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 156 QUINTILIAN its overthrow in 1823 he remained in Estrema- dura until the accession of Isabella II., whose education he superintended. In 1835 he was created a senator, and in 1855 crowned by the queen with laurel. His complete works have been published in Rivadeneyra's Biblioteca de autores espanoles (1852). (Jl ITILIL (QuiNTiuANUs), Marcos Fftbins, a Roman rhetorician, born probably at Calagur- ris in Spain about A. D. 40, died about 118. He was educated at Rome, and waa an advo- cate and teacher of eloquence. Among his pupils were the younger Pliny and the two grand-nephews of Domitian, by which mon- arch he was invested with the consular honors and title. He was the first public teacher of oratory who received from the imperial trea- sury a regular salary (100,000 sesterces a year), the endowment having been made by Vespa- sian. He continued his teaching for about 20 years, with the greatest success. His great work was De Institutions Oratorio, Libri JT//., called also Institutionet Oratorios, which is both a complete system and a model of elo- quence. There are 164 declamations falsely ascribed to him. The first complete manu- script of the " Institutes " was discovered by Poggio Bracciolini in the 1 monastery of St. Gall. The editio princepa was printed at Rome by Lignamine (fol., 1470) ; the best edition is that by Spalding and Zumpt (6 vols. 8vo, Leip- sic, 1798-1829). The " Institutes " have been translated into English by Guthrie (2 vols. 8vo, London, 1756), by Patsall (2 vols., 1774), and by Watson (2 vols., 1856). QUINTUS (TUTU'S BUFIS. See CURTIUS. QITYTES ICILIUS. See GUISCHABD. QUITCLAIM, a word often used in deeds, and usually in connection with words of grant and conveyance, when the grantor or seller intends to convey to the grantee or buyer all the right, title, interest, and estate of the grantor, but without any warranty whatever, whether of title, quantity, or anything else. Sometimes a deed purports to be a deed of "grant and quit- claim," when the grantor adds to the words of grant and conveyance words of limited war- ranty : as, for instance, warranty against him- self and all persons claiming by, from, through, or under him. Even this limited warranty, and still more a general warranty, would estop the grantor from ousting the grantee by any better title, not coming through the grantee, which was outstanding at the time, and which the grantor might acquire subsequently. But if the deed were one of grant and quitclaim only, without any warranty, the grantor might then assert such a title. For example, A sells and conveys to B, by grant and quitclaim only, for a full price, an estate to which it turns out A has no title. But A subsequently acquires title to it by inheritance from the true owner. A may now recover the estate from B; but not if he granted with warranty, because if he then took the estate by his better title, B would turn round upon him on the warranty QUITMAN and get the estate back again. Quitclaim is also used in receipts, usually with such words as release and discharge, when it is intended to signify that the party giving the receipt or release agrees never to make any claim against the other party for any existing demand. QUTMABf, a S. W. county of Georgia, sepa- rated from Alabama by the Chattahooch.ee and drained by Pataula creek and other streams ; area, 190 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 4,150, of whom 2,377 were colored. The surface is undulating and the soil productive. It is traversed by a branch of the Southwestern railroad. The chief productions in 1870 were 79,610 bushels of Indian corn, 4,151 of oats, 15,615 of sweet potatoes, and 3,880 bales of cotton. There were 287 horses, 473 mules and asses, 1,734 cattle, and 2,828 swine. Capital, Georgetown. (jl inn V John Anthony, an American politi- cian, born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess co., N. Y., Sept. 1, 1799, died in Natchez, Miss., July 17, 1858. He studied law in Ohio, and in 1821 settled in Natchez, Miss. In 1827 he was elected to the legislature, from 1828 to 1834 was chancellor of the state, and afterward president of the state senate. In 1836 he raised a small body of men to aid the Texans. and after the capture of Santa Anna returned to Natchez, where he became major general of militia and filled several local offices. In July, 1846, he was appointed brigadier general in the United States army, and ordered to re- port to Gen. Taylor at Camargo. At the bat- tle of Monterey he distinguished himself by his successful assault on Fort Tenerice, and his daring advance into the heart of the city. At the siege of Vera Cruz he commanded in the first sharp engagement, and subsequently led an expedition against Alvarado, in con- junction with the naval forces under Com. Perry. He was with the advance under Gen. Worth that took possession of the city of Puebla, where he was bre vetted major general and received a sword voted to him by congress. At Chapultepec he stormed the formidable works at the base of the hill, pushed forward to the Belen gate, which he carried by assault, and took possession of the city of Mexico, of which the general-in-chief on his arrival ap- pointed him governor. After establishing or- der and discipline he returned to the United States, and was soon after, almost by acclama- tion, elected governor of Mississippi. Being threatened with arrest for alleged complicity with Gen. Lopez in organizing an expedition to Cuba, he resigned his office and went to New Orleans in the custody of the United States marshal; but after an abortive effort to obtain evidence, the prosecution was aban- doned. The democratic party in Mississippi immediately renominated him for governor, but he withdrew from the contest when the people, at an election for delegates to a state convention, condemned his opposition to the compromise measures. In 1855 he was elected to congress, and in 1857 reflected without