THE DAILY BEE : SATURDAY MORNING , Dl OEMBER 25 1880. Tiih H E ROSE WATER : EDITOR To all itp tro.i * and readers THE BEE wishes a M rry Oristnia * . GALCSHA A. GROW is m k "ng n Btroiij : c < nt'st f r tte Eenatorship i Pennsylvania aud the fight Grows lively. . A NEW YOHK paper hae proved tha- he wurd ' 'damn" ia not a wicker oath , and the Times says that men who hare been urins : it for years every time they shaved , can mourn ovi wasted time. THIRTEEN derrick * , mnHciou. ly remarks - marks the Chic 5 < Tiibuite , were re- ceatly shipped from Chicago to St. Louis , and it is eviden' that < > ie gul.- are going to Imng up their s next Cbristmap the ai-nie & usual. A STROhO p ettuie is beig brouijhl npon the hi use to repeal the law re quiring stamps on bat.k checks Tin stamp tax amounts to only 61,700 , 000 a year snd is excissivcly annoy ing to depositors and ban ! ' . Tin- , with the mutch tax , c t. i uatily be abolished h ut jerccpublo loss. THE . "Unieiiitiitaj OrditiPiices" Tvhich grace our municipal s'atutt book aetm only to exist for the bene fit of the police ccurt and to the aci- v antago of the criminal classes. An amendment to our city charter , m : > K ing it imperative on our city offici . . - to enforce the ordinance ? , would ! > > . i greater advantage to the public .t an any of the proposed changi JEESEY CITY IB wrestlir . . ! railroad taxation queetii.t < proportion of the property in the city j | belongs to railroad c < mr.atiiie , and by theircharters is extmpt fr < m taxation. The total r al estate taxable valuatii n Is § 58,500,000 , and the valuitinnif railroad pnptrty ia S30.COO.CCO. all the latter exempt from local tax.iti > 'ii by state laws. The tax rate paid by Jersey City people ia 3 on the hun dred , and even this , high as it is , does not yield enough revenue to de fray the running expenses of the city go vernmo. t and pay the interest on Its debt FOREIGN ECHOFS- The troubles of the E-ig * h riual- iats are the natural outgrowth of church establishment. Years cqo , be- fo ro the non-conformists had attained their present growth an. } iuilonce in England , the establshmeuf : u ed the machinery of the fatate t" persecute those outside i'o ; alo. To-day a party inside the c.nch cmpLy the B amo means to t : . \ a more feeble pirty wi hin thef-1 i In the present cases the use of < r'ain ceremoniea and vestments bj > i'.ovs. Dale and Enri < : lit litve li -i A > clared by the Court ot Arches r viclation of law , and forpersisten employment of the fame the offending clergmen have been clapped in prison until such time as they shall purge themselves of contempt. Meanwhile the ritualistic churches are offering up fervent pray ers for the constancy of their perse cute d brethren , and a strong feeling of tympithy Is beii g awakened for the martyr divines. The ultimate result of .he whule unfortunate buaincra : a likely to bo the building up of a p rty within the Established Church , which by union with the non-conformists , will inaisi on disestablishment. Spain is undergoing an unneuil po litical excitement , caused by the comIng - Ing meeting of tie Corica. Il is be lieved by many of liberals that the cabinet will take advantage of the re cent negro insurrection in Cuba to withhold th ir promised reforms. The recently diacf.ered frauds on the treasury have eatcd 3 feeling of distrust in the niiLirtry . f finance , and the retirement of Scnor Cofgayon is hinted at aa one of the probibiliues. A stion faction will push a bill tor the repression of the Jesuits , which , however , is little likely of accomplishment. The t TO rival leaders , C-stelr.r aud Serrano , are at swords points on nearly every matter of public policy , and a lively cession is promised. Contrary to ihe general expecta tion , another movement towards the eettlemeut of the vexed Greek bound ary question has been made by the power * , Austria , Germany , France and Italy agreeing to act as a board of arbitrators with England , provided that the other powers give their aest > n < to it , and that both Turkey and Greece shall previously signify their acceptance of any decision of the powers. This proposition will open the door for further diulomntic delays a a the Porte has reiterated as a basis of negotiations , the proposals made in his note of Oct. 3 , which baa been entirely scouted by the Greeks. ' Dis patches t < London from Athens an nounce that Greese ia one vast camp. \nd that scouting parties have already . . .la'sod the border into Thrace. P15ASAN i' PROPttlETARY. That a radical l , nd reform bil vv 11 be introduced ly Mr. Glad stone's mill's ry during ih-J cniniut seasi-n of U ' - pxilianen genera'ly c-m- c > > di > d by both hbt-rals and tones. N reform wjich aims at an > thing le- than peasat t pr"pnetorahip will b.