The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-17 00:00:00

..
(,974 i ~-
171/4, e-IN°^ll,
..._- .(If7o
,44,1,e:' '"' 0.1:4\-;,,,,, ,),,,, e-,•,:-";,.. .v'• ' ) M
..
:
.",c't.,,, -',... 1, Iti4. iDc-,,,-,7r. ii.,.. • • .11;
1:,..
("41337 T X A
...,,..+0t,24 :::, )//,,, \ -
...4a,.
,-, ~....,,, ~,\,4oh, VI :''
'',
- -', 4 -
, .1
.40
c - 14.' ~.11:',1 Xli
14)
i
~.,...
• t:1-"-§'
\--1* ____.- .4- 4.; , ~. vit„.......At„, II }: ~ ;.• 35
..--.1. te::ci*142....k;,,
.''', ,DT ‘....,-,..-57- 4151. ! 1,40 g. SIJ 11.1-

2 „A
EV
ENING EDITION

A new treaty is to be made with the Government of
the British Queen for the suppression of the slave trade.
The President believes that the return of the Federal
leaders to their duty a; Mexican citizens, will tend to
hasten the period when the department of Texas shall
bacome again an integral part of the Republic.
A proposition has been made to establish Tampico as
a free poet. The Vera Cruz merchants warmly oppose,
this plan, and it will probably fail. It is stated in ono
of thepapers that since the Ist of January, 44 vessels,
exclusive of the English packets, have arrived in the
port of Tampico, which have paid nearly $2,000,000
Government on imports.

PRICE sth

UNITED STATES.

EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.

THE INDIANS.
(From the Savannah Georgian.)
FLORIDA, FEB. 15.—Three hundred or more of the
enemy are now at Tampa—they have smoked the pipe
of peace and agreed to emigrzrtn, but lest their modest./
should receive a shock. they have stipulated that Go-
vernment shall provide them with clothing, previous ter
their departure, and the General has despatched a
steam-boat to New Orleans for wearing apparel to be
distributed among them.
A party of Tellabassies, litofied by their Chiefs and
accompanied by one of the Arkansas delegation, halted
at Fort Clinch a short time since, on their way to
Tampa. Whilst there, Tige:tail übiquity is
unquestionable) sent his brother to 'Visit them, and if'
possible, prevent them from going in. The Ark arisa.s
Indian made known the object Tigertail was endea-
vouring to effect through the agency of his brother,
which so enraged the latter, that he sprang upon him
with his knife and inflicted two severe stabs. Harnoyize
Mr. Tigertail and a few others of a sinelar character,
take the ficbl, and keep it, and the next half century
may witness the termination of the Florit'a war.
Tallahassee dates to the 13th inst. state the letters
from Tampa announce that near 400 Indians had come
in. Two hundred of them were to he shipped off to
Arkansas on the lit of this month ; and it was said
that if the news of the coming in of seventy of the
Micasukie tribe was confirmed, little doubt reolaincd
that a few months would terminate the war.

(EXTRACTS FROM THE NEW YORK PAPERS.)
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.
NATIONAL DEFENCES.—In the House of Repre-
sentatives on Monday last, Mr. W. Thompson, Chair-
man of the Committee on Military Aiftirs, reported a
Bill which was twice read and committed to the Com-
mittee of the whole on the State of the Union,
making appropriations for certain fortifications of the
United States generally, for the year 1841, and for
armament of fortifications ; also for raising a company
of sappers, miners, and pontoniers, and appropriating
$500,000 for steam-ships of war. The amount pro-
posed by the Bill to be appropriated for fortifica..ions
is $1,678,000.
The fortifications in the harbour of New York at our
last advises were briefly as follows :
Fort Hamilton—Not a single gun mounted—not
a man within its walls—its ramparts crumbling—its
doors hanging loose from their hinges, and the elements
entrusted, apparent'y, solely with its guardianship.
Fort Lafa)ette—lts guns mounted (some of them),
but its interior in a state of decay.
The battery on Staten Island, at the signal poles, de-
molished—the guns piled like loads of wood, consuming
in their own rust.
Fort Tomkins—condemned—filled with earth and
filth, not a gun near it.
The Water Battery—in a ruinous condition, and we
believe without guns.
Governor's Island—Castle Williams very generally
considered good for nothing, and Fort Columbus its only
effective battery.
Bedlow's and Gibbett Island—with power of very
limited extent.
If these ports were all armed and garrisoned, we
suppose that it would net be very difficult for a fleet of
steam ships to run the gauntlet through the whole of
them, and take a safe position a mile or two up the
Hudson. It is obvious, then, that the city of New
York, as the most exposed and important point on the
coast, requires some efficient aid from the General Go-
vernment ; and we hope that she has not been forgotten
by Mr. Thompson and the Military Committee.

(Correspondence of the Cottrier and Inquirer.)
KEY WEST, FEB. 17.—MORE SIIIP SINKING:
On the 30th ult. I gave you information of the wreck
of the French brig Louise., Capt. Estor, on this coact,
within sight of Key Wcbt to the eastward, and filen
tioned that she was bilged—her cargo of logwood and
hides brought to this place and stored, and the vessel
stripped, and her hull sold by the captain at auction
for 354 g.
The next day, the 31st, the bri' herself came into*
port in charge of the purchaser. The purchaser,
connected with those who saved her cargo, after she
was stripped and abandoned, went to her, and, on exa-
mining her bottom by diving, found that her bilging
consisted of two augur-holes. He returned, bought
the

hull, went with his crew to it—in about five hours
pumped her out, after stopping the augur-holes, and
brought her into port.
Knowing that he had no legal title to the vessel, he
wrote to the French Consul at Havannah for his in-
structions in the matter. She leaks none of conse-
quence. Now, who bored the augur-holes ?
Bides it is difficult to see how the master could
have got on this coast where he did unintentionally,
coining from Havanna nearly north and running ashore
in good weather, in sight of two good lights, when he
should have proceeded easterly down the stream. His
vessel was old—his cargo of little value, and a sale to
the underwriters perhaps might be advantageous to the

(//,