The national Republican., 1861-10-14
QUARREL BETWEEN FLOYD AND THE OFFICERS OF
THE WISE LEGION

QUARREL BETWEEN FLOYD AND THE OFFICERS OF
THE WISE LEGION.
It appears that the offlcerstf the Wise legion
have disapproved of Fioyds conduct, and pub
ished their opinions In the Richmond En-.
q,tirer, at which Floyd is greatly grieved, and
sends letter to the Enquirer, Of which the fol-
lowing is an extract:
"HEADoUARTERs ARMY or KANAwHA,
Camp on Se,oeu, Oct. 6, 1861.
In the Enquirer Of Oct lst, you have pub |
lished certain letters, dated In Camp Defiance,
purporting to be written by officers in the
Wise Legiou,' under my command. These
persons pretend TO narrate my conduct in this
ca mpaign, particularly in the late actions on
| the Gauley and retreat to Meadow Bluff.
Their statements are calumniatory falsehoods,
having no shadow of truth for their foundation;
but their intention, and not less their malig.
nifty is too obvious to permit me to believe
that they can be injurious, either to my own
reputation or that Of the army which | then
commanded" He then proposes to leave his
reputation to history, and to his living coun.
trymen who love justice" In conclusion, he
demands the names OF the officers who invented
and published the libels against their general
that they may be tried by the military tribu
nails, and punished according to the laws of the
army"
To this letter the proprie'ors and editors Of
the Enquirer thus reply:
"ENQulRER OFFICE, October 10, 1861.
John B. Floyd, Esq.
SIR: Your letter of Oct. o IL before us. Not
recognizing any authority in yourself, either
Individually or as commander Of the army OF
Kanawha, to demand the names Of our cores
pondents we decline to comply with your
request. TYLER, WISE, q ALLEGRE''
| "We declined to furnish the names of our
correspondents to Gen. Floyd, because of bis
purpose TO seek his vindication through
court martial, instead of the usual mode
among gentlemen. Whenever Gen. Floyd
proposes a personal vindication, the nance Of
our correspondents shall be furnished.
We shall dismiss this letter with the state
ment that the characters of our correspondents
have neuer been stained by the suspicion Of a
crime, and that the charge Of falsehood against
them is much easier made than proved. They
are gentlemen, the equals of Gen. Floyd, 10
every respect and what they have averred in
their communications, we believe to be true in
letter and spirit
Considering all that Floyd has done for the
South, we think this very unkind treatment.
But he appeals to history. No doubt " his
tory as well as his countrymen who love
Justice" will do him justice
POOR WISE.
Wise appears to have fallen from his high
reputation as military man. There are many
5 rumors afoat to his disparagement, but the
f Jeffersonvlle (va.) Democrat valiantly comes
4 to his rescue, thus: We will, however, ven
|, ture the assertion, that had the Government
is reinforced Wise at the proper time, his triumph
1t over the Yankee forces and Union traitors, II
,e Kauawha Valley, would have been as complet,
r. and brilliant as was his Waterloo victory owe
l. Know-Nothngsm in Virginia in 1867
le EXPECTED DEATH or WISE
We are extremely sorry TO learn that las
evening the health of Gen. Wise had not ex
hibited any improvement, aud that his con
y, dition excited very grave apprehension
;, Richmond Enquirer, Oct. II.
n sEQuEsrRATED ESTATES
O Since the 3Oth September estates and prop
e erty valued at $500, 900 have been confscated
Among those who have thus suffered are The
!. following:
D. Auguste Belmont, 500 hogsheads of tobacco
u
% Farant, of Norfolk; c. NJ. Fry & Co., Of New
,e York: Chckering Il Sons, piano manufacturers
ia through their Richmond agent; an estate o
70 800 acres, fully stocked with negroes, liv,
ia stock. &;,, owned by Wm G. Rives, jun, o
A. Boston; an estate OF 800 acres, with ful
,e stock Of negroes, &c, belonging to Franc
#. Rives, of New York city; and an estate of SO
ut acres, stocked with negroes, &C., tte propert.
II. OF Mrs. Sigourney, of New York city. Agent
to have been appointed to take care Of thes
ut estates.
'ic sEQCEsTRATION UF THE MONTICELLO ESTATE.
A petition has been filed for the sequestra
,R ton of Monticello" the former home of Je
nd ferson, now o wned by Uriah P Levy, captai
nv in the Lincoln Navy, and occupied by his brc
,ly ther who is alleged to be disaifected toward
the Confederate Government. The estate CON
prises 800 acres of land in Abemarle count,
assessed at $40 per acre, together with improy,
'D' ments valued at $2,S00 besides this there
another tract of 96O acres with sheep, nigger
hogs and a lot of household and kitchen furn
&c ture.
)n- RELEASE OF GEORGE ". vANDERGRlFr.
nat This man was formerly superintendent of tn
ct, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and WI
of strongly suspected OF some indirect agency
las the collision which occurred on that road ju
nd prior to the battle Of Bull Run, and which d
r. layed for some hours the junction of Johnson
of iorceswith those of ofBeauregard. He was arreste
nv and confined in Richmond but has been r
la leased, over which the Enquirer laments, as |
il, was good engineer, and has had an oppo
tunity of gaining q vast amount Of information
which he is now able to convey TO the va,
=. kees.' He has received his passports and wi
'1 ~" soon be here.
or BILLY Wilson's ZouAvEs sroRuED.
an The Enquirer has a telegram from Mobil
giving an account of this affair. 1t says tn
], 900 Contederates, under the command of Ge
Anderson, crossed the bay at 2 o'clock in Il
leo morning, and stormed tn. camp and burn'
y everything except the hospital and dest row,