- accepted b > the I lah lind leigue ; s it solut en of the trou lea in I'tlm-- T.ie p-e-ent s. stem of lir e estati-s farnud by tenai.is at will , who art lft to nuke and maintain all il-e per mancnt and iiecesi iry works and buildings , and who live in constan fear of havn g their rents increase 1 s lely because of their own indua' t y , must be done away with. In its place mutt be substituted a system of land tenure by whih peasant proprietorship in fee simnl w 11 be assured and an inc n iva far nished towards the b st mil zati-in and dev -l < > { meiit of the rrs 'Urcea of the soil. John Bright urg-s the pur- chnse of th landed eataus 111 IreUbd by the British novernment and their Sale to the people at a fair appraia d Vilue , notes being taktn by the gv - o nment for purchase niomj' at a rate of from 3 to 3i jxr cent and tx tending over a period of from twenty to twenty-five jf r < - . Sncli a echeuie we believe woilt-i hea fi mlicul as well as a political success , and we bise ouropinim mi the ou'come of the Church Land sales in Tit-land took in the 1872-3- wh ch place years - - M-'o-'C. In the yaar 1870 , as the result of cHurch disestHblishment , the church c mmissioners offered for sale a largo q-iantity of la-id , compr sing some 9 OCO holdiuus in the ounties of Fermanagh , Tjroue , Derry , Dunegal , Armagh and Cavan. By the act nf parliament , which Mr. Gladstone wa-s iiutiumental in passint ; , every lesaeo - 'cnant was emitiea to htvu an offer n : ? holdini : at a fixed pried before it , ras oifcred for sale to the public. Tnc average price at which the lands were 'ffered was sotnethm over tweiity times their annuil r-ntal , ye % notvn hstanding the high rite 0,000 t-nauts purchased th.sir f.r.ns by pa/iug down a portion of the pur- chiS'j money and giving notes to the commission for tli balance. Tne ro- miinder of the hoi hnga were pur- chised by outside parties , moat of whom were pmall tena it farmers fr m other counties. Nearly ten years have passed since fin fir.-t sdk-s were nude under the Church act and the result has proved the practicability of such a plan and the energy , indmtry and thr.fi of the Irish pei pie. Notwithstanding the kmwn fact that the church lands were poor , rocky acd wretchedly developed and their tenant < poor and struggling farmers win , in HMHV instances , sold th'ir cattle to raise the necessary sums required for the cish down of the pur chase money , fie chjrcrt commission ers have ! < < yet ben forced tb fore closn a single mortgaga , ind the ar- rea-agea due the commission at the end of last year amounted to but 10 pr contof the annual amount receiv able. The purchasers , notwit islanding the agricultural depression are report ed as contented and aelf-reli.int . , pleated to b > free from the control of landlords and agent- * , and steadily im proving their properties. Such as have been forced to sell have deco seat at a good advance err their purchase money , and the kiiowledgo that free sa'es wera possibla haa spurred the farmers to renewed improvements on their promis ' 3. With good crops and ordinarily prosperous times , a fe.v mur < 3 years will sec the tenants In un- incumbored p isseiniuns of their farina and laying up property for their chil dren aud euccessor . Tno success of this experiment conpletoly puts to flight the fallacious arguments of thcco enemies to laud reform in Ireland who assert that the Irish peasantry are not Beted to become linded pro prietors. The mos' carjful statistics prove that where circumstances are at all favorable no rcu u mui-o indus- triou' , encreetic or thrifty. The ox panmont of working a radical reform an ' ' preae it system will only be ii ; : i" Mr. Ulidatono and hia mil I'ivi a careful examination to the 's n the pos3fl si'in of the BritUi 2'ivjrament relitive to the GOOO tt.nt firmers who rose froai peasAi * o proprietors under the C.iurc , ui- ! Act of 1801) . TliE openir.t ; of the magnificent stablea of Mr. James Stephensan was celebrated in a bt coming manner Thursday evening hy a large attend ance of our most prominent cinz-ns. The speeches of those who put on the oratorical "hainess , " expressed the sentiment of our people in according Mr. Stephenaon nil praitc for his en terprise , public epint nd energy , andinwisiin.'him the business succete h' < w II desTves. With the wish that Lis "lines" may always fall in p'caaaut places Tnn BEE joins with many others in their congratulations over the completion of the ilejrant structure. ILLINOIS is the . biggest wher.t-grow- ing state in the country , but Ohio takes the cake for raising presidential plums. GEORGE ELIOT. The cab e brings the sad announce ment of the dea'h of Mrs. Cros ( Geo. Etiot ) which took place at 12 o'clock n Wednesday evening at her home in L .ndon. Marian C Evans was born in War wickahire i'i 1820. E irly in life sht w.s adopted by a wealthy English clergyman and enj > yed the ad vantages f n excellent