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HI C K T's
BENGAL GAZETTE;
OR THE ORIGINAL
Calcutta General Advertifer.
A Jf'erhiy
Petitical and Cemmerc'utl
Paper,
Open to all Far ties, hut influenced by None,
_ . . _ —a
80
•Jh-———.
From
Saturday July the
28£h
to Saturday Auguft 4th 1781.
[No. XXV 1:1]
had any Father and Mother, and if fhe ble to do any work, and with a degree of
had to bring them to me, but not to fay furprife afk'd me what work I wanted to.
a word to the girl, He return'd and told put her Daughter to, I could Ue her da-
me {he had an old Mother who was living hcacy was aiarm'd, tho' in fo abject a
in wretchednefs in a final! Hovel in the iphcreof life, and I lolemnly deckie that
To all Genilemtn Seamen, and Lads of En-
terprise, and true Jpirit.
WHO arc ambitious of making an
honorable Independence by the
r 1 1 • • XVI • C --.11 tYltltllCUIJCIJ 11 j tl lljirtll UuVCl 111 LIU, >['UI-H,V1 Lliv., IVHVI A lUlCUIIIIV UCL.Iri.IC tiijU
Plunder of tne Enemies ottheir.Country,1 , . . . A ■> 1 j ■ ■ ■,
in, nn it"! f+ r-rtov' r> Shurpunah which was all the intelligence , me railed an idea in my mind at that mo-
TheDiiAIHor (1LOK1 Privateer
a Prime failing Veffel commanded by
JAMES B'.IACEY mounting 22 fix
pounders, 12 Cohorns and twenty Swi-
vels and ctrrying one hundred and
twenty Men,- will leave Calcutta
in a few days on a fix Months cruifca-
gain!! the butch, French, and Span-
iards.
The beff Treatment and Encourage-
ment will be given.
To
Mr. MICKY,
SIR,
The fell owing very remarkable anecdote
■was communicated to me form.'time ago
by a ft'icn.i-of mine Ithought it fo much
to the honor of the female fcx efpecially
of this.Country that J beg'd leave to co-
py it to fend to you, if you think it worth |~v ^.f^ffed Vheh foe faw'heTfVlother
aik'd her feveral queftions foreign- to the
purpofe for which I lent, for her, in or-
der, to familiarize her a little to me, and
induce her to fpeak freely, fhe rbld me,
(he had always been poor, that her huf-
baad was dead fome year?, tiiat fhe was of
no family and of the Chunian Caff, that
(he had earn'd her livelihood by fpining
wool before fhe was difabled by age, but
that now her only fupport w~s a Daugh-
ter that fhe had, who was then at work in
the Fort, and earned three pice a Day on
which vhey both fubfifted.- This was the
point I wanted to come to, I dpi!red
her to call her Daughter and let me fee
her fhe complied readily. The girl came
a place in your . entertaining paper it is
much at your frrv.ee.
I am Sir your conftant reader and
a fubfc riber
Jtn fxtraordihavy Anecdote.
2ot3c;jl£ , OME time after the cap-
g tare of the remarkable
2 S {* Fortrefs of Guaiier the en-
Y& gineer was ordered to Ciear
^car'SCMS the Fort of numbers'of lit-
tie Huts and Rubbifh which was fcatv
teied ail over it, to effect this he crnploy'd
fome hundreds of Men, Women and
Children.-One evening as 1 was fit-
ting at the door of my quarters (in a
penfive mood) near which fome of tliefe
poor wretches were at work. I obferveci
a very pretty girl about 10 years of age
carrying (tones on her head, her figure
ftruck me very forcibly, I watched her
palling-and repaying frequently. I obftr-
ved that 'tho in rags and employ'd in lb
dirty an occupation fhe had the appear-
ance of fomething fuperior to her prefent
fit.iation, her eafy deportment, her play-
ful difpofuion, with her comrades in em-
ployment, and a moft engaging fweetnefs
of countenance all determined me to en-
quire and find out it poffible who fhe
was. I was fearful pf fpeaking to her
being apprehenfive if I took any notice
of her flie would bcalarm'd and not come
near that place any mure. I fhew'd her
to my Hircarrah with directions to him
that when (he. went home from her work ting either of them to any work but fuch
at night he fhould follow her, and find as would be agreeable both to her and
Wit where fhe lived, enquire whether flic] he" Daughter, (he reply'd fhe wa$' not a-
he could get, I order'd him to go the ; ment that I never had a thought of be-
next morning and bring the old Woman j fore, I blufhed at the queflion, but it.
