The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-07-26

ded Lieut. To mauR
Surrender they cried On al sides.
aiming their rsyolrers 1t him
.-NeiaE 3e5at' he exclaimed, in his aa-
tive language, (Aot Na9 .hat ett
ae=sr"' rapidly lIscharsing his pistol in
their faces His comrades rushed TO-
ward hisa, the Rangers pressed aroand
him; the next minute he lay On Tie
ground with six balls through him
While the rebel infantry were being
formed on the edge o. the wood. a shell
frem Ceyter's battery exploded amongst
tsean. causing the greatest eonsternatton.
/ vain the5r officers urged them forward
tn the as~aaIt-a second she'll, well al
reeted, caused them to fly through the
timber. The cannon On the hill sent a
bail whizziag over the head Of The re
serve approaching under Won Trehra,
which lodged in one ef the knobs on the
northern side Of the river. J single
shot from the Federal battery made them
haul of as rapidly as they had come in
view The light was then. rs - the com
mencement. wholly between regiment
of Texan Rangers ana two companies Of
tire 323 Indiana: but the brunt Of it fell
upon Lieut. Hofmann 5. With bayonet
luu4es truly terrific. the band OF Germ
aus unhorsed the Rangers as fast as they
approached, il was fearful hand to-
band contest Many Of the Rangers lied
when their brave Colonel fell; very ma
ny, however, actuated solely by revenge,
and armed with two and foar revolvers,
stIL prolonged the contest, in the hope
that they might kill the last man oppos
I'd to them. y blind rage possessed
them They wheeled, coryeued, retired,
advanced, fred lying close beside their
I horses, and a75roa< a,aer Hea, from tile
mament their leader ielI. The Germans
retraated inch 10y inch, firing, and reeei-
wing the boldest riders upon their bayo-
nets.
As Deitrich Keller was Longing with
the ferocity OF fiend at n man who had
aimed at him three times in SUGGESTIONS
mere boy, mounted upon jet-blacll In
dian pony, bore down upon him with the
cry
You killed my tather-take that aad
that" and sitting upright in his saddle,
/ cearlessly he put one bullet in Deitrich's
right arm, then another above his car
, DIETRICH fell heavily to the ground The
reserve was coming Il at sruetc uick;
with parting shot the Rangers turned
I their horses heads for the last time and
/ gallopped from thc Geld.
But they took back with them s,1ty- nine
empty sstdaes-while thirteen as brave
men as ever faced foe were gathered up
in the passionate. tender embrace Of the
gallant 32d. and borne across the river
to MumfordsviIle,
The traveller passing through the town
will observe . plain monument, erected
upon a gentle knoll to tie left of the
railroad as you % to Nashville Those.
heet informed will relate how, IN the
brief spsee OF thirteen minutes. two
companies Of the 32d Indiana held at bay
an armed force Of three hundred mount
ed Rangcrs,the most desperate and reck-
less fighters on the continent, with FIVE
hundred more at their back, and two re.
gjments Of infantry marching to their
aid Tie deadly blow they received at
/ Green River, contributed directly to the
utter decentralization Of the far famed
Texan Rangers Ever after they pre-
served a profound respect for the
Dutch aud viewed an engagement with
t1em with something approaching lor-
ror
If they had only had sabres," said
Deitricl Keller to lis comrades when he
rejoined them upon his recovery. but
as an ASS tongue brought on the skirm
ish. 1t was as well that an ASS head ran
. against our hayonets. without first con
siderlng that cavalry without sabres are
ike ripe without stem, or blank
cartridge"
tTas name of Lieut.. Laeaz, German Jew, ought
never to be fsrzatsn by tas American people Sur
rounded BY score af Texan Rangers: oa the banks Of
Green R-er, tbs lerasa a.ezr dsl refusing to sur