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General Land Office at Washington. In this letter lie states that my reply to the Shumard letter is a complete vindication of ms scientific reputation. I had replied to the Shumard letter in the State Gazette at Austin, in 1867. This is what Roesler alluded to.

In March, 1874, Col. J. T. Brady, of Houston, informed. Governor Coke and myself that, when he was in Washington, in December 1867, he saw in the possession of Roesler a large number of maps of Texas counties, also, drawings of scenes in 'Texas, which were made when Roesler was employed as draftsman for the State geological survey. Col. Brady inquired if these things did not belong to Texas, and Roesler replied that he kept them because the State of Texas had not paid him for his services, but the books in the State Department show that Roesler has been paid in full. By request of Gov. Coke I wrote to Roesler, demanding these things, and received from Roesler a contemptuous reply, nothing more.

In February, 1873, Gov. Davis appointed John W. Glenn State Geologist. Col. Glenn remained at Austin most of the time, until the 15th of November, when lie started into the field with Charles E. Hall, his First Assistant. They went into Burnet, Llano and San Saba counties, from whence they returned about the middle of January, 1874. No report of what was done has been published. Mr. Hall, who was with me in the earls summer, states that little of importance, as regards the mineral resources of the State, was accomplished.

Col. Glenn resigned, and I was appointed by Gov. Coke State Geologist, on the 6th of March, 1874. The result of the work of the survey since then is in the following report.

The specimens were arranged in natural groups in an upper room at the capitol, in 1867, since which time they have been very much disarranged, and, what is more unfortunate, many of the best specimens have been taken away; when, or by whom, I cannot tell. Col. Glenn told me that he thought several boxes of specimens had been taken away when the State was under military rule. Be this as it may, I only know that many of tile best specimens of the old collection are not now in the cabinet.

We have not attempted to re-arrange the cabinet, because