education under the tu'elayo of a brilliant young engineer < iow known to fame as Herbert Spencer. Misa Evans mental maturity was slow. She was a voracious reader , a fine musician nd an accomplished linguist yours before she wrote a line for tha presp. Her earliest publication was a transla- nun of Strauss' "Life ofChrist"which in 1S4G , and which was fol- eiijht yeira later by a translation of luotbich's "Essence of Cnnstianity. In 1857 a aeries of sketches entitled "Scenes of Clerical Life , " appeared in Blackwood's over the nom do of "George Eliof. " Their freshness , diversity and power in the d lineation of character at once at- ir ced Attention to the author , v > ho , in the following year by the publica- cioa of "Adam Beac , " wts universally accorded a place a. eng the moit dis- tiiigu hed of English novelises. In i860 ppeared the "Mill on the Floss ; " "Sihs Marner" in 18G1'Ilomola" ; ( drat published as a eerial in The Corn.- i.ill Mtgazine ) in 18 3 ; "Middle- march" in 1871 ; "Daniel Deronda" in 1876 ; and "Theophrastua Such" in 1878. Her poetical works are : "The Spanish Gypsy" published in 18G8 ; "Agaiha" in 18G9 , and "The Legend cf Jubnl" in 1874. For a number of years she was associated with John Stuart Mills , a ? as-r : iate editor of the Westminster Re view , and always was a devoted desci- ple of Jeremy Bentham aud M. Comte. Misa Evans waa mnrried a number of years ago to Gaorge Henry Lowes , the diatin uished expounder of Posi tivism , and within a year after his death to Mr. Cross , a London mer chant. Her second marnago waa sol- emnir.ed on the 4th of May , of the present year. As a novelist George Eliot will go dowr : to posterity as the founder of a new school of fiction Her deep met aphysical traininu uaily turned her at tention to the study 11-jrac'er. . It is as a portrayer of the difficulties which beset the human soul that George Eltot s nes supreme. She aimad to revolutionize the whole- eth ic d theory of fiction , and adapting her views to life in all its hard and stern reality , she branded poetic jus tice as a falsehood , and strnck mighty blows at the altar which other novel ists had erected to worldly success. Her fundamental principle was , that a 1 human experience is designed to discipline and purify and that thu actint ci nditions of life , however rough and rugged the road , are best adap ed to attain this end. George Eliot's whole moral sjs em waa based on the service of humanity. Her philosophy aimed at a consistent and faithful working out of the noblest Heal of human character through the discipline of experSi-nca , a-cepting the stern re ilitiea cf life ind mak ing the-ii thr- r'eppins ' ; atones to higher attainments. Selfishness wis the one ladtcil vice of the heart in her view and a spirit of generous outworking self forgetftruesi the one great virtue. T iis is the key to all the parsonages who appear ia her stories. R'tiiili , Mtggie Tul'iver ' , T to Mrlemi nd Gwendolen Har- leth am al exm /lilie.UHius of her fn- v-trite theory , c .t , ic rs painted with a b. > ld. esi of tr k ind jet with an accuracy 01 U'nan iiich 'vill ever give them a place in .he gallary of the im- aortals of literature. The plots of her fictions , never in tricate , were always subordinated to her leading design of character portraiture traiture , and the minor characfe-a served but as backgrounds to bring into stronger relief the leading char acteristics of the principals , or to fur nish the conditions best adapted to aid or retard the devel > p'neiua of the chief actors in the drama of life. Differing so greatly from other nov elists in her aims , it ia impossible to compare "Gsjorge Eliot" with any other writer of English fiction. In her peculiar sphere she will always s'and supreme. Her chiractora are genuine creations , which will grow mjra and more in public esteem as fiction becomes more elevated and public taste more refined. Personal. For four years ptst I hive not sld a word about public affairs or public men without having eome one hur back at me my misfortunes in my personal financial affairs and consequent quent poverty , through The Omaha Rapublican or News. The laat of th series was in The llopablican of the 2jd iustaut , from the former proprietor tor of The Fremont Tribune , "the seventeen-year-old boy , " who was bore wit' . E silver spoon In hia mouth. The I < e.public3ii outfit deem ? this high-oji d , appropriate , digniiieu , manljpo'ite , wise , noble , gentleman ly , cr niprehensive , argumentative , couci'jsive and crushing rejoinder. PerLs.1 a It is. I am content. ST. A. D. BALCOMBE. .1 CJME INTO OUDET , And Stand Before the Bar of Public Opiniocg. To J. C. Santee , editor Knox County Xews ; M. S. Baitlett e'itor ' Uest Point Republican , an i S'th P Mobley , editor Gr.n i Island Independent ; My refusal to support E. K. Val entine for re-election