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ndence of the Dispatch.] Washington, Dec. 21, 1860. South Carolina's secession adds little to the outward excitement of the city. The day is brilliant, mild as Spring, and matters go on much as usual. But there is hardly a thinking man who does not feel that the fate of the Union is irrevocably sealed, and a Southern Confederacy inevitable. Reconstructionists and Middle Confederacy men have little to hope from the drift of the Revolution, as will appear in the next ten days. Stephens, of Georgia, was expected here this morning, and may be here now. He will be serenaded, &c., by the Union men. He will lend his influence to effect a compromise in the Senate Committee of Thirteen. As to the Committee of Thirty-three, it has fallen into contempt. Southern men tell me the Republicans have been wondrous conciliatory for the last day or two. But they concede nothing; and, judging from the following extract from last night's Tribune, there is little reason to think that