character and services of Thayendanegea, to place the latter on the same level with the former.

We comprehend why an Indian is, by those unaccustomed to the sight, sought after as a spectacle, a rarity, a show; but when we sit down calmly to estimate the character of a man, we must measure him by the general standard of humanity, and not allow ourselves to fall into the error of imagining, that because he is of Indian blood, in part or in whole, he is therefore wiser or greater, than the men of our own nobler Anglo-Norman race. The general presumption is the reverse always. And instead of wondering that Thayendanegea, brought up from boyhood under the eye and favor of Sir William Johnson, and habitually associated with Englishmen for so many years, should have acquired a tincture of the knowledge and tastes of civilization, the marvel would have been if he had failed to acquire it, as the marvel now is, that the great body of the Indians have so long remained utterly impervious to all the elevating influences of christianity, and of the European arts and mind. Doubtless the Indians have suffered in contact with us; but they have suffered, because of their own inherent vices of character and condition, such as their obstinate idleness and apathy, and their want of, and revulsion from all political institutions,-infinitely the rather than by reason of any fault of ours. It is our misfortune, quite as well as theirs, that they cling so tenaciously to their native degradation.

In conclusion, we heartily recommend this work to the patronage of the reading public, as replete with entertainment and instruction, and entitled to a place in every well stored library.

For there, as many a year

Its varied chart unrolled

I hid me in those quiet shades,
And called the joys of old.
I called them, and they came,
Where vernal buds appeared,
Or where the vine-clad summer-bower
Its temple-roof upreared.

Or where the o'er-arching grove
Spread forth its copses green,
While eye-bright, and asclepias reared
Their untrained stalks between,-
And the squirrel from the bough

Its broken nuts let fall,
And the merry, merry little birds
Sang at his festival.

Yon old, forsaken nests

Returning spring shall cheer,
And thence the unfledged robin send
His greeting wild and clear,-
And from yon clustering vine

That wreathes the casement round,
The humming-bird's unresting wing,
Send forth a whirring sound,-

And where alternate springs
The lilac's purple spire,
Fast by its snowy sister's side,

Or where, with wings of fire,

The kingly oriole glancing went
Amid the foliage rare,

Shall many a group of children tread,―

But mine will not be there.

Fain would I know what forms

The mastery here shall keep, What mother in my nursery fair

Rock her young babes to sleep;—

Yet blessings on the hallowed spot,
Though here no more I stray,
And blessings on the stranger-babes
Who in those halls shall play.

Heaven bless you too, my plants,
And every parent-bird,

That here, among the nested boughs,
Above its young hath stirred,-
I kiss your trunks, ye ancient trees,
That often o'er my head

The blossoms of your flowery spring
In fragrant showers have shed.

Thou too, of changeful mood,
I thank thee, sounding stream,
That blent thine echo with my thought,
Or woke my musing dream,-

I kneel upon the verdant turf,
For sure my thanks are due,
To moss-cup, and to clover-leaf,
That gave me draughts of dew.

To each perennial flower,

Old tenants of the spot,
The broad-leafed lily of the vale,
And the meek forget-me-not,—

To every daisy's dappled brow,
To every violet blue,

Thanks!-thanks!-may each returning year
Your changeless bloom renew.

Praise to our Father God,

High praise in solemn lay-
Alike for what his hand hath given,

And what it takes away,-
And to some other loving heart

May all this beauty be

The dear retreat, the Eden-home,

It long hath been to me.

HARTFORD, CONN., Thursday, June 21st, 1838.

