New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-04

re,pondence ~ long as the General lived. IL 1926 DO
published the Memoir Of mi father. Josiah Quincy.
IT, and In 1870 he delivered the Jubilee Grafton on
Tho Fourth Of July. day mads memorable by the oo
curreuce upon IL of the deaths Of John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson His municipal administration had
boon to upright and Straightforward not 10 create
many enemies AS well many friends. He always said
that could do his duty In such an Office without
being turned out ofit. His experience fulfilled his
own prediction Amer being hye hmes reelectsd with.
out much opposi tiononce. at least without At all
his ocis life came end al the election VI e25 In
reforming the Fire Department he had created very
powerful political body a. well As very useful practical
one To this body he gave ofenso by refusing 70 ap
point Chief Engnesr person whom he did not con
slider suitable FOR the place. An excited opposition
was rallied against him. and though BIO always had more
than any candidate al the several trials he failed
VI d majority, and at last he withdrew his name. and
was succeeded by the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis
At the time that Mr. Quincy retired from the Msyor'
Atty OF Boston tho Presidency or Harvard University
was vacant by the resignation OF DIR. Kirkland The
finances Of the College good deal out OF order.
and II thought advisable to have man OF business
practically acquainted with affairs. at its hoad Mr.
Quincys qualities in this respect a. well a. others
commanding him 90 the consideration OF the Corpora
ton the nominating body they applied TO him at once
to consent 10 be considered candidate for the oihoe
After natural hesitation at entering upon sphere
30 different from anything he had before llcd no
yielded to the solicitation OF tho Fellows among whom
were his personal friends Nathaniel Bowditoh and Jo-
seph Story and was unanimously nominated by them,
January ls29 There little dissatisfaction among
tho clergy, to which order the Presidency he'd been
conhnod from the beginning. with the exception Of
President Levers at the suggestion Of layman for
this important post But the Of the fitness Of Mr.
Quincy for tho place under tho circumstances then
lstins. oyerbore any sori5us opposition. and he was
confirmed By tho oversecrs He removed TO Cambridge,
and insugursted June 1922 and remained At the
head Of the University for more than sixteen years until
after commencement, l5f3. Under his administration
The finances AZ tho college reduced to order. its
enlarged and extended in every direo
lion the library was multiplied and the new building
Tor It's reception erected the observatory wa establish
3D. and in evory particular no s the institution In the
most fourshing condition both - to prosperity and
usefulness that 10 had boon In nom Its foundation
lie established relations with the students Of social
Intercourse. and administered the discipline OF the COL
egs with hrmnoss yet with kindness which secured
him their respect and Affection.
In 1895 he delivered the Ri Centennial Grafton which
10 asrwsrd enlarged iato full history Of the College,
vhoh exhaustive Of tho subject for the first two cen
ures Of its existence lover of good ettefs gea.
lsman. Q statesman and . man OF the world. hs was
minsny fitted for that difficult station and he ned IL
manner entirely Satisfactory TO the public to tho
,osrs and TO tho studont& Though IL VISA impossible
hat he should have had the management Of 80 many
,undreds Of young msn during many years without
,coasons Of discipline which exposed him to temporary
and dkos We bceye that there were