“Stand firm, Texas Rangers! the foe is advancing,

We’ll drive back the ruffians, or die on the field”—

Texas Sentinel in Virginia: By G. B. Milnor. (Alsb.)

“Luna shone in royal splendor,

Effulgent o’er the Texian tent”—

The Texas Soldier Boy: By a lad fifteen years old, of the Arizona Brigade. (Alsb.)

“Come all you Texas soldiers, wherever you may be,

I’ll tell you of some trouble that happened unto me”—

Texian Appeal: Air, “Bonnie Blue Flag.” By Col. Washington Hamilton. Cold Springs, Polk Co., Texas. (Alsb.)

“Dissevered from her sister states, begirt by foes around,