Mr. Yeaman to Mr. Seward.
Sir: I am now enabled to state, what you may have learned from other sources, that by the treaty of peace between Austria and Prussia, Austria has ceded to Prussia all of her joint rights in the two duchies, with the condition that northern Schleswig is to be restored to Denmark, if the people so wish. There is little doubt that a fair and uninfluenced election will result in a restoration.
The opinion is expressed here that the sentiment of the “Scandinavian” party is gaining strength in Denmark, about which I am not sufficiently advised to speak with certainty.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.