to congress and the defeat of four U P. cappers on the ao called republican legislative ticket in Douglas county through the oppoaition of THE BEE , haa drawn upon my head cuisea loud and deep from every brass-collared barnacle , ' and every time-serving lick-spit'le every politic' * ! renegede that wields a quill. These tirades of Blunder and abuse have been revamped by The Omaha Republican aa expressions of the sentiment of the republican masses , when , in fict , they merely echo the vone of depraved political strumpets , who thus bid for the < rrati- tndo and favor of Valentine aud hia owner , Jay Gould's monopoly. I have patiently born this calumny in silence during and since the campaign , and should h va continued to treat the insolent slanderers with silent contempt. My silencn has , however , " ben construed in some quarters in'o an admission , ni.d his cmb ilceued the rogues to gu s > far as I to even faltify the official election re turn ? and set up the claim that Val entino haa received a larger p > pular rote tj'itui any candidate on tiio state ticket Under such circumstances , further forbearance would be crimi- ml. The tro to whom this open letter is a.'dressed are typical representatives of ilio aniaU army of alandurera is'"l blackguards who have made me their target , and I assure them at the out set thit I should not waste nmunition on a-iy < if them if the rebuke I am about to a-Jminjster to them aid u t reach their whole class , J. C. S.in'ee ia a pi'l.tical barna cle , w huh is , for several y.ars , beun poatmastor at Ntobrara and , f ( r the pa.t year , haa been editor and pub- lishnr of a retderless parent boels heet The Knox County Ndwa. Fivj yosrs a4n ; , whr-n Judge Crounae was re i f.senting Nebraska in congress , thm parasite was a rampant opponent of the Hitchc < ck factinn. During iho summer ot 187G , in the he it of the senatorial campiign and before I h d ever become acquainted with him , he wrote to me the following letter : NIOBRARA , Knox CD. , Nab. , 1 September 14 , 187C. f Hon. E. Roscwater : DEAR Siu I am one of the de'egates to the state convention from thi- county and have a .proxy , w ich entitle < ma to two votes in sa'd conv ntjon. I have thought of making a motion in paid con enti n o nonrnate a can iidate fur U. S. senator iu accordance with the pioviaiuns of the new constitution. I think it would he perfect ly safe to nonjina e the i resent incumbent ( "Hit h-ock ) t lea t in this di trict he would le dcfuitul by at least a good infini ty probably twj-thlrda tint would leave him out of the canvass a d our ret ree ta- tive would he at liberty to choseamnng thi irantS. . f.ir aI ified other a-i > irant- > ) a- am qua to judge on his subject. Judge C ounse s the c oice of the people in this oistrict. The nomination for rej reseutative in this di trictisb tween myself ludVa" . Hanila. I have a clear majority of the delegate * , lmt feel somewh.it doubtful about the Bo- hemi n vote . Vac. aspire' to the po-ition of Register of th 11 id Jfi : e , and if he could be m de i > eheve that his chances would be advamed bv ny ii'il being a condidate for represen tative , but by Diving me his support , the noniinrttinn and election w.ail t lie a fore- gnno c nclusiou. If j' ' u or some friend in Uniaha , would \v ite him to that effect without mentioning my mme , it would ( ave a good effect. I s > h ill call and see you when en loute foe Lincoln. / am afraid if Vac. slioufd l > e thcM he teoulil le captuivl I'ltlic llitcheockparty ayahi , as he teas last spring. Yours , etc. , JOHN-C. SASTEE , r. M. Now this man Smtee , who waa such a staunch Crounso man , and was afraid Vac. Rinda could not be trusted , wen * down to Lincoln within ten days after he wrote that letter and then and here waa himself ciptured by Hitch cock , and vot"d first , list and all the lime with the U. P. fa ; tion. Two yeara ago , when Judgj Crou-iso was a can didate agamst Valentine , this d mble- dealingbmiaclo , who pretended to ba such an enthusiastic Crounse man while Cr < uns waa in congress cast his vote for Valentine and aszaina' . Crounie , in the etate convention. PtrouaIy ) wo have never quarrelled , and only once beforj did I go so fa r as to remind him , publicly , of his double deuling. And yet , without any provocation whatever , this man bus gone out cf of hin way to slander and iibusn me and charge me Kith interference in the local politics of hia county and dla rict , where 1 had not dreamed of ; interfering. ! During and since the recent cam ! paign , no paper in the state has been i inoro abusive than the home < iran of ; E K. Valentine , The West Point Re publican , edited by M S. B irtlett. I hav. no personal acquaintance with this man ; would not know him if I met him , and if he harj over been introduced or pointed om to me , I hwo no recollection of it. Hartlett waa formerly editor of a paper in An telope -unty , and in that sheet , as well as in "Valentine's own , " he hai v.llitk-d and blackguarded mo with more malignant vinriicti/eness than a.iy other man in or out of Nebraska. 