THE LATE JOHN FLOYD, OF VIRGINIA.
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"Sweet Springs, Aug. lG.-On yesterday ..morning
Gov Floyd was in usual health, and bid far TO live
many years. The excitement produced by the unex-
peced arrival of his from Texas, and his daughter
from South Carolina, it is thought caused Of
the paralysis yesterday about o'clock p. M. and
on this morning he breathed his last.


Gov. Floyd had suffered severely in Health fromsa
period previous to the expiration of his gubernatoral
term, and the true character of his disease finally ex-
hibited itself in paralysis.


Gen. Floyd was native of what is now the Com


nonweath of Kentucky, and educated to the pro-
fession of medicine, in which he attained distinguish
ed eminence but choosing his residence in the county
of Montgomery, where the healthiness of the climate
probably afforded but limited field for its exercise
he appears early to have embarked in politics. In
these he was Qualified to make.a prominent figure,
by commanding person, we'll stored mind, bold
and manly elocuton, genuine love of country, and
and decision of character which carried awe


into knavery and corruption, whether dwelling in
high OF low places. He elected to Congress
about the close of the late war; and continued to rep
resent the Montgomery district until he was chosen
Governor of Virginia in 1880, post which,he filled
with frmness, dignity, and popularity.