The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-09-19
From the New York Evening Pest, Sept. l6
Death OF James Feoimore Cooper.

Cooper, whose name is with his country's woven,
First la her fields, her pioneer OF mnd,"
Halleck has truthfully characterized hun, now no
more. He died at his residence in Cooperstown Sun
day, the 4th instant about o'clock IN the afternoon
This sad event did not fall upon his family and friends
with the suddenness OF surprise because during his
to expect il, though hoping against hope The letter
which brings this intelligence to says that he died
peacefully and happily in the bosom OF coniuga and ial
affection
Mr. Cooper was our best-known man OF leters-less
read in England, perhaps than Washington Irving but
enjoying far wider continental popularity, while IL is
doubtful whether there reading man among bis coun-
rymen wholly ignorant OF his works He with the
dawn Of literature and at period when j had to
struggle for recognition before the tribunals OF Euro
pean opinion, his one OF the few 10 which we
confidently appealed 10 subsianate claims lie has
since grown with lis growth and in his list OF lusous
books he has left US noble and mperishabe inherit.
ance.
Mr. Cooper was born in the year 1859 at Burlington,
New Jersey, where his father, William Cooper, an
English emgant, had settled twenty years before
1902, when he entered Yale College, where he grad.
uaed in 1905. The next year he procured midshp-
mans warrant and adopted the navy his profession
His frank daring, and generous nature less than the
quckness OF his mind, admirably fitted him for the duties
Of the service but after six yeas-years OF the most
profitable adventure his writings have since shown
he resigned his commission, and returned TO private
life
In 1911 he was married 10 Miss De Lancey sister OF
the bishop of the diocess OF western New York, with
W,
scene OF Of his finest fctons he removed TO Coop
erstown, where with the exception OF his occasional
absences in Europe he has passed the greater part Of
his life
II just before his removal to Cooperstown that be
commenced bis author. He had written, in
his moments Of leisure, novel of Engsh life called
Persecution, which. published anonymously, and under
great advantages, met with little Ii in.
dcaed talent but not that high order OF talent which the
author subsequently displayed. But the Spy, which
speedily followed IL, at established his fame. The
vgor OF lis descriptions, the rapdty and interest Of the
narrative its beautiful local illusions, and the genuine
American spirit which pervaded it, to say nothing OF the
lustrous characters OF history which il darby shad.
ows forth commended ii 10 his own countrymen, and
won the admiration of the critics abroad More than any
other work then published, il rescued people from the
feeling Of intellectual dependence.
IN 1929 the Pioneers appeared 10 sustain and advance
the reputation of the author and introduce our love
and admiration a character which has through many
OF Mr. Coopeis works, but who never appears without
exciting deep and peculiar interest We refer TO the i'm
mortal hero oil the Leather Stocking Tales, 10 the May
Bumpo OF the Pioneers the Trapper of the Prairie the
Scout OF the Mohcans and the Pathfinder and the Deer
SLAYER Of later volumes II is worthy Of remark, per.
haps that in writing the life of this typical backwoods
man in developing the several stages OF his growth the
author has given Il backwards and presents with his
youth and early manhood, alter he has described his
age and death Had he known, when he publish ell the
Pioneers what immense iayorte of the public he had
created he would doubtless have presented his growth
in ,o9,e lrgscsza3 consecutive of1si.
es Of tales in which this one prominent figure appears