first belligerent note from
England. No further discussions took place, nor was the
question again mooted in Cabinet until Christmas-day.
" The despatch from Earl Russell to Lord Lyons was
delivered at the State Department on Saturday, as we
telegraphed the next day, and Mr. Seward immediately
went to work on his reply. Remembering the views of the
Cabinet previously expressed, Mr. Lincoln was not in haste
to call them together. One meeting was adjourned to pre-
vent premature discussion, and another on the regular day
did not take place. The first was on Christmas-day, and
after Lord Lyons had made his communication. Imme-
diately M. Thouvenel's despatch had been delivered Mr.
Seward's reply was read to the Council and the session pro-
longed for five days.

" The despatch of M. Thouvenel had convinced the oppo-
nents of the policy of surrender that the public opinion of
Europe would sustain England, and it was used to secure
unanimity in that policy.

" Mr. Seward's despatch, however, was subject to much
criticism. Many alterations and modifications were sug-
gested. The next day a revised copy was read to the ad-
journed Cabinet meeting; further changes were suggested,
and the despatch as a whole was not approved and adopted
until Friday morning."

The comments of the press upon the surrender of
Mason and Slidell, and the despatch of Mr. Seward
upon the subject, possess but little interest. The
papers generally seem to concur in characterising
the despatch as a " masterly" production, and there
is very little dissent from Mr. Seward's arguments.
The tone of the American press, taken as a whole,
is undoubtedly much less hostile to England since
the settlement of the Trent difficulty than it has
been for many months.
The New .1 orb: Times of Jan. 1 contains the fol-
lowing review of the " situation" :

" There aro rumours of fighting in different parts of Ken-
ucky. The telegram wo published yesterday of a reported

fight at Paducah is yet in doubt. The despatch via Phila-
delphia which we give this morning furnishes little addi-

ional information, though it seems to give a colouring of
ruth to the report, by mentioning the name of a captain

who was killed. Rumours prevail in Louisville of a general
engagement in Southern Kentucky, but they lack confir-
mation. It was also said that Buckner's plan was at once

to attack in force M'Cooko's brigade (our advance body in
Southern Kentucky). All these exciting rumours only

show the imminence of an engagement a more than one
point in Kentucky. Indeed it does net seem possible, con-
... . . .

sidering the position of our troops and of the rebels, that
many days can pass over without 75,000 or 100,000 of our
gallant western troops measuring swords with the rebels.

" Capt. Colston, who arrived at London, Kentucky, on
Dec. 24, from Cumberland Gap, reports that there aro only
1,500 rebels there under command of Col. Rains. A gen•
tleman, who reached the same place from Perry county, re-
ports that a skirmish occurred a few days ago between 118
rebels and 47 Union men. The former were routed with a
loss of one killed and 16 wounded, while the latter lost none.

"A letter, published in the Louisville (Nashville) Courier,
dated Abingdon (Virginia), D9C. 15, says :—A variety of
interesting news from the rebel States reaches us by way of
Fortress Monroe. A fire occurred at Nashville (Tenn.) on
the night of the 22d ult., by which the commissary stores,
including a portion of the Ordnance department, were de.

stroyed—the loss being estimated at nearly 1,000,000 dole.
—no small item for the rebel exchequer to lose. Fugitive
slaves who have reached Fortress Monroe report that the
inhabitants of Yorktown and the military authorities there

are much frightened in anticipation of an attack. General

Burnside's expedition, they believe, is going up York River,
and General Wood is expected to co-operate in an attack

upon Magruder's position. That worthy, it is stated, has
asked permission of the rebel authorities at Richmond to
burn Yorktown, and has been instructed to refrain until he
is certain that the place is to be immediately attacked. The
rebel force in the vicinity of Yorktown is estimated at
30,000. It is announced that one of the rebel brigadier-
generals committed suicide on Thursday last. A pri-
vate despatch received from Washington states that
General N'Cleilan, on investigating the specifications