New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-01

We give much space to description OF tho
scenes and ceremonies, and report OF the ad-
dresses, which were touching and appropriate.
America has not yet forgotten her defenders,
and the vast crowds that assembled in the
cemeteries were not merely decOrOus, they
appeared sympathetic and sincere.
The arrest of some Of the members OF
combination of rascals who deal in stolen
securities, will bring credit to the Secret Ser
vice Bureau of which it has long stood IN need.
1t is no news that this class of securities has
market value and that they are dealt in at
nominal prices but the actual arrest OF any
of the dealers is rather rare event. The
usual practice is for the banks or other owners
Of the securities to compromise, get BACK
their bonds, and pay the thieves percentage.
On our seventh page we present review OF
the work of the National Academy OF Sciences,
by its distinguished President, Prof. Joseph
Henry. Except from the reports OF papers
read at its meetings and published in The
TRIBUNE, the public hears little of this august
body, which is by the terms OF its organization
the scientific adviser of our Government, and
has intrusted to it several important cares.
Among its trusts of general interest is the fund
which Prof. Tyndall presented-the profits OF
his lecture tour in this Countrywide income OF
which is to be devoted to training two Amerl-
can youths i'm some foreign scientific instltu-
ton.
Lord Derby's statement in the House OF
Lords yesterday was calculated TO keep
alive apprehensions which it was his bust
ness TO set at rest. His declaratiOn that
causes of dispute between Germany and France
are likely TO recur may be true enough; but ne
might have made it with just as much truth
any other day within the last two years.
Peace can only be established on an enduring
basis bv friendly intercourse and the avoidance
of ANYTHING pointing to future war. Lord
Derby was not required to remind Germany
and France that they were likely soon to renew
their auarrels, in that way intimating that
they must constantly be Oh the alert.
. In the brief account we give OF yesterdays
boating on the Harlem River, there is included
the not unusual occurrence of an accident TO
one Of the racing boats. Fortunately III this
case there was no loss of life. But simulta-
neously with this in another column, we tell
the story of the drowning of a member OF the
Trinity College Rowing Crew, whose boat cap
sized under precisely similar circumstances, on
the Connecticut River. 1t would seem to be
the dictate Of the simplest prudence that
the young men who spend so much OF tnelr
time upon the water, should at least qualify
themselves for their daily risks by learning
how to swim. Neglect in this particular mas
already coat several valuable lives.
The precincts of the Department oil Justice
are vocal with the sound Of reform. A clrc'i-
lar lust issued declares that the expenses In
some of the judicial districts have been ex-
travaeant In many cases "lzy lOungers"
have been needlessly summoned where they
had no evidence to give, and the only object
of calling and keeping them on hand was to
favor them with the fees The ingenious pro-
cesses by which large profits were made out
of mileage and the arrest, transportation, ana
keeping of prisoners, are no longer to he
winked at The new Attorney General may
not be digging in SO large placer OF coirup-
ton as The Chiefs of the Treasury and the
Post Office Departments but the spadefuls
which he Turns up have similar 0dor.
60 generally has the decision OF the Court Oh
Claims been anticipated in the suit of the
Union Pacific Railroad against the United
States, that the announcement OF the plaintiff
success will scarcely excite the interest it de-
serves. The opinion of the Court is exceed
ingly lucid and pertinent in describing the cir
cumstances of the case, giving the reasons for
granting the claim OF the Company for more
than half million dollars and disnissing the
counter-claim of the United States. The wrong
and injury Of which the Government complains
were matters OF its own choosing; it may have
made an improvident bargain, but il must keep
faith The prospect of the Government in
appealing this ease to the Supreme Court Is
not a brilliant one, and is greatly changed
from that which was held forth last Winter,
when the proposal of the Company to compro-