The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-04-13

The VICToRiA BRIDGE.---Itis is expected that
this bridge, now being built across the st. Law
renee at Montreal, will be finished during the
present year. On Saturday last the central
tube, $50 feet in length, was raised to its posi-
ton on the stone piers. Speaking of this the
Portland (Maine) Argus says: ...
There are many facts of curious interest con-
nected with the erection of this tube, which
are probably unknown to most of our readers.
The river closed in December, and made sever
al shoves. It was only until January that the
ice became thick and firm enough to bear the
enormous weight which it was TO sustain. At
this period an enormously heavy wooden bridge,
or stage it may be more properly called, was
built on the ice directly under the iron tube to
be erected. On this stage was set up large
stationary steam-engine for the purpose of haul
ing up the materials to be used in its erection,
on temporary railway, also built on the sur
face Of the ice. The iron tube was commenced
in its center, progressing from the center to-
ward tho ends day by day. This tube is Of
immense size and great weight; much greater
than the other tubes of the bridge, they being
242 feet long, 16 feet wide, and graduated to
the shore ends to 19 feet high; while the
great center tube is $40 feet long, 10 feet wide
and % feet high, and about so feet above the
GUNNER level of the river, thus allowing steam
ers to pass under it. nIH .wH
BLIssFUL IGNoRANoB.--on Saturday nearly
100000 of New York city money passed into
the possession of private individual, through
the hands of MIR. james Bowen of Westches.
ter, as Treasurer of the Metropolitan Police
| Commission. Within an hour after he had
signed the check for it, we had occasion to re-
quest of this public officer some information
concerning this public money; his answer was
al don't know any thing about It." 1t would
be interesting to the men who pay the taxen to
know whether the Treasurer Of the Police
| Commission makes practice of signing such
little checks, when he "don't know any thing
about it."-Trtbuae. a .
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.--M arshall Potter
was arrested on Saturday, at st. Stephen, N. B.
| charged with causing the death of his mother
two brothers and nephew, ON Thursday morning
last, at Lee, near Bangor, Me-, and robbin(
the house of one hundred and fifty dollars. HI
was the only one that escaped when the hous
was burned. He was fully dressed, and hi
two brothers, who slept in the same room, wer
burned, as were also his mother and nephew
He left Immediately after the fire, changed hi
clothes at Carroll, and succeeded in reaching
New Brunswick before he was arrested.
Mr.. John NJ. Osborne, recently connected
with tho Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Rail
road, has been appointed General Western
Freight Agent of the New York and Fri
road, and has entered upon the discharge o
his new duties.
| A boy named Fisher, who had been sub
merged twelve minutes in the river at Elyria
(having fallen in from a skiff,) was, by tn
calm and intelligent conduct of those who too
him out, restored to life. A most remarkabl
case of resuscitation.
Judge Wilkins, of Detroit, has decided ths
"the U. S. Court does not, and will not, sane
tion the practice of its ministerial officers, il
carrying weapons to aid them in the execu
ton of process. Their use is not warrante
by tho law"