1 I have never to my knowledge cr.iaeed hia path ; hava never in any way sought to do him an injury , and this is the first time that I resent his li bellous assaults. Two or three years ago , when Bartlett waa 'rcaaurer cf Atjtelnpe countyand editing the paper thct raa alandering'me'ho ' court house of Antelope county , r.nd the county rec ! rda were destroyed by nn incen diary. The current belief was that ' .he bniliring waa set on fire to cover an alleged embezzlement of fends by the county treasurer. Thut re port ia still believed by many. Although Bartlett waa ft not indicted for want of positive proof , hia conduct was decidedly sua iiicioua , alic he concluded 10 change his plco of ro idence for the s ke of harmony. And yt t , up to this time , I have nut even referred to this dark- episode in Bartlett's career In laat September after Valentine was nominated , the following article ppeared in The West Point Republi cm The rolitical vam lire down at Omaha whose cognomen isKosewate ( Uirtvwat r woildbefjr more app opriate. ) and who makes a living by bla kmail ng public men having been spurned by Jnd e ValenMne for duhp > < > rable propositions maile turns up n him all the vengeance and hate of wh ch his c < m empt'ble nature is teeming. In his last attac t he charge * him with fraud'i securing the allowance of brt < nis pension c aims. It is p _ > ssibie that Kosewater believes this. Beinir the embodiment hiiit-eif of llthatisdbhone t , depraved and vici us , it is impossible for him to um erstand how any m .n can be hone < t and upright. W e can very well unilersta d why there cm be no fellowship between HDI water and Judge Valentine. I heir nature are just as incompatible and dissimilar as < il and water. One is a generous , upncht wholesouled iuan ; the otner is a vindictive , tr.iit > rous , unprin cipled knave , wh cloata i the itefatniition of ch iracter , ami dirty worU K nerally. It must be consoling to'ju ge Aralentine to know that ti o'-e re.ubicius , whom this imp of Brlzebnb opp. ses , thrive the best iii the state. When this -currillotis article ap peared I wna inclined to challenge V.ih'iitiiiB , who duubcleas inspired this ! ibel to pr duce the pro ifa or itand br > nded as lyinij ac > undrel but up .n r flectiinl thonght host to ro erve my challenge to a tl'in- when the excitement of the campaign hr.d died out and the pub'ic ' cou d pass cilm , diap. S3Jonat' judgment up OT it I now and hreby do challenge E. K Valentine and hia yellow doi : , M. S. Bartlett , to produce a scrap of the pin or a scintilla of proof which anybt dy will believe tnat I have ever applied to Valentine for any f v or , hate ev-r a ked him f > r a penny , or tiave ever aou ht to pr icure an app - p ntmjut for any man through Valentino , or asked him to endorse a'iy man for any app mitmant. I hereby brand Valentine and Bartlett aa infamoua caluminatora and chal lenge them to name i-.ny man I have ever blackmailed , or from whom I have ever sought to obtain money by threata or by any other unlawful moans Thf following olbcial docu ment Khan's tiut there waa a time when V -ntine l wisnn applicant for fa-'or at my hand- : KNOW ALL MEN BY TrIESE PKE- SENTS : That we Edward K. Vale.itue , rf Omaha Nebr.isa ! , as principal , ai cl John A. Smiley , John H. Sahler and Edward Knsewat-r , of Onmha.e .ra k.i , asu'e - ties , are h Id and fi inly bound unto the UNITED * T vTE OF AMERICA , in the full and j i-t Mini of Ten Thousand Dollar . money cf the UNITED S I'ATE.S , to which payment , wel anil truly to be m.tde , we bind our-elve * . jointly and sev erally o r j"int and s-"eral heirs exe u- tors a d admiuLitratoi s , hrmly by thea- presents , ealel with our sea s and dated this Eleventh day of Al.iy , in the year one tliotHund e ght hunched and sixty-nine. The condition < > f the fvn > i"iny oUiyation is such , tha uhereaa the president ot tne Unit d S > ate h. ' < pursuant to law , ap- poi ited E'lward K. Valentine to ] ! eiegis er of the ai cl offi e atVet Pnint.Nebra ka , for f nr year , from the l t cl iy of April , A. D. , 8 9 , under comm jsion dated the 28-.ii d.iy of April , 18 0. Now therefore , if the s-jid Edwarl K. Valentine has truly an > t faithfully executed anil discharged , and rhall " cont-uue truly und laithful'y to execute" and disch.