The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-12 00:00:00

three cheers were given for them, being described
as about to assist in driving the pirates from the
Emerald Isle, and share in the plunder these pi-

rates are to leave behind. A likely story. as there
is scarcely a race in creation which so hates
another as the Irish Orangeman does the Irish Celt.

The Fenian President O'Neill has sent his Mes-
sage to the Fenian Congress, assembled at Phila-
delphia. He alludes to the unsuccessful efforts to
unite the estranged wings, and to the self -Eeeking
and ambitious men who only see a convenient plat-
form in the cause. The brotherhood has now ac-

quired the character of an established representative
government, exercising an authority and receiving
an unhesitating obedience to its laws. It grasps
and can hurl at pleasure the thunderbolts of war
against the only enemy the Irish recognize. It has
compelled Britain to concede the entire case of Ire-
land, and confess iniquity and injustice in her

dealings, and it will yet compel the foreigner to

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abandon the soil which should for ever be the free

inheritance of the Irish. The ascendancy of
no party or section is aimed at ; the hope-
lessness of expecting benefit from the false Irish
representatives in Parliament is alluded to, and a
recommendation given for a commission, which
could communicate with the representatives of the
English Government, and firmly, and with dignity,
demand, in the name of the Irish people, the recog-
nition and acknowledgment of the independence of
Ireland. Ile toucheS on the sure loss and great
danger to England in refusal, and hopes for that

justice England has so often preached to other na-
tions. In failure the world will acknowledge the
Fenians left nothing untried to avert war. The
military department has never been in better con-

dition. A letter, making proposals from the Savage
branch, was read, and the O'Neill's Message was

debated.

Judge Fullerton has published a statement. He
asserts that those implicated in the whisky frauds,

led by District-Attorney Courtney, have indicted
him for an alleged conspiracy to defraud a revenue

officer on evidence of which he is not aware, but

which he pronounces to be NN holly false. lie asks
his friends to be patient as he is, and he will pre-

sently show that he has done nothing to lessen that
measure of respect hitherto enjoyed by hitn. Ihe
proceedings have been instigated in self-defence by

tu•-_,n implicated in the monstrous frauds he asser,s
to have been committed on the revenue ;,their only
hope of escape being in crushing him. hence the
vile conspiracy ; but truth will prevail in the end,
and the public learn who deserves condemnation.
While Judge Fullerton has thus been entangled in
hip, attempts to expose the New York frauds, the
Louisiana internal revenue " ring" is being looked
up by Mr. C. E. Creecy, just appointed supervisor
of Louisiana and Arkansas. A revenue agent dis-

patched to New Orleans to rake up the frauds has
sent a deputy to 'Washington with a report impli-
cating nearly all the Government officials of Louisi-
ana. Commis,ioner Rollins is in possession of the
voluminous evidence, which is said to show ille-
gal gains by the "ring " of eleven millions
of dollars in eighteen months, on the two items
of . cotton and whisky alone. The " ring" con-
sists of the Government officers, and it is alleged
that Perry Fuller was deputed by it to visit
Washington, to control, if possible, the supervisor-
ship for the State, but the appointment of Mr.
Creecy has checkm tted the " ring," and it is pro-
bable that New Orleans is now in a considerable
ferment. _ _

The new Postal Convention between the Post.
office Department of the United States and Grew
Britain was received Nov. 24 by Postmaster-Gene.

ral Randall, who approved it, and then took it to
the President for his signature. Thus signed, this
Convention will supersede that in force, and take
effect on the Ist of January next. It does not
materially differ in its general provisions from the
one existing. Great Britain, however, has abo-
lished the double newspaper rate, and then charging
only a single rate, while the United States will re-
duce the rates on newspapers, small pamphlets,
and periodicals. All postages are to be divided be •
tween the two countries as at present.
The notice in the papers that General Melva
has orders from General Grant to destroy all appli-
cations for orrice without bringing them before him,
hits had the desired effect, and the Staff of the Pre-
sident Elect c,ases to be supplied with the same
quantity of fuel. Yet one species of annoyance
has but given place to another, which we are sorry
to say meets with the same indiscriminate treatment
as the former. Grant's staff ought to make a selec-
tion from the " Curiosities of Literature " which
now arrive, and publish it for the benefit of the
people. The earnest solicitude shown as to his
morals, his religion, and his policy ought to gratify
him. Some are broad and general in their advice ;
others narrow it to the focus of a point, but they
are not the less verbose on that account, as they
can dance round their dot, giving themselves any
amount of latitude. The greatest number of letters
are, however, on the subject of his Cabinet, and
they embrace every shade of opinion and every
grade of position, many coining from well-known
men down to the anonymous. Democratic writers
predominate, and display a sure conviction that not
only is Grant of their party, but intends to sur-
round himself with leading Conservatives. One
man actually suggests General Lee, whose appoint-
ment would show the spirit of Christian harmony
that reigned in the White House; particularly as
another advises lloratio Seymour, which would
bring Grant in contact not only with his great mili-
tary foe, but with his great civil rival. They would
form a charming trio. We hope that General
Badeau will not commit all these precious docu-
ments to the flames; but if he will not give the
public a selection, a leaf will be taken out of the
Tribune's book, and some imaginative man will in-
vent the contents of Grant's letter-bag. Nor is
the General the only mark set up for officer-seekers,
as his wife has to sustain a full share of the bat-
tery. Her letter-bag consists of apllications for
employment in the White House, and the touching
stories she is told and the demands made upon her
charity, if attended to, would dry any fountain of
tears, and drain any purse.
Mr. Peabody has just announced his intention
of contributing another £lOO,OOO towards the fund
which bears his name, making a total of £350,000
presented by him for this purpose alone. It is said
to be the largest amount contributed by any private
individual towards a single object. His letter an-
nouncing the arrangement has been published in
the London dailies, and has called forth a corre-
spondence as to the benefit derived by the real poor
of London from the gift, and the best mode of ad-
ministering it. Thousands are ready with their advice
who can afford but do not choose to give money, and
numbers say that the genuine poor have received no
benefit at all. At the same time it cannot be
denied that the tendency of these princely gifts is
to be diverted from the most helpless class whom
the donor intended to benefit, and it has been re-
marked that the trustees are men who could not
give the time and careful study necessary to ad-
minister wisely so noble a charity as that of the
Peabody Gift to the Poor of London.
The Paraguayan difficulty continues to be dis-
cussed ; but one thing appears certain, which is, that
the fleet under Admiral Davis will carry General
M'Mahon to Asuncion to demand satisfaction. Mr.
Seward has written to the Secretary of the Navy to
announce that under his advice the President had
decided on this. He informs Mr. Welles that the
Admiral must be instructed, in the exercise of a
sound discretion, to demand and obtain prompt re-
dress for any extreme insult or violence that may
have been arbitrarily committed against the flag of
the United States or their citizens. A letter has
also appeared from Admiral Davis, dated Buenos
Ayres, Oct. 20, who seems rather to side with Lopez,
and it was on this that Secretary Seward wrote.
Mr. Webb, the American Minister at Rio, had re-
quested Admiral Davis to proceed at once to Asun-
cion, but he could not inform the Secretary of State
whether the Admiral would assume the responsi-
bility without special instructions from the Govern-
ment, and these special _instructions Mr. Seward
directed to be at once communicated, which has
been done. The Rear-Admiral's letter states
that the commander of the French fleet on
the station had information from one of his
captains, lately returned from a visit to Lopez,
showing that the extravagant stories charging