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Show ff ', 1 3 coMiurmi) at uvr. f! 'if UcxriUL CoMSen li dead. After Ijjjj itruggllng with the common loe for j 1 J 5 many daya lio at lat luccumted to L tjj tho great conqueror of the Hce, whoao 4 Ijjj Tlctorlu will retail until He who la I) ill tbereiurrtctlonaud the life ahall de tfl itroy death and Mm that hatli tho iij power of death, and deliver unlTenal In humanity from the grave. j K.' IS Patrick Udward Couuor wai born In m J Jfj County Kerry, Ireland, March 17, J. ilVj IBM. Ho came to thli country with Jj H j'i Ml pirenli In lila Loyhood and mlded 'I l jj IJ In New V'ork. He n-cilvrd only a , H ill limited educitlon and when nineteen B H yearaold enlUUnl In the army, aervlng tK an In tho Florida war. In 1S4I bo ro f turned to New Yorkandwatemployed H In a mercantllo houie. In 1SW he Sf again In the field aa a aoldler. I'TU Having moved to Teiai, he ( Joined the voluntien and lorved fi i lu the Mexican war, ob B t H lalnlng the rank of Captain. He wa jj (1 11 a prominent figure In nimy battlei 3 S and wai leverrly wounded In tho lift u 3f hand id llueiu VUta, but remained on J 1 ?' I the Held. After the clone of the war ' H ''" Wl'"' ('''"orula where he re " 9 ijtlfi malntHlfromievitolSa:. t M 4 M ' "lu oH"'"E ' "'" "ar ol tho C I1 HI rebellion he oiu'o mora volunteered In 1 J, jj thu nrvlm of hla country, waa o H, &: V polntedColonel of tho Third California Bit I j Infantry, aud ttMlonixl at llenlcla. lu H' ' Sj j, ISOiho wni lcc"l Inrornmand of tho h , MlllUry Dlttrht of Utah which In KJ W i j eluded Utth and Nevada. Hecamo IB" U , Jl with hla command to thla city In Octo el 'K I s berofthat year and lociled ttl'ott H iB !t 31 Uouitlaik H i:lt I 3 J The rtntitrlklug event lu the career fll IHSu I . of Colonel Connor lu thli Territory !9 'BF.1I3 wailila march, to Hear ltlver, north of eVW w)lM Cache Valley, In January, 1S03, when, HE' llS I ' 1 I lu tho depth ol winter, he attacked tho HJ jlljl , hoitllelndlalilfflioliadlieeuacouiilant L9 ''' i llrr' '" "'" ,u'r" ,uJ completely IH (I'll1.' touted aud uhaoit annihilated their Vi 'ft' I camp. He made lilt men ford the river, Hj m' 11 I "'"' "rl' hundred of them froze I lirfli ill) 4 their fnt, or can, or liaudi, and were eV IH 1.1 li for tome lime after dliibled. lie lout HJ BaP I eighteen men and qullo a number were Hi 9 1' 6 l''! wounded, but of the three hundred HR HI i rji lavign very fow were left. The people )! 1A 31 Yli of the North wiro dillvired Irom HI LfM 1 ' Indian tram and will alwayi Imvn Hm mV cuureto renumltr the valor of Colonel Hh IfiK Connor. HV DlB 1 J t ( For thli act of 1 ravi ry he wai railed HT 'SIB'1 i i to tho rank of llrlgadler Ueneral of HI 'tileS ' ' oluntieri. HeiaiiuUetuentlymade I, 'SlIKl I lilt Commander of the Ulatilct of tho r m I M l'Jalm. lu 1803 ho fouht thobittle of iB ?b'IH' " J Tongue river hi which he defeated the eV JlB, ' :! Blouxand Arnpihoit, killed a largo H ni)rw ' nunilrr, took nmuy horiea and I LlwMW' 1 deatrojed their village. After tho H' tlSaiRU ' M muttering out of thu -lOluntitra he H aitK I WM Mt "lvk tu U1'1'1 "ui n"Jo " i'ld; ' MoJorneneral for hla gallant urvleet. NUi j In 1801 he waa muiterid out with the f ( ll leatofthovolunteeri, but might, If he 1 fl i I ' j theie, have held the rank ot Colonel , 1 li,l i . la the regular array, 'li'sjt (Jereral onnor engaged extenalvely lumlnlug Interrrla but waa not glflnl with gnat butlnen ability md did not auooeeil financially. He wit a natural aoldler, and would, no doubt, h.ve gained great tntlitnry preatlgo If hla lot had been caat lu wider fleldl with largerepporlunltlca for the exerclae of I1I1 military talenti, Hewaaamanof much fores of character. Ills faulla were I how of common humanity aud they go with hla worn out body to the tomb. (leneral Connor will remain a notable nota-ble figure lu Utah blitory and lie will bo remembered aa a I rave and gallant toldler. He leaves three eona.adaugh ttr and a litter, who realdeln California, Califor-nia, but will l'ie preunt at tie ebte quiet. Hla wife, whom he married lu Mt, died. In 1955. We ilucerely condole con-dole with the bereaved. |