-r.e all the duties of said otiics according t law , then the abve obiigati n to be void and of no effect ; otherwi e it shall abide and remain in full force an virtue. [ Se.Ied ] EDWARD K , VALESTISE. [ Sealed. ] JOHN -v MIILEY. [ Sealed J JOHX H.AHLEU. . IS'-a ; d.J EDWARD UOSEWATEK. Signed , sealed and delivered iu the pre sence of CAMPER E. YOST. Omaha , Nebraska , WAT OM B SMITH , Omaha , Nebraska. UNITED SATES OP AMERICA , J l.nstru.t of ru-bra-.ka J I. S \ . Strickland , att-rney of the United States foJ the District of Nebraska d > h i.ycei tify that the within ln.u l men of Ed ard K. Valentine , pp inteJ Keg- I'.ter cif the I i d UlfiYe , at West Point. NebiasUa , twit : John A. Smilej" , ot Oiua > a , Nebraska ; J.ihn H. Sailer , of Omnh , Nebraska , and Edward Hoae- watir , of Omaha Nei raska , re good and sutlioieat surutie for theamou t named in the within bond and I do her by approve tlie said band and c rtify fc > the sufficiency o ! the sureties tin-rein named. S. A. STRICKUKD , U. S. Attorney. for the District of Nebra-ka. Dated at Omaha , Douglas Co. Neb. , Alay II , A. 1800. GENERAL LAND OFFICE , 1 Jlay 21 , 19 , 1809. j Approved. JAS. WILSON , WASHINCTO.V.D. C.Dec 14 , ' 80. A con ect conv. [ SiguadJ WILLIAM LAWRENCE , F rat omptroller , U. S. Tieasury. This bond recalls a cnapter in Val e t na's history. In 1869 , when Va - entino was living in Omaha on a clerk's salary I w s m mngor of thn Western Union Tel graph c mpany'a oflicj in this city , -it the instance ot Major Balcumb t in ubliaherof The Republican , and nthtr frienda of Sen ator Thayer , including myself , Valen tine waa appointed rtgster of the Weat Point land i ffice. lie was re quired to furnish a SlO OO'J o.iiul. and buing ntti.ily irreaponaiblo waa sorely distres-'ed nverhis inability to procure the sjrct .a. Even hia owu brothers in-law , 1 > t'l of whom were well-to-d , declined t < j t-ku trie risk. After many day's search Valentine secured th-- names of John Sahler and John Smi- ley , both in-olvent , and then appealed to me. Desirous of ading a worthy but poor young man ai I then regarded him ( uid beina .1 member of the same Misonic lodge ) I signed I is bond and qualified for the amount. I did not aik Valentine for a line to secure mo , nor did I exact a promis.- of official f vor. I h.id no axe to grind then , aud did n t dream 1 should ever leave the telegraph ser vice to become an editor. Suppose Valentine had failed to aecuru t at boid , as many other poor men have failed , both before aud a nco that tune. Instead of becoming judga or c ingre.-sman he would havi remained an onscure clurk. And , by-ihe-w-y , it is decidedly in accord with the eter- ri ; ; ! fitness of thinga that Caaper E. Yost , a chronic office holder , witne'jedt t my signature to that bond. Why i didn't Yoat , who ia such an admirei of Valentino now , sign as one of the I principals ? My name still remains on Valentine's bond , and I am the only responsible bondsman. When my attention waa called to Valenljne's crooked land office record , ' wheu he was convicted of smrdling | homesteaders , aa waa done this j ear ' in the John Ruah c sein the ci Una of his county , when letters were pouring in on mo xp sins.'dishonest transac tions , which myself r my family may yet bo called to account for ; what right have political barnacles and rene - e ad a to arraign me for rofuaiuj * aup p.irr to Valentine/ / For she beneht of Seth P. Mobley , who vouches for Valsntino in a recent article aa an hi norable and trust worthy man , vrhi.m he has never known to be uil-y of ono dishonoraole act , I will relate another lchipter in Valentine's cireer. In the summer if 1878 a few d ys after the drath of Congressman Welcn , an Omaha mer chant , who ia intimate with S. H IL Clark , informed me that V lentine was Clark'a choice aa the succ aaor of Welch. I met Valentino on the cars retu.-ntng with the escort to the b > dy of Welch , and he "confidentially" rhispered in my ears ih.it many per sonal frienda nrged him to become a candica'e b t r > wai nfra'd Hi ch- cuck and the Union Pacific would throiv thuir infi icace in the e > nve.i- tion against him. I njoyed an in ward smile over hia cunmutj , although disgusted with hn bare faced lyiu , ; . \Vhcn the convention met thtUnii'ii Pacific forces pooled on Valentiiu- , but they would never have succeeded had it not been for juac auch rem- gradea as S'th P. Mobley , who still IMS the chfek to pli y anti-monopol > editor. The da ; af'er the convention ib.'Ut ten am. Valen hie c.illid in my editorial room. He was pr. fo vrith asjurancea that bo would tr-at mo and my tnends fiirly , and c in- ael wi'h ua in all public matters IIo expressed much anxirty to have my active support. I told linn Tim BEE would give c irdhl support to the p-h' lo ticket. The editor-al leader t-nJ > iraing thi nomination ? , waa al ready in type and the candidates were all handsomely endorsed. Valentine expressed nui.