New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-20

Ifering with an enthusiasm ana devotion. al
+,er forgetfulness Of self. that has always char
,.,erized her but which is remarkable when ii
4 remembered that she has reached an age
/ hon ones own fireside is the most congenia
,.ce in all the world and when most women
= 80 content 10 be lookers-on in Vienna. But
4 Mss Barton is remarkably we'll: what she lacks
& physical strength she makes up in energy
and the good she is doing cannot be overesti-
3 gated.
lust after the war. when this devoted and
u .stJiotc woman was endeavoring to make a
.np,ete list Of all the Federal dead and to mark
.,,r graves. there was associated with her in
his work a man by the name of Dorance At
..,er Previous TO this Atwater had sold to the
government list OF all the Federal soldiers who
had died at Andersonville. When the transaction
gas finished and the lists were copied Atwater
in,or,uned the authorities to return the original
] Manuscript to him. This request was refused.
m, these rolls being later intrusted to Atwater
:. A member Of the Commission sent by the Gov
,-pnent to mark the graves at AndersOnviIle. he
,,used to return them when the work was
{ ,one maintaining that the rolls were his own
,-operty that he sold what they contained and
AT the originals and that he intended to retain
hem
He was court -rnartialed for this tried for con-
,sc unbecoming soldier and for larceny,
found guilty on both charges. sentenced To dis
honorable dismissal from the service 10 two
years' Imprisonment and a fine Of 500 Miss
Parton who knew Atwater for patriot and be
ueyed in his good intentions and his honesty.
has never ceased her efforts from the day AT
.a,er was sentenced until now to have this sem
terce set aside and TO re-establish his good
name
II was owing entirely TO her efforts that At
water. in 1>G7 was Consul To the Scheles
Islands. whence he was transferred few years
ater to Tahiti. his present home. and II is due
h. her efforts that a bill recently passed Con-
.ress for The relief Of Dorance At~ater from
ne effect Of The sentence by a cOurt-martial on
h. llth day Of September. 1850 and that the
Secretary u War is authorized and directed to
lnnul the order dishonorably discharging SAID
ltwater from the general service. United states
lrmy. and 20 issue to him an honorable dis
itarge 10 date from the I'D day Of September.
ts5j"
The news that after thirty years justice had
been done hey friend and one time comrade VIII
aoubtess Dee pleasant news to Miss Barton. and
bids another t. the many debts of gratitude
.sh.ch The families Of Union soldiers owe II her.
The transfer IF Sefor Don DominCo Cana. thc
lnuan Minister. from the United States go Lon
In removes from the diplomatic corps of this
ap.,aI an agreeable and interesting. as Well as
1 t.s-. ncuished man. and from society f2';i.i.
.r.i.l has made Itself generally beloved. S'n"r
ana has spent a great part az tho last iecai"
|, n, United States having represented MS
unity here in 1881 for q term of four years
lid t,!rg again accredited here in 1893. He
(r.aks English Nuently. is fully acqua.nt'd Win
L. internal and political affairs Of This country
3ounts many American public men as his friends
hi is trained diploma,isj. The CHILEAN GOV
l-rment viii have difficulty 10 find any one 70
tuece.d him who will serve MS country 10 such
good purpose, or who will be 50 generally
lsed
/ Madame Cana is handsome and accom-
i,shed woman. and. with her daughter, has
ben a conspicuous figure in society. and mas
isntribu,ed much 10 its pleasures. Her going
pill be generally regretted and VIII close one OF
h. most attractive and popular homes at the
apital
] There is a saloonkeeper in town who would he
billing 10 sell a large amount of mineral water
hAich he has on hand at a heavy discount. and
y has been heard TO declare that if he can get
h Of il he Will never again attempt 10 supply
b. demands Of frsky Legislators This worthy
ttsps little saloon in Pennsylvania-ave.. near
sAe Cap,ol-a saloon so modest and unpreten-
oas that 1t is rarely visited by the statesmen
!; the way to and from the great white building
3. The hill
Bu, it happened that thrifty M Z. from
lsyond the Alleghenes owned some mineral
Srngs and was doing his utmost TO place MS