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equipped, mounted, and armed a cavalry regiment, and in February, 1862, he was made colonel. The regiment went to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and in June, 1862, Colonel Barstow was appointed provost martial-general of Kansas. He remained with his regiment in the southwest until February, 1863, when his health incapacitated him from further field duty, and he was assigned to court-martial duty in St. Louis. He was mustered out and honorably discharged March 4, 1865. He died Dec. 14, 1865.

BARTHOLDI, Frederic Auguste, sculptor, was born at Colmar, Alsace, April 2, 1834. He removed to Paris when a boy, and first studied painting with Scheffer, but in a short time abandoned painting for sculpture, to which he afterwards applied himself. He made his first exhibit when thirteen years old, and produced his "Francesca di Rimini" when eighteen. In 1856-'58 he made an Oriental tour with Gérôme, and during the Franco-German war served in the army with the painters Regnault and De Neuville. His works include portrait busts of Erckmann and Chatrian; a monument to Martin Schongauer; "La Malediction d'Alsace le Vigneron"; "Vercingetorix"; "Lafayette Arriving in America," which was set up in Union square, N. Y., in 1876; "The Young Vine Grower"; "Génie Funèbre"; "Peace," and "Genius in the Grasp of Misery," contributed to the United States centennial exhibition; "The Lion of Belfort"; "Gribeauval," and "Liberty Enlightening the World." He made several trips to the United States; suggested Bedloe's Island as the site for his colossal statue; was present at its dedication, and has received the cross of the Legion of Honor. In 1890 he protested against the proposed use of Bedloe's Island as an immigration depot, and suggested that it should be adorned with the statues of great Americans. He finished in 1895 a bronze group representing Washington and Lafayette which was set up in the Rue Etats Unis, Paris, and unveiled Dec. 1, 1895.

BARTHOLDT, Richard, representative, was born in Germany, Nov. 2, 1853. He immigrated to the United States when a boy, received a classical education, learned the printing trade, and adopted the profession of journalism. He was connected with the Brooklyn Free Press and New York Staats-Zeitung as reporter and legislative correspondent, and afterwards joined the editorial staff of the Staats-Zeitung. In 1884 he returned to St. Louis as editor-in-chief of the St. Louis Tribune. In 1889 he was elected to the Board of public schools of St. Louis, where he distinguished himself by his exertions for the introduction of physical culture into the public schools, for a thorough revision of the course of study, and for better text-books. He was successful in introducing these improvements, and in 1891 was elected president of the board. In 1892 he was elected on the Republican ticket as a representative for the 10th congressional district of Missouri in the 53d Congress, and was re-elected to the 54th and 55th congresses.

BARTINE, Horace F., representative, was born in New York city, March 21, 1848. He attended the public schools until fifteen years of age, when he enlisted as a private in the 8th New Jersey regiment, and served throughout the civil war. He was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, and was engaged in nearly all the battles that led to the surrender at Appomattox. In 1869 he removed to Nevada, and until 1876 was employed as a mill-hand, and in the manufacture of sulphate of copper for milling purposes, in the meantime studying at night to supply the defects of his early education. After 1876 he devoted his evenings to the study of law, and in 1880 was admitted to the bar, and became a practitioner in all the courts, state and Federal, in Nevada. He served two years as district attorney of Ormsby county, and in 1888 he was elected by the Republican party as representative-at-large from Nevada to the 51st Congress, and was re-elected to the 52d Congress.

BARTLET, William, philanthropist, was born at Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 31, 1748. He was educated in the common schools, and engaged in business, amassing a large fortune. He was a founder of Andover theological seminary, contributing $30,000 toward it in 1808. He erected the president's house in 1809; a residence for one of the professors in 1810, and a chapel in 1817, which was followed, in 1820, by a seminary building. He also contributed to temperance work; foreign and home missions and to educational institutions. He died Feb. 8, 1841.

BARTLETT, Charles Lafayette, representative, was born in Monticello, Ga., Jan. 31, 1853; son of George T. and Virginia L. Bartlett; grandson of Abner Bartlett; and a descendant of Josiah Bartlett. He was graduated at the University of Georgia in 1870, studied law at the University of Virginia, was admitted to the bar in August, 1872, and practised in Macon. He was solicitor-general for the Macon judicial court, 1877-'81, and was a representative in the state legislature, 1882-'83, and again, 1884-'85. He was a member of the state senate in 1888 and 1889; judge of the superior court of Macon, 1893-'94, and was a representative in the 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th and 58th congresses, 1895-1905.

BARTLETT, Elisha, physician, was born at Smithfield, R.I., Oct. 6, 1805. After his graduation from the medical department of Brown university in 1826, he was appointed lecturer on pathological anatomy at the Berkshire medical institution. In 1838 he went to Dartmouth col-