The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-30

.onsl csreef should now adjourn and the court stand.
st,arnei accordingly uuii tomorrow, sud thh ofueT
VIII be entered on the minutes.
AT half past 2 o'clock despatch was received
from Fort Washington announcing that Mr.
O'Cpnor was still alive, anu later II was learned
at his ONCE that bis condition mad slightly
changed for the better.
Last neht Mr.. UConor's stepson And two
friends we're In his house. lie had slept q little
to-day" said the physician, than he has
eaten for week past" but despite all there
appsrsnt s!Gns u Improvement there is hardly
any hope ot Charles OCUnor's recovery. II he
does not rally decidedly within thirty-sir hours
he will not live until the end Of the week. In
decd. his physician says there Is almost no
chance Of his recovery. lie is suffering from in
htmmatlon Of the prostate gland. causing paraly-
ris %i tne s3msGo ma snd stopping digestion The
only not beneficial to him. but possibly In
furious u was hardly expected that he would
nave lived through sunday Dight. lie hardly
hoped himself to live until sunrise, but he slept
toiera6ly well, and when he awoke he seemed
his arms up, and with much Of bis old vigor,
ana AL the Impressive earnestness Of the past,
he exciaimeh; ~ thank God for the light OF an
other day. have passed through the valley and
tho shadow Of death, and l am prepared to die
FoRr WASHINGTON, Nov. s0.-1saO A. Nj
Chas. O'Conor fell asleep late In the evening,
and tus been loft by his attendants for the night
His condition slightly improved. just pre-
intelligeutiy, ard IN his usual strong voice, but
his recovery Is considered very doubtful. Al
+.
NJ. IL was not digested. and he will probably
staryo to DO ia. Ills sietor. Mrs stern. her hus-
band. and Mr.. McCracgen, hls stepson, are at
tho house.
Nm. o'CoNon's TIFK
Ch rles O'Conor has for years stood in the
front rank of American lawyers. His father and
mother omgratcd from Ireland to tuis country
early in the present entIry. and their son was
born In New York In 1SOi. In 1919 Mrs O'Conor
died, and the future scholar and advocate re-
cciyed only \ common. school education. His
iathor was too Strengthened In means to anord
him any greater advantages, having lost a hand
some property that he had Inherited. The son
learned the primary English branches, a little
Latin taught him by his father. and some French.
Otherwise he Is wholly self educated. lie
studied law, and was admitted to the bar IN
lSA. For more than four years he la
bored asslduouely, but without any marked
success but In lss9 he attracted considerable
attention by his argument before the Supreme
Court in the case of Diver art. McLaughlan.
In ISIS he aealn placed himsef prominently be-
tore the public In the slave Jack cn,e In lSli In
the Ilspenard will case, and In 1851 no earned
q national tcput ition by his argument In the
Forrest divorce case. His other great cases
were the Mason will case. the Lennon slave
case, the Parish viii case and the Jumel estate
litigation. In 1873 he appeared prominently in
served for fifteen months as the United States
District Attorney for New York under Presi.
dent Pierce, and was member of the New
York state Conventions of 1876 and 1864. lie
was nominated for the Presidency by the Labor
Reform Convention on Aug. ~, 1872, but he de-
oned the nomination. "a he did also that of IN o
party known as tue straight out" Democrats
same year. lie, nevertheless, received ELSE