New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-21
coopEa 1rS.

.,,oc;.,ed with il some interesting historical IN
and nos.e,,e, much local and general celebrity
r. hesuty Of location and neatness OF constructon,H
Il. no superior among the many noticeable inland VII
: Ihees Of the State.
FL Otseeo, nine miles long and from one to two
IL, vida is beautiful sheet Of pure water encirced
4 abrupt mountains and graceful elevations, with shores
k..ut6ed BY prominent projections of land This Lake
! r. ,hs utmost spring Of the susquehsnah rivera
ever TO which the Atlantic herself has extended her
t arm 10 welcome into her bosom :" and the foot
In shi, big spring" and upon the bank of this noble
-er stands the village, distinguished in the region
t,und about fr the urequaled beauty Of its natural
l,pery for ITS quiet secusion and exemption from the
Ivods noise ard confusion and the number and eie
E,.poe Of is privan residences.
III Tbs settlement Of This village began sItyseven years
40 under the energetic direction and supervision fWL
'sx CooPTR this SPOT however, had been the a7Orite
o and headquarters the Indians Indian Agents and
Il IrsdeTs, for injury previous
~ Seventy yesrs ago GgoRGE WlsHNGToS viewed the
Lake Osego" for in letter to tbs Marquis de Cnasel
October l2 17s3 he says Il have lately made tour
+, through the Lakes George and Chsmp'ain far
+ Crown PoiDt-ihen returning 10 Schenectady, pro
ceeded I'D the M.h.wk River Fort Schuyler former
, " Fort stsnwixl crossed Wood Creek, which
smpies into the Oneida Lake and affords the
) muDicaion with Lake Ontario; then traversed the
couutry TO the bead q the eastern branch Of the Susque
.bsnpa end ri aed III Lake O.ego and the portage be
tx.ep thst lake and the Mohawk River at Csuaiohare"
M pf TALLrYRAND The celebrated Minister Of every
oxenmeut IN Fra g. from 1872 70 that Of Louis Philippe
n those reign he He'd soiourned short time in this then
npitive village n7e5) the guest Of Judge Cooper;
and in tn, Oteeo Hyad Of October Of that year Is
an acrostc from his pen, Anna Cooper" 1t is curl
osty considering ~ source.
Amsble phlosorhe su rrintenps de son age
Nj lee temps q Irs isuf eitoiebe SOU
Ne ced mt gu'' sou'', impl et..as essss'
lu miBeu de- describes ellie liz, peuse scnt
Cuayez bel Auna, votre govt pour retOde;
Otsego uest pa. sainais tout est habtadei
Pans vous deJ aJat sr au premier moment;
ReniraSt sa monde sst surde rornement"
Miss Cooper was then her eighteenth year. Five years
,nerward she was killed by fall from horse. She was
inferred in the church bury ground under slab in
scrbed with some ctonae lines but her name not
thereon
Among the numerous events Of revolutionary interest
connected with this section Of country there is one asso-
eiaied with this particular local ty worthy Of recital An
s1pedon Wa projected by NJ jor General Sullivan against
fbe Indians who dwell the Seneca Lax and brig
AIDE under Gen James Clinton the father OF Dewitt Gin
TON was employed in that DUTY This brigade left Albany
sscepded the Mohawk River Fort Plain then cut road
s,oueh the forest 10 the head Lake Otse 20, whittier
their boats we're transported and then descended the Lake
10 lis outlet where they encsmped on the site OF the pres
ent village The river being filled with hood-0o0d is de-
scent with boats impossible 20 reno pc is, dam
was thrown the outlet and when the wat rs OF the
Lake had risen SUFFICE Mt hight the dam was removed
and the reess current cleared the river of all obsruc
fons OVERLOOKING the banks Dundang the bottom lands
and producing the most remarkable and my sterou,
"freshet within the memory OF the Oldest inhaoiant
The brigade after this embarked and descended the Sus
uuehanuah Tar its Junction with the Iioga' where
they met the other brgaoe unoer zen ouhFah traces
Of this dam stl visible
md ia
meadows the linpo wates Of the Osego Lake the swift
running trout brooks and the meandefDg Susquehanna-
which combine make the mos attractive nsurascenery
"hereabouts are Iciered sti more attractive and inter
estipg by being the scenes and localities mmoriazed Dy
the pon Of the "Amoroan Novelist in the truthful de-
scrpious and thrilling incidents Of the Pioneers Here
are Mount vi,ion'" Natty Bmpo'o Cave aud " Pros
meet Rock here the yelling places of Judge Temple and
his fair daughter Oliver Edwards dillingham; and ben
Pump here the "psrtcular spots where stood the
rBold Dragon" the Iempeton Coffee House, aud the
"Manson House" b. The haunts Of LEaThER STOCKING
and Jons MoHEoAN, and here now live many Of the
descenda Is If those whose actng- doDgs sayings
are so faithfully recorded in that historical romance.
JAMES FEvSMoRE CoorER the novelist, was the young
est child Of William Cooper the original proprietor after
whom the village named and this youngest child
was the old 81 v settler Of the village at the tine
of his death in September 1851 Mr. Cooper earned for
himself a worldwide literary reputation, and his writings
and his name familiar to the reading portion Of most
civilized nsti, ms His first literary effort "Precau
"ton work that was written he says, because 1t
twas told could not write grave tale; prove that
"he world did not know me, | wrote one that
"eraye nobody would read it, HIS second work the
aSpy WAS written O. see if he "coud not overcome this
anegler of the reading world and in this he emf
nently successful Ills third work, the "PiOnser
written he says please myself so II would be no
Hyonder il il ,llrassd everybody else This work is
most truthfuy desert ive Of the scenery of this locality
The character the first settlers and the incidents th9re
with connected TIE Pioneers published in ls23,
since which time and 10 tn day Of his death Mr. Cooper not
only held but daily d. the pen Of ready writer his
Neres as original, published number about serenity r0l
ames and his other produ, tons historical and misoel
laneous will swell he number of his published works,
nearly a. one hundred volumes he has thus eft
during record himself in the popular living language
Of men that csn be liberated only by second cOnfa
. sion Of tongues.
The mum, rou, "Hhsl suits in which Mr. Cooper in.
yolved himself the books which he wrote in self yindics
iion the severe but merited comments aud criticisms Of
the Press Thereof greatly impaired his popularity aud
tsraly diminished the receipts from his literary abOrs
Our opinion oG hese suits freely fully and honestly
given at the time, tne tuh whereof the public judgment
has since sgnay confirmed and the predictions then made
"a 10 their eot upon Nc Cooper have been fully zsd
In the prosecution h-se suits before iures aud
the Supreme Court Mr. Cooper pricp ted, and the emf
rent legal Skill and ability displayed 10y him in his new
ealing ctrsiuy contributed 10 his reputation in the es
tmahon Of the 81 armed profession. Having spent
socdly portion his hf- in critical observation, upasve
by nature and positive by habit he expressed his opinions
decidedly aud not uufrequently required aoqu
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