New-York tribune., 1877-10-27

OftILl IthOOlNL, b'fh WIZ
leadership has always been the aim of Southern
politicians, and they see now but one thing IN
their way. That is the alarm which the spec
tacle of an alliance between the Solid South
and Tammany Hall may provoke in New ork
and it's neighboring States. Its leaders hope
TO alay such alarm by the soft food for gos-
lings elsewhere reported.
Dealers IN silk goods here are encouraged by
a revival of trade, the consumption having
been stimulated by the unusually low prices.
The failures of silk weavers in France have
doubtless been preceded by great effort TO
get rid of their surplus stock of goods. Amer
ica is now their chief market, since tho Euro
pean war and the changes OF fashion nave
united to check the sale of silk goods on the
other side Of the Atlantic. The excess of our
importatons. while this condition lasts, Is oil
course unfavOrable to our silk mills. but III
certain lines of manufacture their trade is
fairly established, and viii probably he kept
securely unless there should be Sonic tarlil
tinkeIing this Fall.
1t was expected that as soon as the Chinese
were accustomed to the nine-mile railroad
from Woosung to Shanghai, they would hasten
the construction of other lines. for when the
county is admirably adapted. But the au-
thorities could never like the Fire Dragon.
After much Lickerng, the Viceroy bought the
line from its British owners, and has just ac-
quied possession As expected, he has
stopped all traffic, intending to allow the
railroad to 90 to decay, the inevitable fate of
all public works in China. In view OF this
measure we are not likely to be called upon to
send the engineers we promised i'll the bur
lingamc Treaty when China should resolve to
build railroads ard construct telegraph lines.
The FoweTy Empire has taken another step
backward.
The reversal by the General Term of The
Supreme Court. at Buffalo, of the decision OF
the Court below in George ID. Lords case, Is
another added TO the list of failures III ring
ltigations. So far as the question of guilt was
concerned, this was the clearest case OF
legislative bribery ever disclosed. Mr..
Lord had made a written contract agree
ing to Gerry a clam through the Assembly for
one-haif of the proceeds he carried it through,
voting for it himself and got the Honey. The
point upon which he has escaped is, as we re-
member it, with respect TO tho statute Ci
limitations, the Attorney General claim
ing that the time named in The stat-
ute having been heightened to five years,
Lord could be held, and the defence claiming
that Il change in the time of limitations could
not affect an offence committed before the
change was made. The AitOrney-General OBJ
tanned two decisions in his favor, but The third
is against him. Mr. George ID. Lord is there
fore a free man, but obtains his release on
technical plea. His moral character stands
Just as he wrote il down IN black and white;
in other words ho has about enough to run
on the next Democratic State ticket, OF head
the next Monroe County delegation. The new
Reform Democracy seem to draw the line at
people who arc actually under indictment or
awaiting sentence; so that Mr.. George ID. Lord
may now step over to his old place of influ-
ence and power.
We repeat the appeal we have already made
to every voter who wishes to sustain the Con-
stituional Amendments, and to vote against
the State ticket of q corrupt coalition, 20 reg
ister, so that he may cast his ballot on No
vcmbcr 6. To-day is the last day of rogistra-
ton, and the voter who has not placed his