Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-04-19


write TACT fiction. There some things In that
work which really cannot bring myself to beievc said
an aged clergyman OF GLres 7fareis when they 6rst
appeared-We really cannot tell what is the revenu. OF
India but with the help OF little imagination No shall
try to divine what IL will be years ago" saw the p
rectors OF the East India Company To render the mat
ter still mole unaecountabc, find that while Tor the
year beginning April 1854. the revenue is as We hay.
stated only gwen estimate Tor four of the great &
visions OF British inda for the Presidency OF Madras the
act ual receipts aud the actual charges
Why this exception Why should Bombay and Ben.
gal bc just A. forward with their financial statements a
MsdraS They would in that case be still, year behind
our home estimates; but with the present facilities Of ira
vel and communication it il surely mon,rvus that the
accounts OF Indian should two Years old
appears that the actual revenue of India for the year
ending April 1884, was 20 OoO aud that there was
an increase of expenditure revenue OF no less than
2,oooOoN For the following year the estimate ia that
the Income would be ouly tcw thousands more while
the deficiency would be half million more. OF this
deficiency of 25o0OO which il even larger than that
which sealed the doom of the Melbourne Ministry Is wears
ago, Bengal accountable for oOOi In this p-e.i
dency the excess of outlay receipts has grau
ally increasing For the year 1851 il $50 900;
Tor 1882 1t was O,OOOL; in 1853 IL amounted To =
2SoOO; and the estimate for ls5t-55 was as We have
already s'ted In citing these figures have counted
the Companys rupees sicca rupccs-the differences, II
any, being trhing when large numbers The
total gross OF Bengal Tor 1884 calculated nj up
wards of l4I laos of the Company rupees or treating
these As sicca, ll,iiu,nON OF sterling money
From this there be dcducted certain allow
and assignments PAYABLE oi the revenues ian
accordance with treaties and other eugagecuts amount
ing To 2i1oOo The charges OF collection amount TO -
iOonOot or 81 per cent OF the revenue aod the
-ult is S1oooOOL The estimated net revenue of th.
Northwestern Provinces including the Puab aud Trans
Indus territory, is in like manner 5000 OOOL and this
may be- observed is the only department in which
venue is IN 1t than double that of the
expenditure although when compare the accounts u,
the several years and how the receipts slowly de
crcaSing and the charges rapidly multiplying is
difficult To anticipate the period when here also there shall
be deficit Instead of surplus In Madras and in Bonn
bay the balance is the wrong side Just in Bengal
The revenue OF the Bombay Presidency estimated
At S,N'hOuW, which l. less than requirements by
+OO.OnOi and here, too Calcutta tho deficiency is
growing one. At Madras the Tar advanc
ed that Tor the period presented with state
ment of the actual the coniectura revenue WAS
S5uooooi., and the deficiency $4,000.
The source upon which the East India Company chiefly
relies tor It's income is the landtax the gross result
which is where about 10000 OnI but in Bengal
ami Bombay the sale OF opium rivals the landax in pro-
ductvencss Ia Bengal indeed this lstter the most pro-
ductNe OF all the sources ct revenue but the OF col
lection absorbs nearly the hall of IT, The gross Weld of
the land revenues i S5S lac; the gross WELD OF the opium
revenue is $50 accs; but the former is collected at
cost of between and Ia per cent while the latter i col
lected OF IS per This strangely contrasts
with the same items IN the accounts of the Bombay Prv
dency There the land revenue Yields $50 ac the
OF opium passes aud OF opium, lOl laos But the form
cost the Company per cent and the latter,
Bengal, - per cent, bat only - The most expensive
however, of all the taxes OF India is that of Customs A.
levied in the NohWesteru Provinces. The product is nine
laos and the cost of collecting this is lacs Sure
the collection of the Customs in these provinces cost lar
ger sum than the collection OF any other tax the charges
Tor the collection OF the salt less there
any where else II i collected at little than per
cent in Bengal Is collected 80 per cent in Madras
1t -; ia Bombay At Is; aud ia the Punjab at ~ per
cent The result Is highest of all in Bengal where il
amounts tn 1879 Lace; least Of all in the Punjab.
