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 262 CONNEMARA CONON Second and Connecticut lakes, and receives several small tributaries, one of which sepa- rates New Hampshire from Canada on the west. From Connecticut lake it flows "W. and S. W. to a point near the N. E. angle of Ver- mont, whence it forms the boundary line be- tween that state and New Hampshire, flowing generally S. S. W. It afterward flows S. across the W. part of Massachusetts and through the centre of Connecticut to Middletown, where it turns S. E. and flows to the sound. The length of the river is more than 400 m. Its width at the N. boundary of Vermont is about 150 ft., which increases to about 390 ft. within 60 m., and varies from 450 to 1,050 ft. in Massa- chusetts and Connecticut. The Connecticut is navigable to Middletown, 30 m., for vessels of 10 ft. draught, and to Hartford, 50 m., for those drawing 8 ft. There are numerous falls in the river, the chief of which are the Fifteen-mile falls in New Hampshire and Vermont, the White river falls below Hanover, Bellows Falls, those at Montague and South Hadley in Massa- chusetts, and at Enfield in Connecticut. These falls afford abundant water power. By means of canals around them, the river has been made navigable for boats of 8 or 10 tons burden as far as Newbury, near the mouth of Wells river in Vermont, 270 m. from the sound. The prin- cipal tributaries of the Connecticut are : from the west, the Passumpsic, Wells, White, and Williams in Vermont, the Deerfield and West- field in Massachusetts, and the Farmington in Connecticut ; from the east, the Ammonoosuck in New Hampshire, and Miller's and Chicopee in Massachusetts. Above Hartford the Con- necticut is spanned by numerous bridges. Great efforts have been made recently for the artificial propagation of shad and salmon in the Connecticut river, where they formerly abounded. As a result, numerous shad have been caught, but the experiment has proved less successful in regard to salmon. The Con- necticut valley is about 300 m. long, with an average width of 40 m. ; it contains valuable agricultural lands and much highly attractive scenery. CONNEMARi, a district forming the W. part of county Galway, Ireland, about 30 m. long and 20 m. broad, celebrated by its wild and picturesque scenery. (See GALWAY.) CONNER. See PEECH. CONNER, David, an American naval officer, born in Harrisburg, Pa., about 1792, died in Philadelphia, March 20, 1856. He entered the navy as midshipman in January, 1809, and as acting lieutenant took part in the action be- tween the Hornet and Peacock, Feb. 24, 1813. The Peacock surrendered in a sinking condition in 15 minutes after the engagement commenced, and Lieut. Conner was charged with the duty of removing the prisoners, most of whom he succeeded in saving, though not without losing three of his own men. In 1813 he became a lieutenant, and remained in the Hornet, under the command of Capt. James Biddle. In the action with the Penguin in 1815 he was dan- gerously wounded. For his gallant conduct in that action he was presented with a medal by congress, and the legislature of his native state voted him a sword. On March 3, 1825, he was promoted to the rank of commander, and on March 3, 1835, to that of captain. At the opening of the war with Mexico he was in command of the squadron on the West India station. In May, 1846, having received intel- ligence that Arista had determined to attack Gen. Taylor, he sailed from Vera Cruz for Brazos Santiago, where he arrived on the 8th, too late for the fighting. He now established an efficient blockade of the Mexican ports on the gulf. In August and October two fruitless attempts were made to enter the port of Alva- rado. On Nov. 14 the port of Tampico was captured. On March 9, 1847, he directed the landing of the army under Gen. Scott at Vera Cruz, but was soon after compelled by ill health to return home. . His last service was the com- mand of the Philadelphia navy yard. CONOLLT, John, an English physician and author, born at Market Easen, Lincolnshire, in 1795, died at Hanwell, March 5, 1866. He graduated at the university of Edinburgh in 1821 ; was professor of medicine in the univer- sity of London from 1828 to 1831, and consult- ing physician to the lunatic asylum at Hanwell from 1839 to 1843, and to that for idiots at Earlswood. He acquired distinction by his adoption of the system of non-restraint in the treatment of the insane. He invited Dr. Guggenbuhl to England, and after examining the institution for cretins near Interlaken and the schools of Seguin and Voisin in Paris, he procured the establishment of the temporary school for idiots at Colchester and of the royal asylum at Surrey, of both of which he became an active manager. Besides contributions to current medical literature, he published " In- quiry concerning the Indications of Insanity " (1830), " Construction and Government of Lunatic Asylums" (1847), "Treatment of. the Insane " (1856), and " Study of Hamlet " (1863). CONON, an Athenian general and admiral, living about 400 B. C. In 413 he commanded a fleet of 18 ships off Naupactus, to prevent the Corinthians from sending aid to the Syra- cusans ; in 409 he was elected general in con- nection with Alcibiades and Thrasybulus ; and in 407 he was made the chief of the ten gene- rals appointed to supersede Alcibiades, whose dissolute conduct and mismanagement had dis- gusted the Athenian people. Soon after, in an engagement with the Spartan admiral Calli- cratidas, off Mitylene, he was defeated with the loss of 30 vessels, and was compelled to take refuge with the remnant of his fleet in the har- bor of that city, where he was closely block- aded by his opponent till the Athenian victory at ArginusaB effected his deliverance. Having been soon after appointed, with five colleagues, to the command of a large fleet, he proceeded at once to the Hellespont to engage the Lace-