Batoni, Pompeo

( ba - tone,) an Italian painter, B. at Lucca, 1708. His works, the best of which is Simon the Sorcerer contending with St. Peter, are celebrated for their truthfulne , character, and coloring. D. 1786. Bat'onnier, n. [Fr.] The name given to the elected president of the order of the French advocates. - See BARREAU. Baton Rouge, in Louisiana , a town, seat of justice of East Baton Rouge parish, and again, since 1882, cap. of the State. It is pleasantly located on an eminence, on the E. bank of the Mi i ippi, 150 m. above New Orleans by the river. B. R. is situated in a district exceedingly fertile, producing abundant crops of cotton, sugar, corn, sweet potatoes, . Pop . (1890) 10,478.During the Civil War, on the 11th of June, 1861, a detachment of 300 Confederate troops from New Orleans seized the arsenal here, and obtained from it 50,000 stand of small arms, 4 howitzers, 20 pieces of heavy artillery, one 6 and one 12-pounder field-battery, 300 bbls. of gunpowder, and a large quantity of other munitions of war. On the 21st, the State legislature was convened here, when the Confederate flag was raised over the Capitol. On the 23d, the members of the Convention met, and on the 26th pa ed a State Ordinance of Sece ion. On the 7th of May, 1862, B. R. was captured by a Union flotilla forming part of Farragut's squadron; and on the 10th of Aug. following, it was attacked by a Confederate force of about 5,000 men, under General Breckinridge; who, after a short but severe battle of two hours, were repulsed, and had to retreat. Besides their commander, General Williams, the lo of the Union troops in this action was reported at 82 killed, 255 wounded, and 34 mi ing. The Confederate lo is not known; but the Nationals captured about 100 prisoners. The city was soon afterward (Aug. 23) evacuated by the U. S. forces. Batoum, ( ba'toom ,) a seaport on the E. shore of the Black Sea, in Lat. 41° 38' 41" N., Lon. 41° 38′ 55" E. It po e es a fine, deep harbor. It was ceded by Turkey to Ru ia in 1878, and until 1886, was a free port. Pop. abt. 10,000. It is now an important Naval Station.