Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-05

MONUMENT TO DIXON AND MS DEVOTED WIFE
HER BRoKEN-HEARTED pEATH.

@c>tAENN w FtAt> AND HIS DEhOlED
HER BRoKEN-HEARTED pEATH.
Correspondents Of THE EVENING STAR.
lAzoo CRY. Miss. August 50. 1881.
On the 10Th of August the second anniversary
of the assassination of Henry NJ Dixon. OF Yazoo
city. handsome double monument OF pure
Italian marble was erected over the remains OF
himself and wife. The monument was purchased
by liberal donations. given by the people Of
fazoo county. The work was executed In Ca
fara italy. 10y superior artist hy order Of John
eiendenning, of Nicksburg. Nothing finer in
ueslgn or superior in quality has ever been
Dious,t 10 TINS part of the country Two beauti-
iul pillars. surrounded 10y eNquisitely carved
caps rest on massive Italian bases and tho
chaste and elegant finish Of the arch or dome
winch rests upon these pillars is enhanced by
.Ne suferoiy cut clasped hands raised two
inches above the surface Of the surrounding
marble and under these hands. sugyestiveof tho
reunion, Is cut IN large. raised letters "iius-
oand and Wife, on raised semi-circle. At
the summit of the work is aR elegant plain urn,
completing the symmetry and proportion Of the
whole. This last tribute of esteem and love Was
paid by men OF talent. standing and wealth.
lawyers. physicians. merchants. planters and
nobe-hearted friends Engraved on the monu-
nent are the following Inscriptions:
"HENRY NJ. DIXON,
Aged 81 years
In 1875. when terrified men and women an
pealed for protection. his courage and services
preserved their lives and property and elevated
men 10 high positions of honor and profit. His
character and name were spotless. and men
called him patriot and 'bravest of the brave
In 1879 he presented his name to the people for
an Official position, and for this crime he was
illuminated. wronged. prosecuted aud killed in
lazoo CITY. August 18TH 1872. The widow me
orphan; the poor, the plague-stricken. the
aihlcted and imprisoned were ever the objects of
ms universal sympathy. charity and magma
himlty. shading his errors. which were as hut
Spots on the noon-day sun. For these nobe
works we trust he has reaped his reward:
Enter into life eternal
Died
of Broken Heart
AMY A. Dixon
Aged "a years.
Crushed by the cruel death of her idolized
husband; driven 10 despair and madness
by the intensity of her grief mer-
ciful God took her TO himself july LIST. 1880.
Every Christian grace beautiiied her refined and
cultivated nature. and none name her but 10
love and praise her. Six little orphans mourn
their parents loss and weep their parents'
wrongs. This monument Is a sacred memorial
contributed and dedicated 10 their beloved mem-
Dries by their many faithful friends"
The night previous to his assassination as IL
by intuition OF the fatal tomorrow he sang to
his wife his favorite song: ''One 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 scorching heat, with her basket of
flowers. Standing over his grave before her
sickness. she begged to he buried in the same
grave with him, and on her death-bed I'm q 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 feel III he were not
beside her, only to realize her disappointment,
despair and utter Observation-Disclosures