The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-14

THE CONTRACT FOR BUILDING 1.-THE IN
sCRrPrI0Ns.

baltimore SUM-
The contract for building the monumen
at Yorktown. Va, has been given TO th,
Uallowell Granite Company. OF Maine
The monument is 10 be built OF fine gran
lite, TO he % feet 3 inches high, crowned
with an allegorical figure 13 feet high. The
inscriptions contain LASS letters, with pol
ished faces raised one inch. The sum 70
he paid Is SG6,7j2, and the work Is TO he
completed October Is, 1884, the anniversary
OF the surrender. The contracting party
gave S20,0c0 bond. The monumet Is erect
ed under the supervision OF Colonel Nllii'n
Il. Craighill, United States Engineer corps.
All the granite will be OF first quaiity, lign'
in tone and cnycn in color. The sculptor
work, including the allcgorlcai hgure
browning The monument, the auo-rcucVl OF
thirteen figures surrounding the urum, Tue
capital shield and palm, bands ana stars ON
shaft. and the four bas-releis, one on each
tympanum of the die, Is 10 nc done by
skilled men after models approved 10y The
Monumental Commission. The drum bear
inc the figures in relief viii he two courses
In height. The GROWING figure and the
drum will be OF the statuary granite OF
Westerly. Il. ]. The remainder OF the
monument is 10 he OF light-cOlorcd granite.
The inscription on the front Of the die
will he as follows: at York. on October
10. 1881. after a siege Of nineteen days by
!. 500 American and 1000 French troops OF
the line. $500 Virginia militia, under CON-
mand % General Thomas Nelson, and &c
French ships Of war, Earl CORVALLIS.
commander Of the British forces at York
and gloucester. surrendered his army
7.2jl officers and men, $40 Seamen, 24i
cannon, and 81 standardS-to his EXcellen-
cy George Washington. commandments
chief Of the combined forces OF America
and France; to his EXccllCncy the Comic
dc Rochmnbeau, commanding the auxiliary
troops OF his most Christian Majesty in
America. and 10 his EXcclency the COmtC
dc GraSse, commanding in chief the nava
army of France in Chesapeake
The rear inscription will be: directed
in pursuance o. q resolution OF Congress,
adopted October %. 1871, and an act OF
[ Congress. approved June :, 1880. TO com
memorate the victory by which the indie
pendence OF the United States OF America
was achieved"
ON one side will he: "The treaty con-
/ cluded February 6, 177S, between the
United states of America and Louis NNI..
King OF France. declares The essential
and direct end OF the present effective ALI
ancc is to maintain eflectually the liberty,
sovereignty. and independence. absolute
and unlimited. Of the said United States,
A. well in matters Of government as OF
commerce"
And on the other: "The provisional
articles OF peace concluded November 80,
1852, and the defnltye treaty OF peace con-
cluded September 3, 1883, between the
United states OF America and George H.,
King OF Great Britain and Ireland. de-
clare: His Britannia Majesty acknow-
ledges the said United States-yiz.. New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Bay, Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations, Con-
ncclicut. New York, New jersey, PennSyl-
vania. Delaware. Maryland, Virginia.
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Geor-
eia. to be free, sovereign, and independent
States"
The following are the inscriptions for
the drum: Zone Country, one Constitu-
ton. One Destiny"
The work Is TO commence at once.