wANToN AND MALICIOUS OUTRAGE!
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WANTON AND MALICIOUS OUTRAGE!


Some misc.eant has recently dlsfignred
Green, ugh's statue of Washington, which
stands in the temporary oc!agon building in
The East Capitol grounds.


All will remember The figure of Colun-
hls, about tw feet il height, standing on
The left side of the anti ,ue chair Ton which
The main statue seated holding and ex-
allining small globe. une half the arm,
with the hand AMI ball, have been broken
OF and carried away. Tie letters of the
Latin inscription have also been dclaced.


This wanton destruction Of property, and
malicious marring cf beautiful, slupeli-
deus, and costly work Of art, bespeaks for
ile perpetrators the possession of hearts
deaa 70 every sense ol shame, contrition, or
rcmorse. The yillia's who perpetrated Ibis
outrage could not have been actuaicd by
the hope of gam for The mulilated and abb
stracted portion of the figure cannot be dis
posed of withou. instlnt detection, and i,
wholly useless 1, the possessor. lie OF
they must have bren Influenced solely by
spirit Of wanton n,lici ,usness which would
not discredit the presiding genius Of Pande-
monium. We hope Il cy NAV be speedily
drtectedand summa ilS dealt with.