The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-03-23
THE
MOUNTAI NEER.
raElI slLT IKE CIIYI
SATURDAY MARcH 2sI 1861.
CORRESPONDENCE FROM
!. UTAH.

sources We may look for the very singular
statements that frequently are made III
the grsatyariety u correspondence that
emanates from Utah, or at least appears
50 10 do, We are not prepared 10 say. So
long as facts are stated ii matters not
from whom they issue But ISLANDERS, tile
most trivial at lirst sight, are often Hagni.
fed md turned into mischisyous ma
chiugTy.
A grsat Kentuckian that once visited
Utah, and subsequently occupied seat
IL orr nattonal Senate remarked once III
orr hearing that .qby-goaes should be BY
Eonos The scrnpiag of Of an apparent
" old scab often causes a rcsuscitation.
and gives baieful vigor to the evil lamors
81 an old sore.
A correspondent Of our nctghbor the
Enierpg1ise, ii the absence Of matter 10
I'LL up pages 70 nuke paying columns.
thus remarks upon tic old aud long and
oftcn-talked.of case d our Uncle ngainst
Mckenzie; "a few months back, says
the correspondent, brigham Young had
case up against cxsMarshal Dotson over
other plates that Peter took away BY
mistake at the time he unprecedented Nc
Kenzie Peters ease Was tried before
tho Probate Court and Judgment rend.
cred against him with damages beyond
two thousand dollars Peter was TO be
sold up and would have come 10 the ham.
mer but for Judge Crosby issuing an in
junction. &C.. &c.
AS to this case il Is not necessary to
refer TO the facts which are fully patent
70 all who have traced their history ind
records Everybody that sauyihIng
about the affair, and PETER ii particular
knows that Che plates were NOT taken byj
Dotson ~ sIistaIs, but through wilfuII
and uuprosokcd malice Nor VIII any
one who knows the circumstances alt,e say
thattkere wasthe first intcntioiiou tllepart
Of the plaintiff in the case, either to sell
Mr.. Dotsou up or bring him TO the ham.
flcr, Such retailsd columns reflect but
little credit upon their uniformed and
unthinking vendors
Inc faets are long since before The pub 1
- . -. i ~. i ~ & -
ilc anu need no fartherrehearsal. Simply
Will we say that q g-ng Of eounterfeiters h
undertook tue imitation Of Quarttr-mast,
Or drafts on.tlle Treasury TINT Mckenzie
was employed as an engrayer and paid
ioE his mere 81 mechanical work that Wal
lace, Brewer, and others the Intimate
md everyday associates Of Marshal Dot
son, forged the signature and gave issue
and currency 70 the forgeries Mr. Nc E
Kenzie bad formerly been an employee Of [
Governor Young. but was not al this
time. A currency WINS then differentiation
for the benefit Of the citizens. President
Young was abe president Of the assoeia-
ton which controlled il. The plates from
which that currency was issued were I'M ]
the possession Of the President, aud bore 8
upon their face their own construction.
They we're moreover IN the premises of,
and under the control Of, the President
Judging irapartialls from The papers Dot
son presented at the fine OF his seizure /,
Of the plates referred 70, the most Ieuient
construction that could be ruled uponE
them would, ii The eyes of he law. ira.
nounce him little less than 4 ,aaylicbtI /,
burglar, aud 4 s,,l;cct for ~ $50. :.,, !,
consideration II 4 grand iary, Ii
We care not to reject pI3on DAYS ,La, ,
are far away behind IS. By.ro9es - !
are willing, shall Ge by.rones viii ~ H
proriso, however. that seousdyels hsr,.
and hereafter shan behave tbsnsaI;.s h
and 90 bonel s,', +,
con- avn eo,.ycs,,o,,lo,,s > ..,,,,. ..,,.,
Correspondence i, g. ~, 49,
class IF knp,an hsin,,. 49, "a, ~
mass r,a,,o ,hsr 81 ) !; -, 'pe,A = .
q Inc ~, ,.,aa. ~ Z i ''aS' @.s some
,ecritv Il IN W. , III 80 sstupu,9qs u
~, 81 Is ~ seyA so''u : Wotii-feaa
d. We md them. and "a, ~ ~ se-'.s.sa