Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-05

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s...WHOIr NrNEER, 1S?.
Esz-zl-z.u~s-Sa-e -srssHz-.--Fz <..<srEr.s<-n
Ihe roceipls hown in the cash nc.
couut nro allup1n Fpccis basis apd
are slC055S O.. W,ainSt which
vouchers show crtditiar ZIG, ),5l0 81,
In merchandise account r,0eiptS
from Factory 903. - words and ac.
count Of sales low sas,T63l yards.
leaving unacconniol a. l.a?oi 'ytiS'
Tho accomr ol CoLi Sinks, show n
clear Jalance m to cash, and an cS,
cess OF crcdi; 10. morchpndiZe. On'
bc,ng notified BY .hc Attorney Gen
eral ofthe deficit, Col Sinks at once
yisitc.l Austin, and afer n careful
comparison, adnilli,d tho correct
uess, OF Mr., Davis report, aud set,
lied the balancoas samSt him amount
iWg to s5GS SO, specie, 1t is prop,
or 10 observe, that there was iua.
Col. Sinks tTJO, half years salary,
out of which the deficit was paid,
leaving II balance due him on sala-
ry sl8l II.
3D. There isa discrepancy in tho
cotton account of Col, Smith aud
that Of Mr.. Davis. Tho aggregate
amount Of saica ~ shown by Mr.,
Davis is si09,l So, against which
vouchers show an expenditure of
slO6,732 o., showing II balance TO be
accounted for Col, Smith Of 81, ,GSl 20
4th. TO rccaptu!atc
Deficits in accounts,
/ $. b. llcuiricks................ 800 81
q. ". Sinks, (sc;tlcd, l.......,.......5G SO
/ J. CairCl iimih... ,... "....".2,G8l ~
total deficits shown ...............$l2,060 OF
Mr.. Davis gives u full history Of
the accounts to which reference is.
( made.
He has discharged the duty with,
zeal and ability, and shoasd the re-
naming two accounts not be settled,
they are left in Il shape to be pro
ceeded with at once, without diff
Guilty.
GEOLOGICAL AND .lGaGcULruRAh. Et-.
REAU.
By Joint Resolution of Oct 3Oth,
1866, that of 1861, which suspended
the Survey was repealed, and tho
% section declared that i was. "r::-.
pcdent that Il State Gcologist 30,
appointed by. the Governor" But
| there was no appropriation to paw.
the salary OF such Office, or to con.
tinuc the survey: therefore no ap-
pointmcnt was made. Bnt as, tic
LEGISLATURE made appropriation, OF.
/ $1,000 70 rcmoyc 4, snccimcn3 from,
thc old Land OAiyc, to the State.
library room in the Capitol and
for the purnoSc of re-arranginr AMI
clossiryiur the same / docme;, i
nropcr to, appoint an Assistant
| ttcoloyist. ProGtssor $. b. Buckley,
who comnle,cd the rcport of tho.
Inte State Gcolceist DR. Francis
Moore ara ,r,,o lad n,on craaned.
with Drs. Moore & Shunard in tbs,
s,,vov and who had many reconi,
mondntions from gentlemen Of emf.
ncnt scientific ott,inmcnts "a Pro.
fcssors and G,olo~ists OF thc first
institutions Of learning in the
IrnitcI S,utcs was onnoin,cd to
that nosition IN 1Gth Dec list ahd'
tbc nnnron,int;tn was nIsccd, nj.
his disnnsal far the nrrhosc in.
tcndrd 'f
Professor Bucllcv has discharged,
,he Lut;rs in manner cntirr,v.
,.redit,hI, to h;msrlf and # is not
douhtnI will rcsult profit,bly TO
thc Statc Tie has been most con
stontlv and lohoriouslv emplowef,
in The ,romovol nnd arrSroenieut oS
the sncrimeus when he took
c,oroa of tLcm ,hov wer. in con.
fused hcops and many of the labels
DESTROYED The specimens are now
in Lotforcondition more thorouoh,v.
nronn,d and nlossifiod tLon fhay.
srcr wnro p, s;,los this labor h..
has made mt NV suggestion. cui;sl.
on m o~,on.;,,nt"rr oe rI1Tserro,yrt, afnflt
the coal folds Of ,Le conntics of.
Milan Pohn,tsor and Loon with
h;,rhiv rr,t;rr;,m roenlta Tho cou.
/ ulSh'y s. "V''y MS 'o"u'''' ~ N','i'
discovered on tie Main anl lA,a;n,
Brazos is thought to be quite S@od'
and is evidently in large quantities,
and easily obtained. That ioundln.
Leon does not promise so well. On
this trip the Professor cXam:ne,a
the Oil region on the Lampasls. -.
The expense ofth's tour was BORNE,
by himself and Dir, Gideon Linoe..
cum, who accompanied him part of.
the Journey He has made two
trips into the Iron region of Burnct
and Llano counties. Reports of
his observations have already been