to me, flie came. Her appearance was j was not a guilty blufh I'had n; t athou<;'ht
that of old age and extreme mii'ery, 1 j.to the difhonour of the gtrlj but the
quellion was natural as there might have
been room for fufpicion. I told her no
work for myielf, but that I had a Wife
and Children down the Country,-and I
would fend her and her daughter dpwn to
them, where they would be happy for
ever (and fo help me heaven this .was
my fincere and determined intention)
1 Ottilcd in my fervants to confirm what
I told her of my family, flic was fatisficd
and confehted to my propofal, the Girl
too feemed plcafed, flie appeared to be of
a very lively difpoiitiort,. t gave the Old
Woman thirty Rupees, defircd her to go
and buy Cloaths for herfdf and Girl, or.
come to me the next Morning, when ■ I
would provide a room in the Fort near
my own Quarters, where they fhould
fray 'till I had an Opportunity of find-
ing them down the Country, they went
away lecmi.ngly happy, and you may
fuppofe I was not lei's fo I tnought i ■
had done one trulv charitable aolion in
my life from real motives of charity
rendering the remainder of an old Wo-
man s life happy by freeing her from
all wordly care, and releasing.a young
one pofilbly from ruin, at leafs endea-
vouring to do fo. . :,
But I was difappointed, Envy ever a-,
wake, effectually prevented me from en-
joying any fatisfaetion long,, for the. old.
Woman return'd in about an hour buc
without her Daughter, 1 faw rage had.
taken place in her Countenance, of that
complacence;/ with,which fhe. left me,
her fir ft fulutation was throwing the mo-
ny I gave her and the Girl about the
room, fhe then in a violent pa(Ti.on told
me that (he had been talking to a woman
finee fhe lelt me, who affured her that
the fringy men' never gave money to
Girls but for bide piirpofes, that her
Daughter had been married, two Months,
that her Hunbind hail been a Soldier i:i
Ambajces Army, and was., killed ten
days ago by the fringv's (this.was a eir- .'
cumftanee' I never enquired about be-
caufe I thought from the Gfrjs''Appear-
ance flie was too young to be married, as
foe appeared more of a Child dian a wo--
manj and that tho' fhe was a.poor GUI-
Woman, yer flie. vvou!d rathu-. Jdi! her
Daughtt: wuh her own hvod, tiia 1 fufl>r,
and me, it wasafm le of innocence and
affability, I was clwm'd with it but
faid not a word to iier for. fome time I ex-
preffed my furprife to the old lady at
three pice a Day fupporting both her and
the girl a°d afl-t'd her could not the gir)
follow fome other employment that
would be more eafy and f.t the fame
time more Profitable, fhe anfwercd with
thei greateft calmncls three pice a Day
was fufneient for them, I {tared at her
indifference, I admir'd her moderation,
and envied her content.—good Heavens
laid I to myfelf, fo old fo infirm a woman,
with fuch a Daughter and fo littls to fup-
port them, and yet contented and of
courfe happy, it was to me aitonifhing
beyond conception. I afked her leave to
give her Daughter a couple of Ryppees
(he permitted it, I brought a bag on the
table wherein were about a hundred, I
threw them out on the table, flie feemed
amaz'dwah wah-, Burrah Saib hi ! was her
exclamation to her Daughter, flie told me
neither of them ever faw fo much money
in all their lives before, I gave the Girl
two rupees, and afk'd her if fhe wou'd
come and live with me, thaw, ka,
cprrey was her aiifwef without being in
the lead difconcertcd, I then told the
mother that if fhe and her [ daughter
would live with me, they fhould have all
the money, and that I would take care of
both as long as they lived, without put-
BENGAL GAZETTE;
OR THE ORIGINAL
Calcutta General Advertifer.