MEXICO AND TEXAS.*

THE publications at the bottom of this page, relative to the campaign in Texas, are from three of the most influential of the Mexican leaders on that memorable occasion, and appeared almost simultaneously. They are all calculated to throw a light upon the transactions of the period in question, and important on account of the various official documents by which they are illus trated; but there are circumstances that give to the first of these pamphlets a peculiar interest. This contains a plain, unvarnished, and soldier-like exposition of the events of the campaign, and, among others, of the massacre of Fanning and his unhappy companions in Goliad, the whole odium of which dark affair is shown to attach solely to Santa Anna. This aroused the hero of Tampico in his quiet retreat of Manga de Clavo, near Vera Cruz, which he characterizes in his pamphlet as "el termino di mi carrera publica" (the termination of his public career.) Some, however, there were, sceptic enough to doubt the sincerity of this declaration, and the appearance of General Urrea's Diary has shown the reasonableness of such a surmise. Had General Santa Anna really considered his public career as terminated, and been as philosophically indifferent to the future, as he has professed to be, Urrea's pamphlet would have raised no emotion in his bosom. Such, however, was not the case. No sooner did the publication make its appearance, than Santa Anna and his partisans make every effort to suppress it, and so effectually have they succeeded in doing it, that the copy before us was obtained only by a happy manœuvre. This fact will lead the reader to conclude that, in spite of all Santa Anna's protestations to the contrary, he is not so indifferent to public opinion, as he would fain have the world believe, and that, consequently, he may, as yet, be induced to recal the assertion, "that his public career is closed."

*Diario Militar del General Jose Urrea, durante la Primera Campana de Tejas.Victoria de Durango, 1838.

(Military Diary of General Jos. Urrea, during the first Texas Campaign.)

Manifesto que de sus Operaciones en la Campana de Tejas, y en su Cautiverio dirige a sus conciudadanos, el General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna-Vera Cruz, 1837.

(Manifesto of operations in the Campaign in Texas, and of his captivity, addressed to his fellow-citizens by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.)

Esposician de los operaciones en la Campana de Tejas, del General D. Vicente Filisola.-Mejico, 1837.

(Exposition of operations in the Campaign of Texas, by General D. Vincent Filisola.)

Among other insinuations thrown out by that party against General Urrea, there was one calculated to cast considerable odium upon his character, and which he found himself called upon to repel. It was more than hinted, that he was, in a great measure, responsible for the massacre of Fanning and his followers in Goliad ; and one of the principal objects of his pamphlet is to clear himself of this aspersion. With this view, the General has given a detailed and very candid account of this painful affair, of real value as materials of history. This part of his work will not fail to be regarded with deep interest, particularly by every American reader. By the production of these authentic documents a double act of justice is rendered, to General Urrea, in the first place, and after him, to the Mexican soldiery, in general, whose character for honor and humanity was unsparingly visited at the time. In the simple and soldier-like statement here made, General Urrea will be found to have fully exculpated himself from any participation in this horrid affair, and to have satisfactorily shown that the whole odium of this most infamous and cold-blooded massacre falls upon Santa Anna.

We shall at once proceed to give such extracts from General Urrea's Diary as bear upon this subject, appending thereto the official papers, upon which depends the authentication of his statements. The work being, as remarked above, not accessible to the public, we are aware that the most copious extracts our limits will permit will prove acceptable to our readers, none of whom can fail to feel an interest more or less deep, in the subject to which they relate.

Early in January, 1835, General Urrea marched with his division from Durango, and joined the President and Commander-in-Chief, General Lopez de Santa Anna, at Saltillo. There arrangements were made for opening the campaign in Texas, and Urrea received orders to march upon Matamoros, and join some bodies of troops that were there awaiting him. On the first of February he reached that city, where he quartered till the eighteenth; when, receiving information that three hundred Texans were advancing to the banks of the Rio Bravo, he marched in the direction of the enemy, his forces consisting of three hundred and twenty foot, and three hundred and thirty horse, with one four-pounder. On the twentieth, he passed the Rio Colorado; as he advanced northward, the weather grew more severe; on the twenty-sixth, they were overtaken by a heavy hail-storm, and the night was so intensely cold, that six soldiers perished on the route. On the twenty-seventh, at three in the morning, they arrived at San Patricio. Here we must allow the General to tell his own story:

"At half-past three in the morning, an attack was made upon the enemy, in the midst of a heavy fall of rain; and though they defended themselves vigorously, the gate was forced, seventeen were found dead, and twenty-four made prisoners, and a standard, and ammunitions of different kinds, fell into our hands. Not a single one of the inhabitants suffered any detriment. At six in the morning, Captain Pretalia