Show REPORTED FOR THE VALLEY TAN J etim CAMP rloyd FLO july 16 col oi i on wednesday morningan mornin morning gat at 10 taster ister eckles ckles held a court in the theatre to anak baliel aque uw i the he primary examination in in the else cae of 0 ches he q to 0 o in forgery argery of quarter masters ji treasury judges sinclair Crad leba ugh iwas iab 8 were presents present 0 d at myron brewer who was admit admitted tea as aji asui evidence was A as the first called after easue being duly sworn he wade u ade the follo inc toted statement t ne e resided in salt lake city for 3 or byear at it do dm in in the month of may met JIcK mckenzie ellzie on tl tit aa en streets street ili in course of conversation a plate was vw foli oie e menti mentioned onedo afterwards separated about coir athe the weeks elapsed again talked vi writh ith him aloit abatt ardly adly the feasibility of executing a count counters erf alle wi plate ill j at ith it witness told mckenzie he would mould consult consul aasc is be lis hia f friend led aar J ba wallau I 1 lia b W af pd d to coincide with the views of M mckenzie enn it B spoke to hini him when mckenzie said the th thethis ething atiat was quashed mckenzie said he must get I 1 I 1 e ld some other party he said mr john kay had he ie wo spoken to him about it did not understand brew the behan behavior for rf cf wallace after his return from talla lvell camp floyd said he was resolved to coary tarry id an the thing out at all hazards i h court did he assign any reason j ryk y it ile said lie he had scruples and must comma I 1 lot ab by n licate cate with mr young on oil the subject 11 cow con young gave him short answers 41 I 1 court i 1 from this time the plate progressed ahr 4 wit kit witness was to have nothing to do with thi the the issuing the plates were accomplished I 1 a mr wallace proposed going to camp floy to see about the feasibility of issuing r re el eu calved the plate from mckenzie arid and took it fi to into wallaces back room went to camp im with wallace t it would be necessary for some one to go to ile california witness could get a trusty abend abent the bill was wab struck in in great salt la lain ko city witness filled it up that is the ebern the counterfeits are prepared by tracing a aay twice traced this paper has been traced at 18 t knew of a plan for counterfeiting the rei eav T q york cheques chequer ch eques the cheque was passed to led d mr lint at Walla wallaces cels in in fairfield j call to tl court you state that young said so arl aad so what young I 1 1 tt wit brigham young the tithing offer lom mn is is on oil the west side of youngs house is is eo CB t da 18 closed and belongs to the church it i mckenzie aicKen zie stated he could get some papa tas from a son soil in in law of john kay george geci 1 rite watt got s some 0 in e odthe of the paper for him bek s pet in in the city he is is the depoi re ter for the church that witness got a quire from the valley tan 1 boasi as rollf office but thou thought glit it was not used rot court was there any agreement in vid its g in ing as to the disposal of the proceeds it kt wit mckenzie said he should elac exact t a receipt from wallace tor for tw tv o thirds of tin the proceeds nothing less than 00 v was tit ii ic to ile be issued at fust fist 1000 was mentioned qc C court did lie assign any reason fabso for w yet er laige an amounts j T wit that it rot fall into hie file lards i icat im or the people of oe tho the territory they aisbet Ais bed i y i I 1 the government to be the sufferers the rho ul 1 I dimate arrange arrangement was the bills were I 1 pass through the hands of w witness alness to vl ar at it in the tn nl lace had seen mckenzie ni oi upper room of the tithing office he aorl N orald M in ili the day time lime c cicro cry one can have acce access L there was some contrivance roo 0 in t the handle liable of the door which gave ga e no the e with fl f the approach of any one and the lct 0 appeared under a falsia false sill in in the flate ta mckenzie had made some plates church and tile the deseret news office q the lit lt ed as a machanic mic hanic witness procured bo 10 for and gave it to mckenzie saw the v struck explain explained tied how the plates could a bile altered to st lo 10 louis uis new orleans orl ans ac be 1 was taken off the plates by a k impression the office the store in the in tithing lot pd 1 i press wallace N was as engaged as agent I 1 the gamblers had been spoken of 0 as likel persons triona to pass pals the counterfeit bills was ly re elit wt bell they N ere priced ted Aed maj mai F J porter forter abst benl then lk ate vt his bis evidence had read several letters abich hall been receive ed from mr wallace heur purport port of them was to keep the general ending ma anding posted in the working or of the also stated ins his business in the city 3 to show gov cumming the counterfeit the ori col crosson an on the U S treasury with a view to iliin the its arrest made lie ile received the in rotation within two days aft after er it was ivas kown to mr wallace mr J TI wallace