A Jf'erhiy
Petitical and Cemmerc'utl
Paper,
Open to all Far ties, hut influenced by None,
_ . . _ —a
80
•Jh-———.
From
Saturday July the
28£h
to Saturday Auguft 4th 1781.
[No. XXV 1:1]
had any Father and Mother, and if fhe ble to do any work, and with a degree of
had to bring them to me, but not to fay furprife afk'd me what work I wanted to.
a word to the girl, He return'd and told put her Daughter to, I could Ue her da-
me {he had an old Mother who was living hcacy was aiarm'd, tho' in fo abject a
in wretchednefs in a final! Hovel in the iphcreof life, and I lolemnly deckie that
To all Genilemtn Seamen, and Lads of En-
terprise, and true Jpirit.
WHO arc ambitious of making an
honorable Independence by the
r 1 1 • • XVI • C --.11 tYltltllCUIJCIJ 11 j tl lljirtll UuVCl 111 LIU, >['UI-H,V1 Lliv., IVHVI A lUlCUIIIIV UCL.Iri.IC tiijU
Plunder of tne Enemies ottheir.Country,1 , . . . A ■> 1 j ■ ■ ■,
in, nn it"! f+ r-rtov' r> Shurpunah which was all the intelligence , me railed an idea in my mind at that mo-
TheDiiAIHor (1LOK1 Privateer
a Prime failing Veffel commanded by
JAMES B'.IACEY mounting 22 fix
pounders, 12 Cohorns and twenty Swi-
vels and ctrrying one hundred and
twenty Men,- will leave Calcutta
in a few days on a fix Months cruifca-
gain!! the butch, French, and Span-
iards.
The beff Treatment and Encourage-
ment will be given.
To
Mr. MICKY,
SIR,
The fell owing very remarkable anecdote
■was communicated to me form.'time ago
by a ft'icn.i-of mine Ithought it fo much
to the honor of the female fcx efpecially
of this.Country that J beg'd leave to co-
py it to fend to you, if you think it worth |~v ^.f^ffed Vheh foe faw'heTfVlother
aik'd her feveral queftions foreign- to the
purpofe for which I lent, for her, in or-
der, to familiarize her a little to me, and
induce her to fpeak freely, fhe rbld me,
(he had always been poor, that her huf-
baad was dead fome year?, tiiat fhe was of
no family and of the Chunian Caff, that
(he had earn'd her livelihood by fpining
wool before fhe was difabled by age, but
that now her only fupport w~s a Daugh-
ter that fhe had, who was then at work in
the Fort, and earned three pice a Day on
which vhey both fubfifted.- This was the
point I wanted to come to, I dpi!red
her to call her Daughter and let me fee
her fhe complied readily. The girl came
a place in your . entertaining paper it is
much at your frrv.ee.
I am Sir your conftant reader and
a fubfc riber
Jtn fxtraordihavy Anecdote.
2ot3c;jl£ , OME time after the cap-
g tare of the remarkable
2 S {* Fortrefs of Guaiier the en-
Y& gineer was ordered to Ciear
^car'SCMS the Fort of numbers'of lit-
tie Huts and Rubbifh which was fcatv
teied ail over it, to effect this he crnploy'd
fome hundreds of Men, Women and
Children.-One evening as 1 was fit-
ting at the door of my quarters (in a
penfive mood) near which fome of tliefe
poor wretches were at work. I obferveci
a very pretty girl about 10 years of age
carrying (tones on her head, her figure
ftruck me very forcibly, I watched her
palling-and repaying frequently. I obftr-
ved that 'tho in rags and employ'd in lb
dirty an occupation fhe had the appear-
ance of fomething fuperior to her prefent
fit.iation, her eafy deportment, her play-
ful difpofuion, with her comrades in em-
ployment, and a moft engaging fweetnefs
of countenance all determined me to en-
quire and find out it poffible who fhe
was. I was fearful pf fpeaking to her
being apprehenfive if I took any notice
of her flie would bcalarm'd and not come
near that place any mure. I fhew'd her
to my Hircarrah with directions to him
that when (he. went home from her work ting either of them to any work but fuch
at night he fhould follow her, and find as would be agreeable both to her and
Wit where fhe lived, enquire whether flic] he" Daughter, (he reply'd fhe wa$' not a-
he could get, I order'd him to go the ; ment that I never had a thought of be-
next morning and bring the old Woman j fore, I blufhed at the queflion, but it.
