The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-29
i,e tfS State Ad.n.aistrntion.

General William Smith, the Governor elect
of tr2 inia has arrived III the city. Ii is IN
derstocd that he viii now resign his flee of
BriyaiieE General in The Confederate army
aud proceed to prepare himself for The AZ
SUMPTION OF the very re2ponflb!s duties Of
ChIsf Executive oi.icer Of the ) ate whose
posiiiou and mag aituIe places her most prJmi-
i,e,;.v In the strurp h pendiuY tetI4 eGn u
Mort. aud ,he south Gov. Smith has already
Tilted the Iii - of Il bvorHo, OF Virginia lie ia.
hal lunp And very a.t,se caieor as a public
n,an, and Eas always te5n decided politician
lis has been dist ngu,-i'ed for energy and en
tcrpfiae. A nlaI of iaiout. ko ought, viii,
his large experience, to ta a mGn Of wiadom
lis is mos. Assuredly brave man aud a true
patiiot as his conrae lii the pregsnt stiGygle
ai hia hanofatis osfgiee III it's Il sii iii.oH-
tosiiJiy establish. Governor smnh having
been always decided party mau aud Demo
cratic a. that, and haqid. been ultra In his
vieNE upGn the 2saes Of tns high party tunes
ut The Ia st thirty yeasa-eape ciaiy ga the c9t
ioucy question haj bllier opponents, Ani
wss generally ono Of The besi jenouhcai oi
/ is political ataociateJ, Bat Times have
tuAAPt'i. IHo OLD itodea 10 longer tfV!%e
Southern statesman. Tnay forget all in the
common d5yotion to their solnify, and light
side by side Ia her defence. Governor Smilh
will take tho chair Of State III period of
i,lsl that demands OF every nan tho oxeftien
OF has BEST energies tvr ihe public good ani
the public saiety la.t ho wall be trna, atd
that lie hAs The courage nnd energy dsnthded
10y the ,iales, nono eau dout,.
Ii has been otfl,i lily ANNOUNCED that Samuel
Prce, If Greenbrie, has been elected Lien
tenant q Governor by a handsome majority. Mr
+ who is PLAZA, sincere g.uli-in atts' tho
pattern Of nsn ot other days. is prominent
nle nibe. q tle Wes ie.A Virginia bar lie 10
moderate yet firm, sud thorga cautious ast
!4uiont ocidej Ia his 9lotsa is =, As a 81 oi.y
Uuion man until the State determined 10 so-
cede, aud thsu gave himself eatiieiy 10 i.er
cause. lie represented dis rict ia the Cua
ven,ion which Was itT0nYiy spposei 10 eacee-
SION, aud nsd ha followed III. exam! 1, OF
George W. Sammsrs i.e might have carried
large numbe: of his eone.itu. MS away isom
their true Allegiance Bat he acted tie part Of
a true patriot. and not oaiy tia his people
what their duty was, but led tho way by hs
oWH example, And has tcen act,ge III tho r!sa-
eufos for military de!en III his own part OF
the State lie was in l.ewislUrs VII; II the
kut Yankee fo.ce catered the pises. The Fed
erui commander PR claim ii to tie people that
they were citizens Of the United STATES and
owed aii-giauc5 to the uovernnlant at Wash
inxian, aud that at Wheeling which was law
faiiy oryaGiz ID. M. Price replied 10 iiim, and
informed his neighbors, from the stand, that
,heir ai.egi 4ncs was due - Virginia, whose
Goyernm, mt was al Richmond that at Wheel
ine being established ia Distance OF law and
the Consultation and hs igplorsi them 10
,uaks no CONCESSIONS no act inco.a
patitle with their obli cations to Virginia and
,he South. lie WAS arres ef IN Tho nos' OF
h;s karsnsus by tho Federal eli ;er, and WAS
ssnt [; Charleston, X Ksnawha, where he waa
detained Il prisoier until Gus o~n troops ias'
year drove cat The Yankees and sst him vi
liberty Ia his election, AN Ciiico " hicl, ii AL
emergency may become the most important ia
the S.ate, is conferred upon ons who is every
way rustworthy. Bsiug prominent West
ern niau, too, his selection by + tslera voias is
au expression of confidence and good fseiirg
ssetionaily Ill A. should hava a good eject.