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From he Ohio Slaie .JonruaI.
THE ASSAULT ON GOV. BARTLE

untiring efforts of Governor Barley to comply
with a requiston for volunteers that never should
have been made on Ohio, and thai was made in
order TO aid in carrying on a war that never
should have been commenced, he continues to
receive occasionally, from the Locoioco press of
Cincinnati, the yilest abuse such corrupt and ig-
norautdcmagogucs as Duncan, RecmeiiH, Church.
hill, Finn q. Co. can dictate. That these at
tacks are appreciated at their actual value in 9TH
er sections of the State, we receive daily conclu-
syo evidence. That Gov. Barley could not
have arranged matters so as to escape such abuse,
without deserving the condemnation of all the
rest Of the State, we are thoroughly conyinced.
Atorlom hope of turning to party account what
was done, has alone prompted all that has been
said and done by the Locoloco press and partzans
of Cincinnati. That their labors of love in this
behalf should be characterized by fulschOod
Misrepresentation, and the grosscst disregard for
age, service, and worth, is not at all surprising
That those labors will be aboniyc, and their ma
lignant assaults rccoil on themselves, they will
learn before they are much older, even though
they may have induced weak Secretary of War
to lend himself to their palry purposes.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of Monday contains
a half column article intended as a reply to some
remarks in the Journal one day last week. lis
vulgar abuse we pass by. Its very few points we
notice us briefly as possible. 1t asks IN the first
place, 'why Gov. Barley continued to receive
into the service troops after the full number call
cd for had been received" Gov. Barley, we
reply, did 10 such thing. On the contrary, scvc-
raj days before enough troops to fill up three re-
gimcnts arrived at Cincinnati, he had public no.
ucC given Of the fact that no more volunteers
were needed. This notice prevented several
companies from going to Camp Washingtonwhich
had completed their arrangements for 50 doing.
"Why," asks the Enquirer, ''dd he retain up
on the ground nearly four, in place Of three re-
giments, for weeks after they had been enrolled
and sworn in!" We reply that he did no such
thing.
The Enquirer says that the Secretary of War,
since he received some information that IL (the
Ehqurcr) communicated, Condomnsthe course of
Gov. Barley. We do not know what important
information the consequential gentleman of the
Enquirer has dcgncd to bcstow on Gov. Marcy,
butwG can inform him that it is matter of the
utmost indifference to Gov. Barley what the for
mcr thinks of him, or his conduct. The Sccre.
tary Of War has very improperly allowed himself
to be used by few small-becr politicians of Gin
such interference was utterly ncacd for and
unustifabIc. lie called for volunteers and he
got what he called for. If he wants more, he lgs
only to call for them and Jorward in ddraHce The
means for collecting Hem, so that the Governor
will not be compelled to go around among the
Banks asking aid on the faith Of the State, and
they will be obtained if possible.
It's alleged by the Enquirer that Gen. Wool
informed the Governor of the existence of Il mod
ilicaon of the old regulations of the army, un-
der which German volunteers, not understanding
and speaking the English language, could be re-
ceiyed. Gen. Wool did no such thing. Fur
thcrmorc, it remains to be shown that any such
modified regulation exists.
The Enquirer says that, after finding more
troops on his hands than were needed. the Gov
CrnOr '!should have selected the men best drilled,
armed and equipped" In other words he ought
to have discharged the country troops and receiv-
ed those raised in Cincinnati and the large tolcnS
because the former had not opportunities of ac-
quiring the same knowledge of holiday tactics as
the latter. The claims of the different divisions
of the State should not have been regarded. All
the troops should have been taken from the Gin
cinnati division if they asked it, and those from
plllCt hloltiut llbilOuS VI lilt plult NllO llul
endured toll and difficulty in reaching Cincinnati
should be discharged to endure the same toll in
home!
The Enquirer says that after the men were re-
ccivcd they looked to the General Government
for pay. So they did, and good many of them
looked in vain. Many of them were sworn in
for weeks before othcyrecciyod single ration from
the General Government. Had The Governor
left them to be provided for by Secretary Marcy,
and waited for means from him, the three regi- |
nents Of Ohio volunteers would now be at their
homes instead of being ON their way TO the seat
of war on the Rio Grande.
The companies composing the three regiments,
and their friends also, all acknowledge their OBJ
legations to Gov. Barley for his efforts in their
behalf They know that he performed his duty.
Those of the German volunteers who were dis
charged know and believe that the best feeling
was entertained towards them, and that had he .
consulted parlizan feelings instead of a sense of
luty, they would now be on their way to the Rio .
Grande, while many who have started would be .
enjoying the comforts of home. What others
hlnk, is a matter about which the Governor con-
Germs himself but little.
As the public have never been fully advised of
he rules adopted by the Governor and his militia
'y staff for their own regulation in the reception
md discharge of volunteers, &C., we hope his
EXcellency OF the Adjutant General will take oc-
'asion to expose the assailants to that contempt
hey so richly merit, by a succinct statement of
he facts bearing on the matter.
iLLEDGED MISSING CORRESPONDENT CE.
We copy the suboined paragraphs from the
New Orleans Tropic of July 1. Without liter
lily following theinjunctionof our Southern con-
empory to Join in ''clamor" on the occasion, we
'annot but desire, if there exist any correspon-
once calculated TO throw an Ineligible light up