The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19


we learn that extensive boTax depos
nave been found in ismeraida comfy
in that State, near the CalifOFna line, aBG
Ut far from the town of Columbus These
deposits have been surveyed, thr0ughly
tested, and located. They extend, in de-
tached bodies Of considerable size, ever
seYeTa! thousand acres. BOrax, or borate
Of lime, is found In the salt marshes OF
Esmeralda county, IN layers from two to
five inches thick, alternating with layers
OF salt, the first occurring from one to two
feet below the surface. It occurs In the
shape Of bales thee or four inc hes Ia
diameter, scattered about the salt depo 1t.
The b,rax deposits have never been
worked system aticalIy, but specimens Of
It tested in Europe were found to be
superior % the z siati ard SoulifAu e-i~
can bUrax Of sommeTce. Ii Is thought than
these Nevada deposits are ample for the
worlds wants for halfa century.
in England Il movement is on foot for
the establishments OF cheap tclegraphie
communication with the United States,
and circular ON the subject has been
add. essed to all the principal Chamber
OF Commerce. throughout the United
KjngI n, advocating the purchase by the
governments Of the United States and
Great Britain Of all the existing cable
and New loundland lines, paying for
them IN terminabe annui;ies, and cbarg-
ing only such rates for the use Of the ca>
bies as VIII meet the annual interest
charge This plan, it IS urged, would at
once reduce the existing tariff 10 one
fourth its present rate, while.facts and
figures are given to show that still fur
ther reductions might gradually, with ad-
vantage, be made, and the number of ca
bles Increased on the same plan Of ter>
miuablc auuoiie5, without becoming
any burden on the two governments.
The plan Is said TO meet with eonsidera~
bic favor among the commercial men Of
the country. The fact is, we have only
begun to progress in teleEraphy.
The Election III August, 1879.
Section Of Article of the Cor
stitution of t nnessee, is as follows
elections for judicial and other aiyil
officers shall be he Il on the first Thurs
day IN August, 1872, AMI forever thereof
ter on the first Thursday in August, next
preceding their respective terms of ser>
vice.
We cory the foregoing action Of our
new State Constitution in order to show
for the information of our readers that
the county election viii take place in
August next. aud to suggest to candidates
TO announce themselv yes IN time.
The Memphis appeal, in its issue Of
the I2th, argues atlensth to establish the
belief in the public mind that 1t is in fa>
vor of building railroads. We quote
From 1884 to 1860, about one thou.
sand miles of railroad were built in Ten
nassee and the value Of lands increased
$99.577, I85. or more thaa $95, go for
each mile Of railroad buit 1t is thus
true, as recently asserted by General
Rosecraus, that every mile of railroad
built adds ten dollars 10 value to every
acre Of land within ten miles Of the
road
If this be so, then why do you persist
in the assertion that the Memphis ana
Knoxville Air Line Railroad can never
be built asnzsss it eonsoli lates with the
proposed Memphis and jackson road /?
Your figures are. correct but your logic
don't work