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From the Mobile Advertiser.
SKETCH OF THE TEXAS GOV
ERNMENT OFFICERS.

members of the Texas FroVlSiohal
Government or Cabinet, as it called
comprising foil set of officers, as un
der our government, As some of
those names may be historical, brief
sketch of their characters may not be
unacceptable. BY the poIiteness of
friend, recently from Texas, we are
enabled to furnish the following:
The President of the new Aedged
, Republic. DAVID G.. BuRNET, is a ma
tive Of New York. He has resided
10 Chic and Louisiana. At Natchi
toches, on TIE Red River he was
known, for some time, as a correct mer
chant and honorable man. Relin-
gushing business there, he made an
excursion to the Camauche region,
(norih.west Texas where he remained
some time, trading with the savages,
Afterwards, Oil the passage Of the CO.
4onization laws in Texas; he repaired
10 Mexico, and there, as EmpreSario,
contracted with the government TO set
tie three hundred families ,on tract
of land, known as Burne's Grant, in
Texas.
He then visited the United States, and
at New York, in 1880, assigned his con-
tractto the Galveston Bay and Texas
Land Company, With the fund realized
from this operation, he returned to Texas
carrying with himthe maleriasofa steam
saw mill, which he set up, nearrLvnch' IS
ferry, on the San Jacinlo. In this enter
prise he was not successful, and turned his
attention TO the practice of the law, a
mong the members of the rising coloay
in his neighborhood. Under a judicial
organization, provided by a law Of Goa
hula and Texas, but never carried into
effect, the appointment of a Supreme
Judge was intended for him. Hence in
Texas his address has been that of a
Judge.
Judge Burnet is man Of moderate dis
position, inqulrIng temper, and sound
mind. II has been doubted whe'herin the
present emergency some one of more en-
ergy might not have Leen PrclorabIej but
energy is not the quality most wanting in
Texas. Judge Burners prudence and
moderation. joined TO his sober Judgment
and patriotic virtue, will suggest those
wise counseIs, so much needed in Texas,
to repress rash enterprises and alIay. fool
Ish dlssensIons. AS a Judge, moderator
and mediator, we regard hun as ono well
fitted for the place he occupies; and as
promising TO do Texas eminent service in
the high career, upon which she is now
entering,
Don LonENzo DE laval, Vice Prcsi-
dent Of Texas, is native of Merida, the
principal city ofthe province Of Yucatan
llo is now about fifty years old. Its life
has been one Of great distinction. lie
was President of the Convention which
framed tho Mexican Constitution, has
been Governor of Mexico, Minister TO
France, aud has held other high Offices
under the general government Of that Cue
hut much abused country, and wrelched-
'1y besPotted people. Ills fame, however,
will chiefly rest uPon'his literary achiev-
menls, which do him high honor. Ills OBJ
servalions, during his visits to Europe
aud the United States, are on record in
his "Vtage' to those countries, His
HEnSago Hlstorico" is handsome mon.
umcnt 10 his learning, judgment, aud lib
eralry. Zlvala is a man OF proudly in
dependent character. aud viii OlwaJ
speak Out his mind honestly, both as it re
gardsPersous and events. In this way
he has made himself obnoxious TO many
Of the notorious aspirants, without preten
sions to Distinction, IN Mexico, and has
drawn down the hate Of lnlurlated parli
sans. His mind is Of an Cnterprlslng, lib
era cast, which looks far beyond the pet
ty passions aud prejudices of the present
moment, and fixes its gaze upon an i'm
proved state Of things, cfwhlch his coun.
A9ymen can form no conception. AS
AIaG Of general information aud cnlIghten
cd forecast, as iorclbIe ard elegant Wri
ter, he staudG among tie MeXlcnns with
out a superior, aud indeed without ri
yal.
Gen. SAMUEL P. CARSON, Secretary Of
State, - we'll known in North Carolina,
where he represented a diSrict in Con-
gress. His parliamentary career was
not undistinAuished. As public speak
Urhe was full of energy, and usually made
a decided impression. Becoming invol
ved in a duel with which ter
minated fatally to his antagonist, his
views Of further distinction in North Car
ohua gradually changed. Within two
years, ho removed to the neIghbOrhood Of
Red River, setting himself down upon a
tract Of land, which though comprised
within territory which has been organi'
Hed into county by the Legislative
Conci Of Arkansas, belongs, without
doubt. to Texas, Here, having taken