INDIA. 



INDIANA. 



guard near Samaguting. The planters in north 

 Cachar demanded protection from the Govern- 

 ment, and a force of infantry was dispatched 

 to the disturbed district, and arms and ammuni- 

 tion were furnished to the planters. The ag- 

 gressive operations were also slowly pushed 

 against the Nagas, with the result that by the 

 end of March their stronghold had been cap- 

 tured, all the chiefs had surrendered and given 

 up their arms and forts, and the operations 

 were brought to an end. 



The rebellion in the Rumpa district, which 

 was first provoked in March, 1879, by the ex- 

 actions of a native to whom the collection of 

 the revenue had been farmed, broke out afresh 

 in the latter months of that year, and was also 

 protracted into 1880. Chendriah, the leader 

 of the insurgents, fell a victim to the jealousy 

 of another of the leaders, and was beheaded 

 in February by his followers. The insurgents 

 continued to be active till quiet was restored 

 by the troops sent against them. The military 

 were, however, withdrawn in May, when the 

 insurgents began to collect again and attack 

 some police posts, and the soldiers had to be 

 sent back. 



A Eurasian youth named Deesa was arrested 

 for an attempt to assassinate Lord Lytton by 

 firing a pistol at him on December 25, 1879, 

 and was brought to trial before the High Court 

 of Calcutta. Testimony was taken, and he 

 was examined as to the soundness of his mind. 

 He said that he felt all right and understood 

 the charge ; that he had bought a revolver in 

 order to defend himself in case he was attacked 

 by robbers on his way to Cuttack ; that he had 

 no recollection of firing at the Viceroy's car- 

 riage, and had no grievance against Lord Lyt- 

 ton or any of his suite; and that he was very 

 sorry for what had happened. The jury found 

 that he was of unsound mind, and he was or- 

 dered to be confined during her Majesty's pleas- 

 ure. 



A serious disaster took place at Naini Tal, 

 one of the most frequented summer re.sorts of 

 the country, September 18th, when a landslip 

 occurred which destroyed a part of the Victo- 

 ria Hotel, and buried several persons. Between 

 three and four hours afterward, the whole pre- 

 cipitous cliff, which had been undermined by 

 the landslip, suddenly fell while the work of 

 extricating those who had been killed and in- 

 jured by the first landslip was still in progress. 

 The hotel and the adjacent buildings, offices, 

 and assembly-rooms were buried, with nearly 

 every person who was on the premises. The 

 actual number of the killed could not be ascer- 

 tained, as many of them were coolies who had 

 come in to work. It was estimated at from one 

 hundred and fifty to two hundred. Among 

 them were many officers of the civil and mili- 

 tary service, summer visitors, and residents. 

 The disaster was occasioned by the heavy rains 

 which had visited the country. 



According to the representations of the 

 "Brahmo Year-Book" for 1880, a new period 



of vital activity has set in for the Brahmo-So- 

 majes of Bengal since the schism of 1878. At 

 the same time the local activity in the inde- 

 pendent somajes of western, northern, and 

 southern India has decidedly increased. The 

 theistic church of India consisted in 1880 of 

 about one hundred and thirty small churches, 

 scattered over the country. The several church- 

 es, however, widely differ both as to the num- 

 ber of members in each, and as to the quality 

 of their Brahmoism. The number of members 

 ranges from three or four to three hundred. 

 In some cases, a small somaj is strong in in- 

 fluence ; in others, a large one is weak. The 

 most prominent societies in Calcutta are the 

 sadharan Brahmo-Somaj, which originated in 

 the schism of 1878, and is most active in propa- 

 gandist and philanthropic work ; the Adi Brah- 

 mo-Somaj, the historic remnant of the original 

 society founded by Rammohun Roy in 1830, 

 which is conservative in its religious character, 

 and exercises an influence by means of the 

 personal sympathy existing between its lead- 

 ing members and the provincial somajes, which 

 have advanced to a certain point beyond the 

 current Hindooism, but are not inclined to go 

 further; and the Brahmo-Somaj of India, of 

 which Keshub Chunder Sen is the leader and 

 head. 



INDIANA. The total amount of the State 

 debt on October 31, 1879, was $4,998,178, of 

 which $1,093,395 was the amount of the for- 

 eign indebtedness, and $3,904,783 that of the 

 domestic debt. The interest-charge for 1880 

 amounted to $289,465, $3,543 less than in 1879, 

 and $8,571 less than in 1878. The interest on 

 the different loans in 1880 was to the follow- 

 ing amounts : 



BONDS. 



School fund 



Temporary loan 



War loan 



Internal improvement. 



Interest. 



$234,286 99 



46,530 24 



8,348 34 



300 00 



Total $289,465 57 



The domestic debt, about four fifths of the 

 total published amount of the State's indebted- 

 ness, is merely nominal, the loan being held 

 by one of the school funds of the State. Some 

 of the internal-improvement bonds have been 

 presented for payment during the year, and 

 are in litigation respecting the interest to be 

 paid upon the bonds, which are long overdue. 

 The reduction in the public debt, shown in the 

 lessening of the interest-charge, has been in 

 the temporary loan, and in paying off some of 

 the small balance of the internal-improvement 

 loan. The temporary loan was created in con- 

 sequence of extraordinary appropriations made 

 in 1873, after the reduction of the tax-levy to 

 five cents on $100 by the preceding Legislature. 

 The loan amounted to about $910,000. The 

 interest-charge was at first $07,000; $510,000 

 of the loan became became due April 1, 1879, 

 and $200,000 in December of the same year. 

 These bonds were converted into five per cents, 

 reducing the interest-charge to $45,500. 



