Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-06

MONUMENT TO DIXON AND HIS DEVOTED WIFE,
HER BROKEN DEATH.

MONUMENT TO DIXON AND HIS DEVOTED WIFE,
HER BRoKEN-HEARrEp DEATH.
Correspondence Of THE EVENING srAn.
fAzoo CRY, Miss, August So 1881.
on the 18th of August the second anniversary
OF the assassination OF Henry NJ Dixon, Of Yazoo
city, handsome double monument OF pure
itaiian marble was erected over the remains of
himself and wife. The monument was purchased
ey liberal donations, given by the people Of
ZOO county. The work was executed I'm Ca
faia italy, 10y superior artist by order OF John
Siendenning of Nicksburg Nothing finer in
uueslSn or superior in quality has ever been
81, TO this part OF the country. Two beauts-
lui pliass. surmounted 10y eNquisitely carved
caps rest on massive Italian bases and the
chaste and elegant finish of the arch or dome.
winch rests upon these pillars Is enhanced bv1
.No superpiy cut ciasped hands raised two
ihchcs ABOVE the surface of the surrounding
marble and under these hands suggestive of the
reunion, Is cut In large. raised letters "Hus-
oand ana Wife, ON raised semi-circle AZ
the summit OF the work is an elegant plain urn,
completing the symmetry aud proportion of tho
whole. This last tribute Of esteem and love WAS
paid 10y men Of talent. standing and wealth.
lawyers. physicians, merchants. planters and
noble-hearted friends. Engraved on the monu-s
ment are the following inscriptions:
HENRY NJ. Dixon,
Aged ~ years.
In 1873 when terrified men and women aps-
pealed for protection. his courage and services
preserved their lives and property and elevateeta
men 10 high positions of honor and profit. Uor
character and name were spotless, and mene
called him patriot and 'brayest Of the braveC
In 1879 he presented his name 10 the people for
an Official position. and for this crime he WAC
illuminated, wronged. prosecuted and killed inn
lazoo City, August 18th, 1879. The widow, thee
orphan, the poor, the pague-Stricken, thee
afflicted and imprisoned were ever the objects OF
his universal sympathy, charity and magma
nimity shading mis- errors, which were as but
spots on the MONDAY sun. For these noble
works We trust he has reaped his reward:
Enter into life eternal'
Died
of a Broken Heart,
AMY A. Dixon,
Aged "a years.
Crushed by the cruel death of her idolized
husband driven to despair and madness
by the intensity Of her grief, mer.
ciful God took her to himself july Ist 1870,
Every Christian grace beautitied her refined and
cultivated nature, and none name her but to-
love and praise her. Six little orphans mourrFi
their parents loss and weep their parents
wrongs. This monument Is a sacred memorial
contributed and dedicated TO their beloved menu
Dries by their many faithful friends"
The night previous to his assassination, as II
by intuition Of the fatal Tomorrow. he sang to-
his wife his favOrite song: lone little wish, dar--
ling. grant me. See that my graves kept green"
And from the day of his burial to her death her
daily pilgrimages were made TO that hallowed
spot. on foot. over one mile, through rain or
snow or scorchng heat, with her basket OF
flowers Standing over his grave before her
sickness. she begged to be buried i'm the same
grave with him. and on her death-bed in a lucid
interval. she reiterated urgently this request.
In her dreams for nearly eleven months. every
night she met him. and oftentimes put out her
hand upon awakening TO fe6 If he were not
beside her, only to realize her disappointment
despair and utter Observation-Disclosures