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The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 13 (search)
The inauguration of Governor Smith.his address. The ceremonies incident to the inauguration yesterday of the new Governor of Virginia were of a plain and simple, but interesting and imposing character. Long before the hour appointed for the administration of the oath of office, the spacious Hall of the House of Delegates was crowded with an audience composed of ladies, citizens, and soldiers, and a number of the members of the Confederate Congress. Gov. Smith, whose services in behalf of his State and the Confederacy have already given him a distinguished reputation, entered the Hall a few moments after 12 o'clock, accompanied by Gov. Letcher ann, with the blessings of Heaven, we cannot be subdued. At the conclusion of the reading of the address, the prescribed oaths of office were administered to Gov. Smith, by Judge Moncure, of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Loud calls were then made for Governor Letcher, when that gentleman appeared and stated that the peopl