The native American., 1838-03-10

| tel, and were relating the almost Incredible ont
rage that had been committed on us, when thre
parties in seighs arrived which had likewise bee,
attacked, but had been fortunate enough to eseap,
without the loss of their property, except twt
gentlemen who lost their hats in the sculie. an,
| a farmer who was robbed and left dreadfully
beaten on the road his horses, one of which bac
an eye knocked out, coming in without him
He was brought on soon afterwards by anothe,
sleigh. A gentleman of one Of the parties has
his head nearly cut open by one of the rulians
We then armed ourselves as well as we could
and started in search of the robbers but they had
meanwhile left road, fearing, no doubt pursuit
and detection. On Sunday morning | went to
the Upper Police Office, deposed the facts, and
desired officers to accompany me in pursuit of
our lawless assailants, who no doubt reside on
this island, and offered liberal reward for their
apprehension; although reward in case of high
way robbery like this, ought, in my opinion, to
be offered by the authorities. After however,
having remained there for nearly three hours,
and as only one officer seemed inclined to ven
ture out, (it was very cold day, and police Off
GERS like their comforts as well as other mortals)-
he however not being able to leave the office, /
was obliged to, return home without having eff
fected any thing! then resolved to call on his
honor the Mayor, and to request of him that aid
to which citizen under all, and particularly un-
der the existing circumstances, is, or at eat ought
TO be, entitled. His honor desired me to call
on Wednesday morning at ten o'clock, at the
Mayors office. went there punctually at that
hour, and was the first person in the office in
quest Of his honor, and certainly no other case
could be more urgent than mine. After having,
however, waited for nearly two hours, and see
ing that no notice whatever was taken of me,
but that on the contrary, people calling in after
me, were received, listened to and despatched
in utter neglect Of me, left the office in disgust
We are then to be attacked, pundered, and near.
ly murdered, without protection from our authors
ties! and when we are on the track of robbers
we cannot even procure the assistance Of police
officers in arresting them! No wonder, then
that the host of vagabonds who infest the city
and island, become every day more daring, as they
see that they can rob and plunder the citizens
with impunity. have hitherto been stauncl
supporter Of the Wing cause! now, however
feel tempted to become Tory or Loco Foco, an,
shall advise every friend to do the same as bein,
la Jackson man, may be perhaps passpor
against attacks from the Irish, and as we ma,
hope that Tory or Loco Foco authorities viii
protect our lives and property with more energy
Before closing this, | have to mention that OF
Sunday last gave statement Of the above fact
to the editor Of the Courier and Enquirer in 4
letter addressed to him, being subscriber t
his paper, as considered it my duty to my fel
low citizens to warn and caution them throug
the public press, and as several of my friend
reside on the Bloomingdale road, giving him {
the same time the number and street Of my resi-
dence, well known to him, SO to preclude an,
doubt as to the veracity of the statement. TIL,
worthy colonel, however, took no notice what
ever of it, and totally disregarded my com
plant, which it was in more than one respect his
duty to publish. | venture to say that had
he been assailed in such brutal manner as ane
my family have been, he no doubt would have
made good long story Of it in his own paper