New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-12-28

turned loose again this morning tprobably) with
out anything to eat, or even picayune to console
them with whisky or tobacco.
Milkmen and others have lately been waylaid
and robbed along the City and Carrolton road, and
there il small doubt that the robbers are among
these miserable devils. But not one of them is re-
cognized by the police old yagrant or profess
sional thief, and most of them can tell who they
worked for last and why they went to camping in
the swamp. It is a fact that the demand for hard
labor and consequently the price thereof has gone
down greatly OF late. The poor devils are now
willing enough TO go to the Work-house; they
want something to eat, and a dry place TO sleep.
You should have seen them lying about like hogs,
last night in the bunks three deep and on the stone
floors OF the cells, some awake, some snorng-all
able-bodied men, doubtless willing to work. II
these men be not sent to the Work-house to-day,
some Of our city contractors might be able to do
something with them with benefit to both sides.
BREACH OF TRusr.-Jonas Pickles, grocer, of
No. IS New Levee street, yesterday had one John
r. Robson up before Recorder Long, on the charge
Of approprating to his own use $3.50, which plain
tiff had entrusted to him to pay Mr.. Roaney. In
default Of $1,000 bail, the accused was sent to
prison.
THE RECORDERS GoURFs.-Beyond what is men
toned under other headings there was nothing of
interest in the Recorders Courts. The fixed cases
lin Recorder Emerson's Court were continued, and
his dock discharged by Recorder Adams, in con
sequence Of his necessary presence at the Fourth
District Court, where his issue with Mayor Monroe
was undergoing trial.
THE FOURTH DISTRICT 0uTRAGE.-This affair was
examined before Recorder Adams yesterday.
Mrs. Catherine 1cheloey, sworn-0n the 10th
Of December, between 10 and ii o'clock at night,
the accused, James Levan, came to my house on
st. Mary street, between Fulton and Rousseau,
and broke into the house, getting in at q window.
ran out and cried for help; ne then left, but an
hour and o half afterwards he came again and
broke in at the door. 1 tried to go out again and
call for help, when he took hold of me by the
throat and struck me in the breast l am mar
ried woman; | have three children; ct the time
was confined to bed with child three weeks old
He told me il | did not bush and consent to his
wishes, he would take my life. He afterwards
struck me in the breast with brick, and also
kicked me, and knocked me down, and otherwise
abused me. begged him not to take my life, on
account of my children. | think if help had not
come, he would have succeeded in his Intentions
do not know the man: | never had any inter
course with him l do not know anything about his
ever having tried to force me to stay with him.
Mrs. Catherine Torn, sworn-I heard cries of
watch y and MURDER and went into Mrs.
MeKelyey's house. saw James Levan in the
house: Mrs. McKelvey's mouth was bleeding; he
was trying to injure her the worst he could; he
said to me- g You Dutch bugger you, it is none of
your business 60 about yonr business.n then
went back to my own house. saw that the door
and window of Mrs. Mekelyeyts house were
broken open. When went into Mrs. McKelvey's,
was told that Levan was trying to force her to
sleep with him. She was SO badly beaten and
bruised that she could not walk for two days.
The Recorder remanded the brute to prison, to
await his trial before the First District Court for
assault and battery with intent to commit the
crime of rape.