to me, flie came. Her appearance was j was not a guilty blufh I'had n; t athou<;'ht
that of old age and extreme mii'ery, 1 j.to the difhonour of the gtrlj but the
quellion was natural as there might have
been room for fufpicion. I told her no
work for myielf, but that I had a Wife
and Children down the Country,-and I
would fend her and her daughter dpwn to
them, where they would be happy for
ever (and fo help me heaven this .was
my fincere and determined intention)
1 Ottilcd in my fervants to confirm what
I told her of my family, flic was fatisficd
and confehted to my propofal, the Girl
too feemed plcafed, flie appeared to be of
a very lively difpoiitiort,. t gave the Old
Woman thirty Rupees, defircd her to go
and buy Cloaths for herfdf and Girl, or.
come to me the next Morning, when ■ I
would provide a room in the Fort near
my own Quarters, where they fhould
fray 'till I had an Opportunity of find-
ing them down the Country, they went
away lecmi.ngly happy, and you may
fuppofe I was not lei's fo I tnought i ■
had done one trulv charitable aolion in
my life from real motives of charity
rendering the remainder of an old Wo-
man s life happy by freeing her from
all wordly care, and releasing.a young
one pofilbly from ruin, at leafs endea-
vouring to do fo. . :,
But I was difappointed, Envy ever a-,
wake, effectually prevented me from en-
joying any fatisfaetion long,, for the. old.
Woman return'd in about an hour buc
without her Daughter, 1 faw rage had.
taken place in her Countenance, of that
complacence;/ with,which fhe. left me,
her fir ft fulutation was throwing the mo-
ny I gave her and the Girl about the
room, fhe then in a violent pa(Ti.on told
me that (he had been talking to a woman
finee fhe lelt me, who affured her that
the fringy men' never gave money to
Girls but for bide piirpofes, that her
Daughter had been married, two Months,
that her Hunbind hail been a Soldier i:i
Ambajces Army, and was., killed ten
days ago by the fringv's (this.was a eir- .'
cumftanee' I never enquired about be-
caufe I thought from the Gfrjs''Appear-
ance flie was too young to be married, as
foe appeared more of a Child dian a wo--
manj and that tho' fhe was a.poor GUI-
Woman, yer flie. vvou!d rathu-. Jdi! her
Daughtt: wuh her own hvod, tiia 1 fufl>r,
and me, it wasafm le of innocence and
affability, I was clwm'd with it but
faid not a word to iier for. fome time I ex-
preffed my furprife to the old lady at
three pice a Day fupporting both her and
the girl a°d afl-t'd her could not the gir)
follow fome other employment that
would be more eafy and f.t the fame
time more Profitable, fhe anfwercd with
thei greateft calmncls three pice a Day
was fufneient for them, I {tared at her
indifference, I admir'd her moderation,
and envied her content.—good Heavens
laid I to myfelf, fo old fo infirm a woman,
with fuch a Daughter and fo littls to fup-
port them, and yet contented and of
courfe happy, it was to me aitonifhing
beyond conception. I afked her leave to
give her Daughter a couple of Ryppees
(he permitted it, I brought a bag on the
table wherein were about a hundred, I
threw them out on the table, flie feemed
amaz'dwah wah-, Burrah Saib hi ! was her
exclamation to her Daughter, flie told me
neither of them ever faw fo much money
in all their lives before, I gave the Girl
two rupees, and afk'd her if fhe wou'd
come and live with me, thaw, ka,
cprrey was her aiifwef without being in
the lead difconcertcd, I then told the
mother that if fhe and her [ daughter
would live with me, they fhould have all
the money, and that I would take care of
both as long as they lived, without put-