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* O'CONNELL. 730 OCONOSTOTA. •was almost unsurpassed in his day. His ability as a lawyer was of a high order. He puljlislied a single volume, .1 Memoir of Ireland, utirc and Saxun. and a few pamphlets, the most important of which, as illustrating his personal history and eharaeter, is .1 Letter to the Earl of Slireics- bury. Consult: O'Connell (son), Life and Times of Daniel O'Connell (Dublin. 1846) ; id., Kecol- lectiona and Experiences During a Parliamentary Career from 1833 to IS.'iS (London, 1849) ; Fitz- patrick. Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell (ib. 1888) : Daunt. Recollections of Daniel O'Connell (ib. 1848) : Fagan, Life of Daniel O'Connell (Cork. 1847). O'CON'NOB, Arthur (1763-1852). An Irish revolutionist, born at ilitehelslown, County Cork. He graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, in 17S2, and in 1788 was called to the bar. In 1700 he joined the 'United Irishmen,' and was arrested and imprisoned for six months. On regaining his liberty he became editor of the Press, the organ of his society. During a visit to England he was arrested and tried for high treason, and though acquitted was kept in prison on other charges until June, 1803. He then went to France, where he entered the military service under Xapoleon. He published .1 Speech on the Catholic Question (1795); State of Ireland (1798) : Actual State of Great Britain (1804); and M<„i,.,,:,hj. the Cause of All Evil (1848). O'CONNOR, Feargus Enw.^Rn (1794-1855). An Irisli politician and Chartist leader, born in Coiuity .Mcalb. in 1832 he sat in Parliament for Cork, and when reelected in 1835 was un- sealed through the lack of property qualifica- tions. He thereupon engaged in the Radical agita- tion in England, spoke frequently, and founded at Leeds a weekly organ, the Xorthern Star. In 1838 he was foremost in the consolidation^of the Chartists, and to that party his somewhat in- coherent eloiiuence lent valual)le sup|iort. In 1846 he organized the National Land Company, for till' )>uri)nse of l)uying up agricultural estates and dividing them into small hohlings. Several estates w'ere bought, but the scheme came to nothing. The next year he reentered Parliament for Nottingham, and in 1848 presented to the Lower House his monster petition containing nearly two million names. The movement dis- appeared soon afterwards and O'Connor became insane in 1852. O'CONNOR, RodEric (1116-98). King of Ireland. He was the son of Turlough O'Connor. King of Connaught. whom he succeeded in 1156. After a protracted contest with the O'Briens and others, he took the title of King of Ireland in 1166, though he had no hereditary claim. He drove Dermot, King of Leinster. out of his kingdom, luit afterwards reseated him on the throne. He worsted Strongbow and the English in a number of battles, but in 1175 entered into a convention with them, by which Henry II. was reccigniziMl as overlord, while O'Connor was to retain the crown of Connaught. and continue to be the Iwad of the Irish chiefs. Roderic kept the crown till 1186, when he wax deposed by a revolt of one of his sons. In 1189 he was again King for n short time, after which he entered a mon- astery, where he passed the rest of his life. O'CONNOR, •Thomas Power (184S-). An Irish journalist and politician. He was horn at Athlonc, in the County of Roscommon, Ireland, and was educated at the College of the Immacu- late Conception, Athlone. and at Queen's College, Galway. He commenced life as a journalist, and after being connected for three years with the Dublin press, was employed on several London journals. In 1880 he wa.s elected meml)er of Parliament for Gahvay. and soon Ixcanie one of the most active and prominent members of the party led by Parnell. In 1881 he made a tour" through the L'nited .States, attemled the Irisli-American convention and lectured on the Irish cause to large gatherings in nearly all the important cities, raising large sums of money. In 1883 he was elected president of the Irish Na- tional League of (ireat Britain. 8ince 1885 he has been four times elected member of Parlia- ment for a division of Liverpool. From 1888 to 1890 he edited the Star, of which he was the founder. He also founded and edited the Sunday Sun. the Sun, and .1/. A. P., a society journal. Besides numerous talcs, essays, and magazine articles his published works include: Lord lica- cons/ield: A Bioyraphy (6th ed. 1887) ; The I'ur- 7iell Movement (1887): Gladstone's House of Connno}ix (1SS5) ; and Xapoleon (1896). OCON'OMOWOC. A city in Waukesha Coun- ty, Wis.. 31 niik> west by north of Milwaukee; on the Chicago. Milwaukee and Saint Paul Rail- road (Ma]): U isconsin, E 5). It is a noted sum- mer resort, picturesquely situated on lakes La Belle and Fowler, and in the heart of a beautiful lake region, popular for its fishing. It has a sanatorium and a public library. Farming, dairying, and stock-raising are the leailing in- dustries of the vicinity. The water-works and electric light plant are owned and operated by the municipality. Population, in 1890, 2729; in 1900. 2SS0. O'CON'OR, Charles (1804-84). An eminent Aineiican law,yer. He was born in New York City, and was admitted to the bar in 1S24, He devoted himself with great energj' and enthu- siasm to his profession, and in a very few years was recognized as one of the ablest and most bril- liant members of the New York bar. He was an active supporter of the Irish nationalist move- uu'Ut, and for many years after 1848 was a member of the directory of the Friends of Ire- land. He was a strong believer in the doctrine of States' rights, and throughout the Civil War was warml.v in sympathy with the South. ,fter the close of the war he voluntarily offered his services as counsel for .Jefferson Davis when indicted for treason, and afterwards with Horace Greeley went on his bail bond. He was associated with William M. Evarts and Wheeler H. Peck- ham in the prosecution of the 'Tweed Ring* con- spirators, and the organization of the suits against them was largely his work. In 1872 he was nominati'd. in the face of his absolute refusal, for President of the l'nited States, by a cmiven- tion held at Louisville. Ky., composed of that ))iution of the Democratic Party which declined to indorse the Liberal Republican nomination of Horace Greeley, .John Qnincy Adams, the nomi- nee for Vice-President, also declined, but the ticket remained in the field and 29,48!) votes were cast _for it. OCON'OSTO'TA (properly. Atjnnnstala, Ground lio;.' v^m^M^/e) . . Cherokee chief and leader <>f his tribe in their war with the English (1759-61). Before the actual outbreak of ho8-