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Gov. Wise.--We met with a gentleman on the 4th instant, says the Lynchburg Virginian, who had traveled with a member of the Wise Legion direct from Fayette county, where the Governor has his headquarters, who informed us that a great change was going on in the sentiment of the people of the Northwest. Gov. Wise is speaking every day, and the effect of his appeals is most salutary. As an instance of Gov. Wise's annexes in converting those people from the error of their ways, we state the following:--A Union Captain was arrested by the Legion, and brought to Gov. Wise, who used his eloquence upon the Union man, and then let him go in obedience to his request, when he promised to return. The Captain did return, agreeably to promise, having more than fulfilled his word, in that he persuaded his whole company, one hundred strong, to join the Logion, which, it was reported, would reach ten thousand in a few days. They were rapidly increasing. Gov. Wise is doing a noble work.
The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. July 8, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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