-h grat fixation , gave re newed assurances tf friendship and departed. Ten minutes later Albinus Nance pir. in an appearance on aim- i ! r nrrrt'ir ; ho too expressed anxvty for THE BEE'S support of Valeu. . I re d him my editorial proof i lul i ing the whole ticket , nd he away satiatied. Scarcely had N c reached the foot of ihe stair * I Senator Paddock made hii way up. be too called ! to aaaurc me trust no d'scrimiuation would be m ule in the creitment ei'hi-r of myself or my friends and those who helped to nom inate Valentine. Ho too was much ple/ieed thaf I had decided to supp irt t > e whole ticket. .1 si'pp irted Valentine , ss I had voluntarily started out to d" , bt cause I regarded his election in 1878 easen- tial to the snpre'mcy nf th. rcpublt can p rty , and not because he pledged | me and my frienda fair treatment. 11 hid no f.iith in Ha p Cflgea. In Fabruary , 1870 , I was ia Washington city , pendng tie contest o.'er the appoi t nent of Jndsje Orounao to the intern ' - avenue enue collectorahip. Valon'n i aa also thoru , makinij desperate if * u > prevent the app ii tment , nJ one r-a on he gave f > r opp-is'-ng Judge Utonnae waa ihit Crouuac waa i Un&e- ivater man. At that period Villen tine had not even taken his at in congress A few moMhs later , whun the appointment of Brun i Tz- buck waa up , he oppi atd it n&in'y h < tn c Tz ahuck was HP" nf imi nds. AnG yet Seth P. Mbi 3y as ur < B me in a very scurrilous art ( HIM Val entine ia ihe pink ut it IT. Seine people with loiiir hair h . > very short memories , you know , ' > 'ey ' faila to remember that V.i er . : > . ' bbied a hill th'OiK'h the last le- . ' t'-.i-e giving h-m § l,8CO for s.-rvi h > diil not render a clean 8 ea1 Bjt Mobley who haa a postal cl - : ; * on the U. P. , certifies that V. lenttne ia the pink of hnni.r , because he < ervod in tht ai ue i g m nt vlt i him during tt e war. All h"iii > rte Val n- tiin- , the s > ldi r ; but it Vtltmtiue , 'he t jister of the land oflic-- , swindled Homesteaders , and Valentine , ho jud e , rubbeJ the tax pajera of Ne nraaka , a h H been shotvn hy iho rec- otda , E. K Ar.ilenii e is r t tht- man to represent this sta-e in couyfe-s. Thit ia why I , in common with niiirly 4 COO republicans , refused to su , p-rt tiira for re eloctii n. Why didn't I ' ppose hia ren minaticni T > ecausj J kn w brfnrthind ttiat the r ilr..ids h'd pi-oled on him nd erebcjiid t > - pull him through theconventu-natatl h.izirda. T'istead of receiving the h'ghest vote cast for any cindidato on the state ticket aa the lick spittle barn - n icles have time and a ain misin- fo med the readers of their p > p'r. V .lentine ran Way bt hind hia tiuko and received less votes than any oher candidate In c > ncluaion let me say that it is decidedly Impertinent for Sesh P. M > bley , who waa a defeat.-d candidate f > r the legislature on a b 1 era ticket four years ago , to lectur010 and over one thousand rrpu be .ns in D uglaa county for refna' .jj euj > ort to man like Coutant , who h J voted < inst reducing tolla on tht Unnn Paiific bridge , and for the exemption of railroad proper , y from taxation in ihe laat leg slature. * EDWAUD It THE PRESIDENCY OP THE SEN ATE s'utton Re , ' gter. While tha new ptpera are buaily nt work electing tne speaker of the house , It might be well to note the fact that a p isatble c .ntingericy may which the arise in co sequence ot presidency of 'ha ' senate miy become a matter of ne amail imp.ir'ance. The senator elected aa preaidetit pro tern. , should be capable aud cons : ientioui , - and reliability such a man of aoil-ty , as would wortriily fill the ollijo of governorjshouldsuch a "contingency" arise. E. 0. ( Jirnea , lieutenant j ; VBrno- , 13 trying hard to elect Nance to tLo United Statai eonate , eo that fct can be elevated to the pooition of . { jvcrn- or. The Sevrard Reporter < < .iea unt speak in fluttering terma of E-'ivard Cornwallia Car es. In fuel , to j.nlge by ita pointed remirka , ony wi nld conclude 'hat he traa a first class linker. [ > Vahoo Tlmea. nn. . John C. Myers , the gentle- mau ho has the hon-T of ropreennt- ini' the nndt wealthy aud pupxiou aeiiat rialdiatrictin Nebraska , ( Docg * las aud Sarpy , ] would bo a man of all cthra f't the position of president cf t.ie je a:8. Mr. Myera la acknowl edged to be ono of tne heat parlia mentarians in the state , iid ia .i .eady deba'er. He 13 no strar.ger to the ci izens of this state ; no cerved In the lower house from Duuijla * count , in the win ter ut 1370. and intf due d thu reso lution or , snp icl.ii. ut . _ .rsc Gov. Boiler , and w-a tiio in u uer 'i ' > - hief f the unpe.iclniioiit in 1. He waa leered ai u mouibor of 'he contitn- "lor.al r.o > V-T II n of 1871. In 1875 1m wud elec a. , .o thu > tate S n te fr > iu Doiiglts , t > > fill a vacancy , but wo3 sonij Htur pp inted cm sul geu- er l to Slioiiiiha' , Chiiii * , wuhut any ir.fl i. nco fr m Sa ors Ili chcock ' nd I'ado'i'ck , who hoh opposed him wi'h ' , all their m . .h , ; but des pite all : heir efl'Ts ho w a * p- pointd by Gin. Gran' , and cm- tirmed by the senate. He has a world -vide r-nntitiori frrm h fact tha : h. * wn ? t o p.