| Show JOHN B FLOYD TWO SKETCHES OF 1 THE MAN I 1 from tha th Dispa teh teb aug aus 21 2 L the th e d death e a t h 0 of f G gen e n J B F floyd I 1 oy d 0 orv ory lis fis is announced in our last leza jeza miner nays bays hf he dierl of the effects cl of jaundice jau udice and I 1 I 1 i t ft fodran ibs ims unde dundei these be he lids been suffering buff ering bince since april last he received the of religion rel rei iRion before be die lg d and ind remarked that be he was about to leave the world without any regrets and any ady sea sew general floyd was a man nan p cf very superior talents and of 0 command tig pres nce his ills 0 oratory tory we have heard de describe c ned led as or f the ll 11 highest chest aider older we never had bad the pleasure of lieari hearing tig ilg him ourselves his itis manners were trank frank can k and pleasing and his disposition kind and generoli gener ohi oai he was very approachable h nt ilie ille humblest sti iti m 1 dest aest person pernon was recil received ved with ge enes a and ans n il respect to bli lili benemie s he was vas pi and to his bis friends he was as trudas l t etee eted stee steb the tae flag of Vir virginia girill was yesterday at half anaston her capitol li ia honor to tha iha memory v of hie hit her astin 0 blon lson on fram eftim the new liew yak ark berald sep aj 2 the te n notorious rebel is reported to have died lk att fat t his residence in Abing abandon doni va on thurs izy lay hast cast 11 a he life was anything but a credit able one ope and in his hia odath joath he be carrid carristo to the graven cravea fiame flame dishonored and execrated floyd floya casborn was born boun in montgomery goity now now pow pulaski Pula puia ski aki cu bunty nty virginia during the year 1805 and gained the pin principal cipal bt his education at the south carolina college whence he be graduated in 1826 he then began the turly of the law and in 1828 avas avasa a linit timoted ted to the bar il about the year 1836 1838 he removed to helena arkansas where he practiced practised aa as a lawyer for fon kome rome littie time after which be he returned to virginia settling in i n washington county irs jha political 1 olit teal ital career commenced in 1840 1 lie lle ae supported pok and the annexation of texas in isi l sl during 1847 be lit was elected to the lower lb branch of the vieginia Vi iginia legislature and re liomin 1849 hewak hemas as elected governor of ele ule ate id iti 1851 and again returned to the derao be he opposed tebe the tibe compromise pleasures with great meece in the campaign of 1856 1956 revisited he visited this cily and mad a speech at atthe the merchants E z c hang bang in reply to one made at the same plade place previously aly by minnow general banks at ache the close of his speech in appealing to the F vre dpn to ao rally to the support of mr buchanan Buc hanan banan be de cared thatis that if it should so turnout that be he should be convinced that the mode of defeating fremont would be to vote ote for tor fillmore Fill he would g ve the vote it if bbb ine tie earth eaith opened and siv allowed swallowed him for it 1 without going into the details of the life of a man chos execrable conduct bas has blotted hit name nama from the list cf honorable men we vve cooie down aown to the time when he entered buchanana cha eha ch nans anana hans bans cabinet he be wab was appoint 1 ci eti acl secretary detary of war lie he 6 DO doubt entered upon hip hie duties with the full fall determination to assist the treasonable movement which cal ui m n nales it ad in in ih th pre present hent sent rebellion the last year yean 0 f ar if ai a cabinet officer yeah he e armed at aud a all th tb sub Suh ern forts filled the arsenals of the south with improved arms obtained an immense sum sura of government b money moner by hy m means earls earis ae acceptances 4 and after h he e had accomplished a all ail 11 t this his and as the buchanan administration was waa cloaking cl its last bours he sl blinked inked away a traitor to his country and a defaulter to the be gove government gavern ment once again on I 1 virgan V ia soils soil be used his influence to bolster up tto tte the bogus confederacy he lie was appointed to toabe abe command of 0 of f rebels and ainu 0 western virginia during abe ahe bummert of 1881 1851 his exploits at gauley brida bridge stamped his deputa reputation tion fion alt ait as an arrant cow coward ar d after enga enra evagin en agin ginz the union troops belij behind nd immense fortification for one da maille twe the lul lui latter was wall in the open field he improving the advantage of the nigh tand with bis his army retreated from bedora the tre loyal troops troop of general Rost nosi crans crang about the beginning of 1862 he was bera sent to kentucky and was placed in ili command of a brigade at fort fo ri Don donelon eloon when the fort was about to be surrendered floyd told his bis Compani companions tins in arms ebat that if he was taken takena prisoner lit ile h was sure to be hung and therefore with his command deserted his com corn raid rades radea eind ednd and mide good bis his escape such baseness could not be overlooked even by ills ilis co rebels and the public di disgrace ggrace which officially allowed followed his conduct clung to him hlat like a r pid rs web around a fly eyen even to the day of hta lits deal death a double traitor and a cov coi coward rard vard |
