The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-08
CHICAGO.


,oxrxySr TO TIM MEMORY OF TUE FooNohhs
OF rms RAILWAY NAH sERvics-oLp son'
DEARBORN; THE MASSACRE By Ihs 90.
n,.ws ANOTHER srRING TIDE IN THe Az
PAIRS or OUR POET.
correspondence Of the Richmond DispS'ch.i
CHICAGO, April 30. 1851.
Chicago has become quite monuhen'a.s
inclined OF late. Hitherto the Only w.
lures In our city bearing toe slen'ess
scmblace to monuments nave Veep wv al =,
sss,,,s ,nsusoeuu.. shaft, aad statue rsisea IN
s"msr % I,,,ooi.,s favored son stephen a.
,.",,a,ss and the b,deous copglosReratson
asws,"r and stone supposed ia be fcrnda'
~, sor q Are memorial. Now, boweSer'
49, ara on foot FOR the erection OF monu.
men, "a George Buchaasn Armstrong' OF
raiIway.mail service fame; ana MI W. W.
Wov,. a prominent Chicsgo hNsiness''nan'
has erected tablet 10 commensurate ,nesue
"a o,d Fort Dearborn. TIE tcst - 10 con.
s,s, az ninth four feet square ana one 100,
.nove yround. which wall he surmou&'eu
- ,or,,s and scotia three feet square aud
Zen ~ feet In height Upon this VIII etand
IN, ,tyo and a half feet square and three
I'D half feet high. The whole Is to be
canned by q heroic Dust OF Armstrong -FOUR
feet htsb. The busi Is the wolk manshp Oh
leonard W. veik, The celebrated sculptor
who designed the handsome monument 10
Doug.as mentioned saove- Theinscripuon
will be as follows:
mTo the Momory OF George Bucbanso
Armstrong, FeQnder Of the Railway man
Service In The Unked States. Born W
Armagh. Ireland. October y, A. H. ioz.'
DIED in Chicago Nav 5th, A. ID. IS.i:
Erected by the Clerks On the Service, 1881.
The tablet Is 6yed To the wall OF tne hoy'
BLOCK, which stands on The corneroi Mlcu'-
gan avenue and River street. Ii consists oil
n large block Of marble. the upper haii
bearing bas- reiief OF the old fort, tRe lower
half bearing a. an inscription:
"This building occupies tue site OF o,u
Fort Dearborn, which extended a lltte
across Michigan avenue and some"haV ihto
the river as II now IL.
"Tbe fort was built in 1903 and 1894 for
outmost defence.
Nv order of General Hall IL was evac.
mated August is. 1872, after It's stores and
nroyisions had been distributed among the
Indians.
..Very soon sitter the Indians attacked
and massacred about fifIy OF the troops ana
a large number OF citizens, inelOdIn" Wo-
mep and children, and next day burned tue
fort.
Gin 1916 Il was rebuilt. but after the
Black. Hawk war IL went into gradual as
use until it, In May, 1887, was abandoned
by the army, but was still occupied ny va
rjous Government officials until 1857. when
il was torn down, excepting frame build
ing, which stood on this site till the great
fire of October o, 1871.
"At the suggestion OF the Chicago His
toriclI Society this tablet was erected by
Nv. NJ. HOYT.
"November, $780,"
The unveiling will take place in the latter
part OF May. and as the ceremonies VIII De
OF considerable interest, | Will be sure 10
report them. Ii Is rumored that " Long
John" Wentworth, the Oldest human land
mark OF this section, ia collecting points for
speech. Lord forbid!
The massacre mentioned in the inscrip.
ton on the H0yt tablet is described as fol-
lows by Henry Howe in "The Great West"
"Tbe garrison OF Fort Dearborn, al Chicago,
were unfortunate. General Hull, while IN
Canada, dispatched Winnemeg, friendly
Indian, to Captain Heald, the commander,
with information OF the loss OF Machinaw,
and directed him to distribute his stores
among the Indians, and return TO Fort
Wayne. He had The amplest means OF de-
fence, but the order left nothing TO his dis
cretion. The Pottawotomies bad received
intelligence OF The war from runner sent
by Tecumseh. and collected TO the number
OF several hundred around the Fort. Cap
tain Heald, notwithstanding tie symptoms
OF hostility among the In dians, proceeded to
obey his orders. He distributed al! the stores
among the Indians excepting what they
most wanted-tbe liquors and ammunition.
six, Ell In. fhn afa
This they learned, and this il was which led
to the catastrophe which ensued. The next
day fihe 15tb), all being ready, the garrison
left the foit with martial music and IN mill
tary array. Before they bad proceeded TWO
miles they were attacked by the Indians,
and two thirds of them Qrom fifty 70 sixty
mastered on the spot"
A newspaper has been started here which
bears the name OF the NeuS.Letter. Its
columns are to be devoted especially to So
'cial, dramatic, and literary news. 1t claims
that ere .ong 10 all matters pertaining to the
stage and its votares it will excel any pa.
per published in America. IL certainly Oc.
cupies field which offers abundant oppOr-
tunitjes for it TO do so. The editor is Mr..
ID. Dalziel, formerly assistant editor Of the
San Francisco Mail. Known to the slight
extent that be Is, 1t is chiefly due to the fact
that he occupies the proud position Of hus-
band to the piquant little actress Dickie
Lingard. He has as an associate in the
editing, NJ. ii. Tilden, who occupied posi-
ton on the Chicago Daily Telegraph before
its management changed hands some months
since. In the late city campaign the. Ne,cS.
Letter was uprOariously Democratic, but its
politics will not cut much OF figure in the
matter, as the paper is simply weekly.
The spring weather which | mentioned
in my last letter continues up to date, and
still warns the hearts OF our Chicago p0-
etdSterS. AS am beyond shotgun range /
will wakemanize" to the extent Of a few
"varses":
BEFORE PARTING.
While the creek is gently gushing, onward rushing
Through The trees that nestle round thy home,
Come alUng its shores TO wander. and TO ponder
On the happy hours yet 10 come.
What tho DER this sylvan bower clouds may lower
Warning us the time doth come IT, part!
All thoughts or IL from uS tnruStnR, well be trusting
In The affection Of eacn others heart.
Other hearts, perchauce, grievng for those leav.
tDg.
And The tears roll sadly from their eyes:
Ours are tears Of Joy thai gist, n, while We listen
To tne laughter OF the one We prize.
Come, then. cas-. away thy sorrow tin the morrow,
While we revei Ia each others love:
Let no single trace OF Rrieying for my leaving
Pam Us as we wander thro' this grove.
CECIL HARCoURT.
IFor the Dispstch.I
observation-disclosures Differ.