-iuiu in Anu ail t our CIiiiH-.se nut.-'r. Mr. Seward. Mr Me > > > T > 'H li. ' . > r c.i ! o "yin trigue n WkaMn" " n , in trie sttede - p rtini-ii' . [ fid populiritv is shown in Omaha by tno laryo m. j irny ho ruci iv > ] iitt witJ.st s-d.i < { 'ho general li hi iii.uio on ii. , icl } 1 the rest of the n" > uhh atfrwit He u in thor- < i'h j mot > vi n the tanner * of the * ti > < , and will uiutoiibteo.lv take the ifnt ii fhozmtJ-nn-i'opo ' nii.veiu th lf ' l t .re thi * winter. [ L nculn Globe. 01I1EK CLKKK. T > e Globe KNrus th t CJ.orgO L. ruwii ia a catul d v't for cliif f c > e kcjf the house , aid in j'isticu to r im would say that as u cl k he lni < ne equal , and thetus < .Ttic > 'i will bo fiackfd up nllmoiub rs of the Ki/j-laturd : 1S7C He 'n tul. of uiotl.od and ia ono f tne bo t readers in the state , and b < ! libf > wonl.n t rry : U e\e rtut 1 \vcrb tu bu k.ioott-1. [ L'.ico n .O'jO. D.-tr it Free Press : Mr * . C. Whip- pi. ' , 371 Cr ghm street , prt entsthejo s : "F < r s x yea's I had aufferrd y-nd all oxpteajioii with scia ic . : m.ii ni , a n > tried eve-y f. io n " 'fi kut * 1 to no pnrpso. . A * 1 AV in The Free Preai an ad- 13-niunf. j { H.Pt. . J.ic > 01 , ic and m well I ! wal ' ' 'mping anci slee free from Ha Dou t. Cheyenne u . Aaexch-i e says : "Every newspa per in N bi.ia ! < a ! i f'er tnocalp of Ktteewatnr. of THE BKE. " Now ihli ia riduul * tn 0:1 110 ( art of the hair- hunt ng joun.als , f-i Ii sewaUr taaa bald aa a porelaiii nest-egg t > nur cer tain know edge , aiid ho imcdn't iry to deny it. "James , i * that Yon ? " Beaten IW. Wouie i are timid trfttjres , * nd ha'e to he ieit lit a IIIHMM al > ao at night , 8" i ho "t'L-r el ix uiit.ii Air G.illaghor went a ay from liora , leav ing his wife wi'h only an innon-nt 3er- vant , ihe WAJ v. ry much w.irnecl , and readily b rkeno to the vu cj of an Veat who called jiut after Grtllucher haa gone arounrt the cori'er , and wanted to sll hrr a iiinchiuo which wou d prttei.t bursars Irom yetting into the house. She bui tit three. Those placed at the fn.nt and bick doors were so arranged that when the door was opened , a hammer would strike duwn fn m nbove and kao k down th > pt rion try- in" to eii'er. A thinl ConttiVanco o' d fferent pitttrn WAS Uic.-ci on the st iraand an t > -t at the front win dow. Gallaghimexpcc eely return , ed late at night , and , attemp i g 10 eiiter the front d > VT , pot a blow on tie nc Sd that km ckect him down the ateps into the stieei. He vas both s uprise 1 and nm yod at the circun s ance , and ut'urly unable to under stand it , tried ituii ior ignn. Sime result. He h nth'tt aoniobody win behind tne dor irymg to'is ° ' 3 sillato Mm , Mid , gulling up very u a 1 , ran ar u.U t > iho b'ck d or to go' in that way. Th rj ho seta a thump'ti.v s tr him H ckwird Intj the swili-barrel , nncl > : v is tern .y ' ens when he g t i < p He 4 av ed an axe , uud , ad lie > peiitU tiio uuur , a ain struck w > th it. l > ut IID In" no body , and got another knock-down. Tneu he went and got a policeman , ao t iatc no could tickle each duor , and onebo.iirj if g 1.111 ; but af or bo'h hadenjoved three knock-downs they met and umpired notes , and deci led that two men must bo in the ho ise. They then ir ed the front wiudowaiid raising it , a deludeoi icy water from a hoao arranged ti > b > ing it HOT I'ut b-aved upon them. they that and K't it. Then they ranaaclced the lower part of thn lionae , but could find nobody , ind nieaniuno Mra. G. , up-stairs , heatd thum , and nearly died of fnghi. They atincd up- staiw , Gallai-her tir < t , an I near the tcp a stair , fixed on pivot. r < Led untl'-r G lla < : her and hu < l d him backward , and he went to the bottom , taking the p dicoman v ith him. They bith yolie.l , but Galligh r yelled ihe loudest , ' .1 his wi e recognized his voice ' o favorite o.ith. Her coara" n. d. She wen' to the head of . t iand cried : "Jamm , ij tha ' Jam-a wan piin- fully h t . a * ul mad then , a . , t ! : Cian was Tying to ge. ' ao * : : ie breath Gdll'gh-r had i . . .t of linn. " > ( > , " cried ' , ' i not m ; it's ao-no other feil . .i ui Gll ah-r waa ' " > vc sevnt > 'fii luiea in one \\\i \ \ ' H 'ho knew it wat he , and then t 11.itmtt ra. Anl rn G ll gher g-tvn rin policemen 10 toa\v notriiiii ; ibuM fie mifor , and the .flictT rettrc-d , and th n G l- lagher jawed his wife f r two hi ur , and the next ctay Wf nt saveii null * * to overtake the nmii whif had s ' 'cl ' h-r iho machines aii'i kick the lite nearly nut of liiui He admiti that tne thtnv1 * would bdreadfu ly d.acour- auii'X t-i a burglar , though. SHOW GASES MAMUriCTCRKD JIT O / . CAJJ S > T.ri\llA.tiKil. : 3STOTZOE. Any on havlnsr dead aalmant 1 will ren.OTe themrc of chirge leave onlers Bouthcast corner of llarney and 11th St. , seconJ ilx > r. CHARLES SPLITT.