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his successor, Dr. Francis Moore, '*an honorable and cultured gentle- 

 man of much executive ability." a one-time newspaper 



Work of Moore and ,. . " . . 



Buckley in Texas, editor, but, so tar as can be learned, never a geologist. 

 In April. 1861, the survey was. however, suspended 

 by an act of the legislature, and both Shnmard and Moore requested 

 to report on what had been accomplished. With this request neither 

 party complied. Shumard going immediately to St. Louis, where he 

 died in 1869, and Doctor Moore leaving for the north on the outbreak 

 of the civil war, where he, too. died in 18b4. 



The notes of these short-lived organizations seem to have, in part 

 at least, passed into the hands of S. B. Buckley, a botanical collector 

 under the Shumard regime, who returned to Austin after the close of 

 the war and succeeded in having himself appointed State geologist. 

 In this capacity he issued one report, bearing date of 1866, and com- 

 prising some 80 octavo pages, dealing with generalities and matters 

 pertaining to the agricultural resources of the State, but containing 

 little or nothing of geological value and but few references to what 

 had been done by his predecessors. Buckley's period of rule was short, 

 coining to an end in 1867. 



No attempt at resuscitation was made until 1S7<>. when the governor, 

 under authority from the legislature, appointed John W. Glenn Stslte 

 geologist. Glenn, however, found the position uncongenial and 

 j. w. Glenn resigned the following year, to be -succeeded in 1*74 



G^i S e t d ofTexas, h >~ Buckley once more. The latter held the office but 

 l870- two years, when the governor, becoming convinced 



(truthfully, it is to be feared) that the survey promised to be of no 

 practical benefit to the State, vetoed the bill appropriating moneys 

 for its continuation. 



During this second term of office Buckley issued two reports, under 

 dates of 1874 and 1876, respectively, comprising altogether some 220 

 pages. The first contained a brief history of the past surveys of the 

 State and a somewhat partisan account of an unhappy disagreement 



« Austin, November l.', I860. 



My deah M. : Your kind letter reached Austin during my absence from home, ami 

 1 thank you for your friendly words. T returned yesterday from the Indian country, 

 and only then found I had been superseded by Doctor Moore in the office ] held. 

 Houston had not even intimated to me that he intended my removal. So far as I 

 can learn, the action of the governor has caused universal dissatisfaction. I am not 

 even permitted to make out my own reports of more than two years' hard labor. I 

 understand that my removal has been brought about mainly through testimonials 

 furnished Moore by H. and H. 



If 1 had hail timely notice, so that J could have written my report, I should not 

 have cared so much, but to be deprived of that privilege is doing me great injustice. 



I have not made any plans for the future. When J have a little more leisure I 

 will write you again, and then may furnish you with some geology that may inter- 

 est you. 



In haste, your friend, B. F. Shumard. 



