True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1845-08-13
HON. POWHATTAN E! LIS.

the hands of the federal government A
native of Virginia; he removed to this State
many years ago, and has been honored
with many important trusts, all of which,
he discharged with ability and commenda-
BILE faithfuIneSS. He has been on the Su-
preme bench; a senator in congress, chosen
by the legislature; Judge of the u. States
District Court; charge d'Affars to Mexico,
under the appointment of President Jack
son, and when it was deemed polite to
accredit minister ofthe first grade TO the
Mexican court, he was exalted 10 that dig
n.ty, by President Van Barren. No man,
perhaps, ever filled so many high office
of honor and trust, and discharged their
duties with suchzeal and ability, and made
In the public service so few enemies. Yet
from his position in Mexico he was recall
led by John Tyler. No friend of Mr.
TVler'S has ever yet Substantiated a reason
for the unexplained recall Of this honored
Mississippian; for it appears from the pub
lshed correspondence from our legislation
in Mexico, that Daniel Webster then Sec
rotary of State, addressed despatch to
Judge Ellis, BY order of the President of
the United States approving his diploma
tic course in the discharge of his duties
during his residence near the government
of Mexico. We believe none can''be adduc-
ed. Judge Ellis was in fact one among
the many victims to the insatiate ambition
Of Tyler. Seeing that he had nothing to
expect from Mississippi, and looking a
round for support in other quarters, he re-
called Judge Ellis, to make way for Cen
Thompson, of South Carolua, a State
which bis inordina.e vanity induced him
to believe was ready to support his aspira-
tons to the Presidency. Mr.. Thompson
entered upon the duties of his mission, aud
in fact gained credit for abors which
Judge Ellis performed. We say this with
no intention Of disparaging Mr. Thomp-
son, or OF undertaking his patriotism or
ability rs Il dipOmatist; for no man we be-
lieve is more ready to attcStth these facts than
is Mr.. Thompson himself, who closed with
ability, this part o! the duties of the Amer
lean legation IN Mexico, by negotiating a
treaty OF indemnity with that government,
for the payment Of the amount Of such
claims as bad been awardcd TO citizens Of
the United States by the Commissioners
under the treaty Of 1889.
Judge Ellis had been long at the Next
can codrt, and had prepared with patience
and labor--the Iubors of a Iawyer--the
claims of American citizens upon the gov
eminent Of Mexico. He was removed
from office soon after he had arranged all
the accounts Of the claimants before him
and forwarded them to the State Depart
ment, to be submitted to the Board of Com
mjssloners, then in session al Washington.
These are facts, and we state them as a
simple act OF justice to an injured citizen.
We will allude to one other Circum-
stance, TO wit: the attempt which was made
to injure Judge Ellis, by charging him
with want of sympathy for the uniortu-
nate TcXlan prisoners confined in the Cas-
tie of Perole. No charge wos ever more
maliciousy false rs was clearly evinccd
on his departure from Mexico, when he
sold his library and bestowed the proceeds
on the prisoners, and when Santa Anna
liberated at his request, eight or ten Amer
leans confined for having bcen found at
Santa t'e in company with the Texans. .
These gentlemen Judge Ellis brought /
home with him when he returned in the
Spring oflSl2.
Judge Ellis is now in private life, an as T,
plrant for no station and we cannot be &c /
cused of sycorhancy in making these re-
marks in his defence. They are due TO .
one whose ramc is honorablv connected .
with the history of Mississippi and regret .
that one more competent to do justice to .
his merits, has not performed the task be-
fore uS.
1.-THE President ofthe United States can
with his sense of public duty,
restore Judge Ellis to the diplomatic ser
vice ofthe country, we think such an up
pontment would tie received with univer-
sal satisfaction, by the democracy of Mis-
sissippi.- MisSisSiPpiaR.
We understand that a distressing acct
dent occurred near Holly Springs in Mar
shall County, by the electric fluid, on Sat
urday last. A negro house of Saunders
Taylor of that county, was stricken by
lightning. There was about fifteen negroes
in the house. two were struck dead, one n
man about twenty five years of age, the
other, boy about seventeen, a negro was
stricken blind, but it is supposed she will
recover her sight again. The others were
heavily shocked but not materially injured
How unsearchable are the ways of Pfovi-