next stated be had bad a an seniew with mckenzie who told him that 1 wallace allace ff was recommended to him by mr young as a man to be trusted wallace fallace entered into the scheme and no f hied gen johnston Jo linston of what was going on depressed a i desire that col crossman creasman be made acquainted with the mat lie ile explained afterwards to ed 1 crossmans Cross mans satisfaction his reasons for jw making him acquainted v ith the facts at lilt tune col crossman Ur ossman sworn Is deputy quarter e aster general camp floyd reco recognized the aj aae on tile the table and andt then etwas it was presen d to him be was utterly startled he could ardly adly tell the original from the counterfeit was so well executed ile he then explained it difference between the new york abst easu rera paper and that of the abst ir rea surer in in st louis the latter being a bulted on a lighter quality of paper than anew york he supposed the counter 9 sit it draft before thein it aich lie he and mr lint e lad ad endorsed for identification when hen brought is fore ore the court was printed on paper used 11 athe the treasurer at new york otherwise he 1 I ardly could tell which was which ile he 11 nahed to do mr wallace justice by stating fiat he was fully convinced conin ced he entered into ac is in scheme with true and worthy motives mr was next c aclid acied anti and stated that r brewer Brewe came reame to him and wanted to ne cliate late the creque it which aich he now identified lie ie iia not cash it t at the time me but told brewer ahe ie would woul dand and in it the course of the day did so brewer asked him to go with him to mr Walla blaces Vl aces cels took him to the back room opened I 1 an iron front safe took from chece the draft landed handed it to mr lint and thanked him great fai or he had done lin lim it ly r cashing cash ng it the amount w vas as 65 court how many yards from where alere the acourt is now sitting was this place wit from to the court adjourned till 4 when vi hen pon n assembling reassembling re the court rendered its ision that the prisoner be remanded to the it custody of the marshal to await his trial ahr M forgery mr brewer was discharged discharge d him ha custody J W hi follow following ing relative e to the proposed re fegion of service upon the great overland mail a ind and the attorney generals opinion lire tere clip from the san francisco herrio june 21 which says dispatch to the st louis louia paira rs states that the postmaster on the of april keethe opinion of the attorn attorney ey geri general eral i to his powers to reduce the great GreatO overland veiland Ov eiland mail from semiweekly semi weekly to weekly service thus designing to curtail to a great degree tit the expenses of the department tile the attorney general has just replied that the post general cannot under the law reduce the present rate of service i ervice A is ia most fortunate for us that the post taster general cannot reduce the present late ite of service for form in the crippled condition afflis tu department ent no other course was left benfor pen for him t to pursue we are satisfied that tat it was far from the desire of the post master baster general to do anything that would flicht huctwith v ith the interests of any part of the 1111 hollif ion if ile he cid coald P possibly 0 s s ably avoid it but with w hands bands tied through ahmu g h tile the selfishness of a litt ions opposition in congress Con press he had bad no ace ce A reference to the new york ork clerah may e 27 just itu t e C come me to hand band will show that process li ce of curtailment was to have been me stilled title led to other it er mail ail facilities besides beside those these t C alifornia all fornia the e pruning hook book was to cut e wyn y here ere ahe lie herald erald says washington may 1839 the he question ier the postmaster gen ral 1 l has the authora authority ty to pay for forthe the trans of the trial mail I 1 on the line to southam I 1 and havre out of any moneys in the trea fenot not otherwise appropriated under the wll wal provisions re ul abing tile the foreign mail referred erred to the attorney gen raly alln it con sei lence ofa difference of opinion jsn neen the postmaster general genera I 1 anddie first 01 ller tile the gattorno Attorn cj general I 1 under I 1 stand sustains the he view of mr holt that tile the service on this line can be paid for out of the general treasury treasure notwithstanding a specific appropriation WAS made for the line payable out of 0 the I 1 ei denue of the postoffice Post office department 11 the hit great transatlantic trans atlantic mails were to be cat down dott n we would etore suggest that instead oi of sending a petition to the ter genei general al neto e to our Over overland laud rot bottes rottes tes the service of which it is not in fit his power to 0 o reduce according to the opinion of the actor ney general the people of california petition Cm congress gress to abolish the franking privilege this evil once abated there will bo be no difficulty about our mail facilities |