The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-16

Importance to the final issue, for defeat is the
| ultimate destiny of everything that floats with
rebel flag
TIE RoDBER FLoYD-BAsE INGRATITUDE
| AMONG THE REBEIs.-The public robber, Floyd,
| who, as Mr.. Buchanans smooth and cunning
Secretary of War, contrived to supply, in ad-
vance, our rebellious States with the arms and
ammunition, and materials OF war for this re-
bellion, from the arsenals and factories OF the
| United States-this rebel Floyd, one would sup
| pose, would be embalmed in lavender among
his rebel conspirators for his invaluable SER
vices to their wretched cause. And so he was
Tor time. In fact, with the full exposure of
bis magnificent stealings, no champion of South
ern chivalry was so fcted, and feastcd, and glo-
rifed for a time as this chief of Mr.. Buchanan's
"forty thieves" this head robber, Floyd.
From sense of gratitude JEFF Davis and his
Cabinet and Congress made this public robber
| Confederate Brigadier General and sent him
out with Henry A. Wise, another Brigadier
General to subjugate loyal Western Virginia.
Failing in this enterprise and both Floyd and
Wise having been ANONYMOUSLY put to flight,
each leaving mass of his indispensable camp
rubbish behind him, these two rebel chiefs have
fallen out with each other. Floyd is indignant,
and appeals to his injured innocence, the usual
dodge of IN old rogue but the Wises and their
organ, the Richmond Enquirer, very broadly hint
that this innocent Floyd has "a stain upon
his character" and that he is playing the coward
in seeking to rectify by q court martial those
personal wrongs which he should avenge on
the field OF honor Perhaps we may next hear
that Floyd has been sent to his account, and
that duellists pistol has thus cheated the hang
man S rope of its due. AT all events, after all
his grand stealings for the Of this rebellion,
how hard is this case Of Floyd.
| CLIPPING THE FEATHERS OF FREMoSr-THE
GREAT MoGUL-The Secretary of War has found
that his visit to Missouri to look into the affairs of
that military department was good idea, il we
may Judge from his consequent instructions. 1t
appears that he has ordered General Fremont to
suspend his fertilization of st. Louis, to suspend
! the work on the barracks he was building near
his residence for his body guard Qhe Great
military debts, accumulated to the extent of
S4,50O,0OO, must remain unpaid till they can
be investigated; and that some two hundred of
his officers, appointed without the Presidents
] authority, need not expect to be paid for their
services as officers; and that all said Fremont's
! contracts must be made hereafter by
the regular disbursing officer of the
army, &C., &C. The reader will agree with us
that in these instructions Secretary Cameron has
done good service to the Treasury. We dare
say, too, that unless Fremont, with the album
dant army and facilities at his command, shall
soon clean the rebels out of Missouri, there
will soon be an end of the splendid and costly
military arrangements of Fremont, and very
much to the satisfaction of the country. As an
emancipati' Il philanthropist upon his own
responsibility, General Fremont went pretty
far; but when he assumes the airs, graces and
| grandeur Of the Great Mogul, General Cameron
serves him right in clipping off his peacock
feathers. So fine bird, left to his own discrc-
ton, would be too expensive for any country
to sustain except the empire of the Indies.
! No wonder Fremont has failed to become rich,
with all the gold mines of Mariposa in his
hands, when his ambition is to eclipse the bar
| barrie splendors Of the Great Mogul
| REBEL. SEQUEsTRATIONs IN VIRGNIA.-The