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A critical friend-and his criticisms are always
worthy of notice-inquired to-day, why, in defend,
ing the Kentucky volunteers from the attacks OF
the newspaper ercorrespondents, we had not embraced
the gallant volunteers of Ohio in our remarks' We
replied at once, and we think it our duty to put
forth the same remark, that we had spoken Of the
Kentuckians, because our correspondent, "a Ken
tuckian,n had particularly called our attention to
them II had escaped us at the time that shaft
had been indscreetly-we presume inconsiderately
-cas, at some of the volunteers Of Ohio. And
now, the matter being brought to our consideration,
we hasten to render the amends honorable to the gal
liant volunteers Of that State. No who saw with
what uacrity our brethren Of Ohio few to the ser.
vice of their country-in numbers far greater than
the government could employ--no one who traced
them from Camp Washington, and saw the ardor
with which they discharged all their duties, and the
training they went through, and the fine discipline
which they scquired--who followed them TO the
banks of the Rio Grande and then to the entrench.
ments ofMonterey---who saw them thence rushing
to the fight, and when General Butler was wounded
saw those Ohio volunteers standing by Their
accomplished General Hsmer, Who assumed the
command Of General Butler--but must admir-,
their conduct and their courage. Il is impossible
that such men could have laid themselves oper
to the snmadversions, which any hssty le,,er-vriie
could have thrown out against them.