Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-06-26
THREATENED DESTRUCTION orTuEI

THREATENED DESTRUCTION oFTnEI
MORMON TEMPLE.-1he ST. Louis New
Era, OF the 18th inst, says:--A report reached
here yesterday by the steamer ST. Croix. that
preparations were said to b. making at Maui
VOC, when she left, to blou up the Holu Tenn
pie Of the Mor@ORs Nth gunpouder. The
ruinor there was generally believed, and con-
siderable excitement prevailedin consequence.
The powder was said to BE- deposited at Pom
tusac. about fifteen miles above. Ii done, il
Is said TO be the work OF the an;i-Mormons.
who believe that If the temple was DESTROYED
this infatuated race would entirely disaand.
aud never think OF Nauvoo more than any
other place; but so long as the temple remains
II Viii be looked upon by them as the Mecca
OF their religion. aud hundreds who have start
cd 10 Oregon. Iowa, and California, will be
struggling back. Besides this. Mormons from
every part of the East. who are emigrating
West, must take Nauvoo in their route 10 see
the Temple. This the Antics do not like.
and these are some OF the reasons assig red for
Its destruction; but the more probable one is
that II has It's origin in maliguity and desire,
II possible, 10 exterminatc the very name of
Mormon. Yesterday was the day said tn be-
fixed upon for its destruction. 1--WE shall
soon sec what we shall see
SANTA ANA ADOPTING AN AMERI.
CAN B0f.-Wld ly Thompson's recent work
on Mexico, gives a favorable view OF the char
acter at Gcu. Santa Anna. Various histan-
ccs OF his clemency are told. aud among other
remarkable incidents we have the following
sneceotc:
Amongst the prisoners taken at Mier was
a very shrewd and handsome boy. of about | >
years OF age, Johu Hill. On their arrival in
Mexico, this boy was not closely confined as
4 i,..s f.... A 1.
me, and requested that would ask the Prcsi-
dent TO release him. told him to go him
self, and was sure that Santa Ana would
be more apt to do it on his own account than
OH mine.
| A few days afterwards the little fellow re-
turned To my house very handsomely dressed.
and told M that he had been liberated, and
gave me the following account OF what had
passed between himself and the President
When he requested Santa Ana to release him,
/ the latter replied--"Why, if | do, YOU will go
back and fight me again. The Santa Fe pris-
oners were released on their parole ot honor
not TO bear arms again against Mexico; and Il
! was not three months before hall OF them had
invaded the country again; and they tell me
that YOU killed scvem OF my Mexicans at
Mirr." The little fellow replied that he did
not know how many hc had Killed. but that he
had fired some fifteen or twenty times during
the blttle. VERY we'll ssys Santa Anna. Il
will release YOU, aud what i m re i will adopt
you "a my sonand educate you and provide Tor
YOU a. such.
The boy was sent TO the hous. OF General
Tornel, the Minister OF War, aud was really,
a. know, a lDp,ed on full footing of equal
ity IN his family, an treated with the most
parental kindness. He was afterwards placed
at the principal college in Mexico, where Ia
was pursuing his education when lett tn
country. General Santa Anna not only paid
the charges olhis education, bat in all respects
cared for him as d son. Some time after his
own discharge, li:uc Hill came To me To re-
quest that ! would request the release Of his
father. | told him no; that lie was more suc-
cesslul than was; to goand try his own hand
again. ii. did 50 aud obtained at once The !
rcicoss OF his father, aal afterwards OF broth |
or. who was nlSn nmnln the MI. olerS y