New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-04

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own profession.
Great Britain is likely to have war with
Burmah. AS the King has persstently vio-
lated his treaty obligations, il would not I've a
very sad affair if he should be severely punished.
However, he appears as certain of success as
the British do on their side.
One of the victories Of Peace was coDsum-
mated in the marriage at Chicago yesterday OF
Gen. Sheridan to Miss Rucker. The ceremony
was quietly performed, but the public cannot
fail to be Interested in the details OF the at
tendant circumstances, which are pleasIngly
presented in dispatch printed on another
page.
The Attorney Generals proceedings against
delinquent county trcasruers, whose names are
given in our Albany dispatches, will be likely
TO make the whole class more punctual III the
settlement of their accounts with the STATE
Certainly the amount due from the dozen or
more who have been served with summons and
complaint shows wonderful rcmissncss In this
respect.
The Aldermanic Law Committees charges
against Controller Green have familiar sound,
but the specifications are interesting, and the
matter assumes some importance in view of
the adoption of the Committees report by the
| Board. The immediate result of this vote OF
censurc will probably be the formal presenta-
ton by the Mayor of charges against the Con
troller, but it is by no means so probable that
the Controller will be beaten in the end.
The proverbial "honOr among thieves does
not appear to hold good in smuggling COM
binatOns. Lawrence Graf, who is accused OF
participation in the great silk frauds on the
revenue, has been brought back to this city,
from which he fled when the explosion came
and it is stated that testimony from him is re-
lied on to reveal the extent and details of the
operations in which Charles l.. Lawrence and
Deputy Collector Des Anges are believed to
have been engaged.
The statistics of last years iron trade. as
given by our Philadelphia correspondent, show
that our furnaces produced 2,6o9,OOO tons
of pig iron, being $4,000 tons more than
was consumed. This renders it conclusive
that for the future no foreign iron is likely
to be needed. 1t is gratifying to find
that while there were 17S,S65 less tons made
| last year than in 1878. the production in II
| States. our own included, increased This year
| the general prospect is not so coed, 1913 out OF
7O1 furnaces having been idle last February.
Another phase Of tho new movement against
the Ring thieves, with view to making them
disgorge their l-gottcn gains, is unvailed this
morning. The successful issue of suit against
ex-Chamberlain Sweeny has heretofore been
considere. extremely doubtful, but the affidavit
of Ingersoll, as published by us a few days
ago, puts new and more promising face on
the prospect. Suits were instituted yesterday
against Peter b. Sweeny and his brother
James VI. Sweeny for the full amount de-
handed in that already pending against
William NJ. Tweed. 1t is TO be hoped that
there is safety in this multiplicity of suits.
The last DAYS Of the Presbyterian General
| Assembly at Cleveland were marked by some
proceedings Of importance, which are reviewed
in o letter printed to-day on our fourth page.
The Assembly's rejection of the claim of Phila-
dclphia to be the place of meeting in the Cen
tennial year is the less TO be regretted because
the choice of Brooklyn will afford both New
York and the City OF Churches an opportunity
of extending their hospitality TO one of the
ablest ecclesiastical bodies in the country. A
more interesting matter to the church at large,
however, is the abandonment Of the new
scheme for the management of benevolent
boards, which occupied so much Of the time OF
the General Assembly.
The ways Of census enumerators are not
ways of pleasantness when these functiOnaries
trench on the vested right of womanhoOd. The
persistent inquisitiveness of one of them as tc
the age of an Irish lady in MadisOn-st. yester-
day, met with sharp and sudden check
The agsrieved woman vigorously elected