A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . ^ - Cabinets dui his first administration the following persons held ofiice by his ing his firstappointment : secretary of state, Stephen F. Austin, J. Pinckney ^ ™n>stra-Henderson, Robert A. Irion ; secretary of war, Thomas J. Rusk,William S. Fisher, Barnard E. Bee, George W. Poe, and GeorgeW. Hockley ; secretary of the treasury, Henry Smith ; secretaryof the navy, S. Rhoads Fisher, William M. Shepherd ; attorney-general, J. Pinckney Henderson, Peter W. Grayson, John Bird-sail, Albert S. Thruston ; comptroller, Elisha M. P
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . ^ - Cabinets dui his first administration the following persons held ofiice by his ing his firstappointment : secretary of state, Stephen F. Austin, J. Pinckney ^ ™n>stra-Henderson, Robert A. Irion ; secretary of war, Thomas J. Rusk,William S. Fisher, Barnard E. Bee, George W. Poe, and GeorgeW. Hockley ; secretary of the treasury, Henry Smith ; secretaryof the navy, S. Rhoads Fisher, William M. Shepherd ; attorney-general, J. Pinckney Henderson, Peter W. Grayson, John Bird-sail, Albert S. Thruston ; comptroller, Elisha M. Pease, FrankR. Lubbock ; postmaster-general, Robert Barr ; commissionerof land office, J. P. Borden ; minister to United States, W. , Memucan Hunt, Anson Jones ; minister to Englandand France, J. Pinckney Henderson. James B. Collinsworth,the first chief justice, having died in the summer of 1838, Presi-dent Houston appointed John Birdsall to the vacancy. 17 tion 258 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. Pkriod Kkpihlic 1S36 TOIS46 Early life atthe capital. kKsir)i:N-CE oi(while the Public debt Commerce President Houston, 1S36capilol was being built). President noteligible for re-election Candidates forsecond presi-dent The mode of life of the President and his Cabinet and Con-gress was of the simplest kind. The Presidents house at Hous-ton was a log cabin, with a puncheon floor in one room and adirt floor in the other. The building used for a capitol was acheap frame house, unfinished, and its leaky roof subjected theCongress to frequent and involuntary baths. There were veryfew people in the new town, and they dwelt in tents and shanties ;but among them were ladies and gentlemen of education andrefinement, so that the rude simplicityof this infant capital was enlightenedby many of the graces and charms ofintellectual and social intercourse. On the whole, the first administra-tion of the Republic was a success, andits results compare most favorably withthose of the firs
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