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

81 years. Aside from infrmites Of extreme age, ky.
Quincy good health androde out the day before
his death. .aI br
JOSIAH QUINCY was born at Boston On the
4th day Of February l772 He was the fifth in descent
from his emigrating ancestor Edmund Quincy WHO
came to Boston with the Rev John Cotton, in septem-
Der. 1893. Edmund Quincy died In very few years
after his emigration at the age Of thhty-three, and
little is known Of his previous history OF that Of hs
family. That be person of some estate is proved
by the fact of his bringing six with him. and
that be regarded person Of consequence by the
emigrants appears from their eectng him in My 1854.
Of the representatives Of Boston to the first General
Court lie was also tie frs..namcd Of the Committee
appointed 10 and reiso the price to be paid to M
Blackstone for the REIMBURSEMENT Of his claim 10 the pc
nnsnla on which Boston stands. He purchased tract
of land at Mt. Wollason the Merry Mount OF the
raceless Morton, put to flight by Captain Miles Stand
ish and the Of romance Of that name by the
historian; Motley afterward Brantree. Quincy,
portion Of which has remained in tho family TO this day.
The son Of the first emigrsnt Edmund. born in En-
eand and q child when his father died. lived al bis
life on the estate at Brantree; was magistrate and
Lieutenant Colonel Of the Suffolk Regiment, and at tho
time of the deposition of Sir Edmund Andross in 1873
was made Of the Provisional Government that re-
placed him. His son. Edmund, born lOo0 graduated az
Harvard College IN 1890 was Member OF the Couneh
aud Judge Of the Supreme Court and sent TO England
by the Colony It's agent in 1881. where he died. IN
London soon after bis arrival February, 1878. The
General Court erected monument TO lbs memory
in Bunhn Fields, where he was buried and granted hs
family thousand Of land in the town Of Lenox
His son. Josiah born l7O9. graduated Il, c. li1s' was
Colonel of the Suffolk Regiment, but not otherwise In
n sicnap
by the Government of the Colony to Pennsylvania in
1855 10 concert measures defense against the French
snd especially to obtain assistance toward the eontem
plated attack on Crown Point He succeeded in his
lnssion by the advice ard assistance Of DR. Franklin as
related in the Autobiography Of that great man, and
they ever after bore for each other, in DR.. F.s own
words "the most cordial and affectonae friendship"
This gentleman though yerging toward seventy when
the Revolutionary War began one Of the few men
Of fortune and rank who firm and unhesitatin8
Wing from the beginning. His youngest son. Josiah,
known as Josiah Quincy IT, he having died during the
lifetime of his father hos his place in history as one OK
the prime pre- Rev dictionary Of the conflict with
England along with James Otis, Joseph Warren, and
Samuel Adams He went to England as the agent Of
the Revolutionary party here TO consult with the lead|
ing Wings there but unfortunately died just before
reaching land on his return April 81 IT'S at the early
age Of 81 years ... .f..f
By this untimey death his SON tho subject Of this
tce m the age Of three years to the care Of his
mother. Happily, that mother woman fully COM
petent TO the charge bequeathed her. She WIS the
daughter Of Wm Philips, merchant Of the FIST en-
nencc in Boston who aassed fortune large for thoss
days and for those the bulk Of which has survived
the yeisstudcs OF three American generations. and is
still IN the possession OF the present representative Of
.,,a ync1
sense prevented the passionate fondness Of young
widow for her only child from iuring him by excessive
indulgence. Inde.dbhe used to attribute the excellent
health which he enjoyed in so remarkable degree
during his long life IN great his good carly
training and the physical habits he acquired
under his mothers tuon. remarkable proof Of tho
command under which she Kept her maternal fondnoS
when 1t into collision with what she conceived TO
be the best interests Of her child she exhibited in send
ing him away from her TO school at An6oyer at the ten
der age Of six years. in the year l17s This the
prevailing notion to the proper bringing up of boys
al that time and she consented TO what must have been
most cruel separation in tie belief that 1t the
best thing for him.
The Academy at Andover thon but lately established
the first incorporation OF the kind made in Aassa
chusetts, and, believe, in the country. 1t took s
name Of Philips Academy, which 1t still bears, from
the Philips family which had chiefly endowed II. II
still retains a prominent place among preparatory
schools though it has been oyershadowed by the Theo
logical Institution. which sprnging from the root
has grown up by It's side In ly7s. il uudcr tho
Masership Of tie Rev EIphalet Pearson LID, after.
wards Hancock Professor Of Oriental Languages at Har.
yard and subsequently Professor of Sacred Literature
in tho Theological Seminary at Andover in the estab
Hshment Of which he was main promoter. DR.. Pear
son was pedagogue Of the Old birchen school, and Il
any Of the children committed to his charge were
spoiled it certainly from the psrng the rod.
Many stories Of his seventies and cccentrictes fingered
long about the scene OF his despOc rule. He how
ever good classicalsohoar and scourged competent
amount Of the rudiments of the humcntes, as compe-
tency then esteemed into his pupils After eight
years passed under this stern discipline Mr. Quincy
tered Harvard College in 1856. being then fourteen
years Of age. At Cambridge he distinguished himseH
by his diligence and good conduct and took mis- degree
In 1890 with the highest honors of his year.
Upon graduating he took up his permanent residence
in Boston with his mother and began the study of the
law with the Hon. William Tudor In 1893, being then
barely twenty-on he admitted TO the bar, and
began the practice of the law. Though he had given
due attention 10 his legal studies and properly dill
gent in business his practice never large. lie had
the reputation, good deal exaggerated Of being
young Of good estate and large expectations and
clients them now. inclined 10 give their bust.
ness other things being equal to whose fees were
their daily bread. But, besides this his own thoughts
turned rather to public than professional life ~
the example Of his father and the expectations Of his
contemporaries We have heard that he used to regret
this eircnmstance and hjama hitsseif hayaGs