The East India Company evidently hard pushed to
make up their revenue aud, while they annually
unh in Is not improper connect the cir
with the fact that they are also two wears Ia the
tn I,,v,
they to diminish their eSpences are problems that
NAV cost them much anxiety and considerable ingenuity
but 1t can scarcely be expected that any additional bur
dens or any projected rctremchmentS will avail until
system OF accounts is established that will admit Of repaid
check and couutercheck. present the estimates of the
Company based the fiction that IL takes hafa wear
to communicate with Calcutta As in the days OF CvE
HASTINGS when, before letter could reach London Ar
mics might To- raised, trained aud led victory empires
unhrard OF coveted, grasped at and won. How happy
would some oi the Indian provinces be IL that mighty Be
gum who rises before their Imagination when they think o
the Company would only manage her She mana
scs her accounts AMI send her generals years after
they required ght battles that never fought
again. aud 10 gain territories that lost rretrieyaby
Rescue or An AMERICAN GIRL IRON INprAx CArrIvi-
rYA California paper publishes tue following interest
ing account Of the of young American girl nam
ed Olive oAtman, from captivity among the Yuma In
dians:
STEAMER SEA BIRD SEA
March 9th 1886
Eiitor OF the Herald BY the last arrival from Fort
un' AIN enabled to give you the details OF the
from the Mohave Indians OF young and beautiful Ancri.
can g Who has been prisoner Tor five years Having
made considerable inquiry in Los Angeles aud vicinity
have succeeded in collecting all the facts attending her
e"piue, the murder OF her parents, etc, which will.
ingly placed at yOIr disposal.
On the 18th of March, 1851, family of emgrant nam.
ed Oatman from Iowa. route for California compo>cd
Of Lorenzo OatmGn. wife and seven children three bow,
aud four gifls while encanped about hundred and
t"~niyhye miles from the mouth OF the Gll river
attackedb by the Mohave Indians aud all but one boy and
~" girls na--acred in cold blood The boy ia the dark
succeeded IN escaping aud picked up the following
day 10y company Ot emigraut- about forty miles f,uui
the scene OF the murder The little fellow was perfectly
exhausted when found. without hat shoes and covered
with blood After recovering sufficiently tell his tale
some Of the started ascertain if ANYTHING could
be done, and on arriving at the fatal place. found
version was, alas too true, the bodies being half
eaten by cayotcs Enough however, wa. usceftan,d 10
chow that the two youngest girls missing The boy
i."o" living at the Monte, near Los Angeles aud dis
tncty remembers that horrible night.
For nothing had been heard of these two Young
gull and their tate appeared to be wrapped ia mystery
About i've months since, article letter was published
~ the Los Angeles Star stating that the Yuma Indians
hcers at Fort Yuma for beads blankets &c and that the
latter had refused To trade with puichas. the unioru.
nate sufferers from the Indians. Col Naunan L. : A
Who was AZ that time route for Fort Yuma immediate.
y Inquired into the subject but found the charges against
the officers wholly without foundation: and fearful tat y
some possibility, there might be prisoners never be-
r.
enngheayy ransoms for their recovery in answer To
which Yuma Indian Of the name of Fuucisco came in
saying He could hnd young girl ten days travel from
the FORT Beads, blankets etc, were Immediately pv-
en- him, aud III twenty days he returned with Mis- Oat
When brought IN she dressed al the females of In.
una Mohavc Indians, and on a white man approaching
threw himself PROSTATE the sand, and would not r.
until suitable female garments brought her She has
almost entirely forgotten her native tongue being
only able TO speak two three words Being
asked IN the Indian language her name she reted "Ol
i've Oatnan " j. tntocd the chin aud bears the n,tk
Ut hard slavery Her arms wrists and hands are large
developed. WasH slave Tor wears with her Mohaycs
who sold her to the Yumns. Her youngest sister died
about az mouths before the rescue II Miss Olive The
hair Of She young lady being Of light golden color the
Indians coored 1t back-usng dye made from the bark
Of the Meskeet tree. SHE eleven years old when Ia
ken prisoner. which will make her sixteen now though
she il more fully developed than many girl Of twenty
The officers at the Fort have dubbed together making
up purse for her aud furnishing such clothing a. ners
say also, have placed her 10 charge Of female residing
there and where every and attention will be- paid 10
All her wants and until any relations friends NAV come
iotwad to relieve the poor girl from her present depen.
dent position, aud endeavOr TO her from al savage
ast's or desire to return to Indian life hope that some