New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-11

.biDe having teen previously arranged By Wallace.
Everything being ready for TIE arrest OF Brewer,
and the capture Of the plate aud counterfeit drats
awsrrsnt Was obtained against Mckenz'"'"' Do "as
in the city and Major Porter started up at night,
arriving in TIE city early in the morning where toe
wsrran; was placed in the bands OF the United
States Marshal, VINO at once arrested Mckenzie at
bis residence.
Col crosmsn was then examined, whose test
uloDy w.s merely conhnstcry Of That Of Ms.
Porter.
J. M Wallace testified to having been approach
Cd By Brewer 10 regard - rsisiog a large amount
Of money BY counterfeit. drafts. He appeared 70
entertain the proposition fayorably for the pGrpose
of putting him of bis guard; explained hoT be had
led bun on until be wallace was informed taat
the plate and blanks were all ready, when he
went up to Salt Lake City, where he met Brewer
and McKerzie; and that tie latter remarked On
reference 10 the completion of the plate, DC that
he had dOre his part, and il now remained Tor
Brewer and Wallace to carry out the remainder OF
the undertaking. AT Wallace's suggestion Brewer
came up 70 Camp Floyd, bringing Win hun the
plate and counterfeit drafts, one of which he was
led on to psss upon LEM; w.ereuPon lie vas ar
rested and the whole scheme exposed
Great credit is due TO Wallace for tue zeal and
adrotness displayed by him throughout this tran
s4ction Mckenzie, the eDgraver, Is very supe-
rior workman, and TIE counterfeit got up by HIN
and Brewer was so perfect that Col. Cr0sman
himself would have been imposed upon by It had
he not been previously put upon his guari
The John Kay spoken of by Brewer, IN bic testl-
mony, as "a id rascal " with whom be would
have nothing % do, is the Territorial Marshal, TO
whom Gov. Cumming addressed proclamation
come time ago commanding him to dsperse GER
tain rebelIious armed bodies supposed II be then
nfesiDg the mountains. IL vas stated ID my
presence, but day Or tEO since, BY man whom
! believe 10 be worthy Of credit, who has been some
wears resident Of this Territory, and is nov
Deputy lnted States Mar.bsl, that when be came
TO Salt Lake City, in 1852, this Kay made formal
proposition TO him TO 90 into the counteTieillng
business, stating to him that he had all the neces-
ssry dies, apparatus, &C. and that the production
of the bogus coin would not cost them more than
S25 in 500. The proposition was declined, but
the country SHORTLY hlltIWdIu Nae HOVuosi "'sN
base coin-not purporting, it is true, to be OF the
Federal currency, but of the Deseret stamp
Many of your readers may not be aware that,
among the other sovereign prerogatives assumed
by the Mormon Hierarchy, that of coming money
is one; that they have Issued quite number OF
gold coins, stamped with bee hive and the legend,
" Horess to the Lord" and purportng to Dc OF
the value of So At first, The coins put into circu-
lation we're pure enough but, before long, the Ter
ritory was flooded with base metal. The firm OF
Livingston Kinkead d. Co., Gentle merchants,
doing business at Salt Lake City, having their sus-
pcioDs at length aroused, sent one OF the CONS to
the Philadelphia Mint to be analyze where it was
found to be worthless. Having about thousand
dollars of the stuff in their sa'e, one of the
firm Immediately went to Brigham Young, aud
threatened exposure, &c, whereupon the Prophet
redee med every dollar of it. This statement l
have direct from one of the firm.
Mr.. Greeley arrived at Salt Lake City by the
last mail. He has not yet paid us visit at Camp
Floyd.