Emmez

See Jemez. Emmitsburg (em'its-berg), or Emmets burg (em'ets-berg). A town in Frederick County, Maryland, 48 miles northwest of Baltimore. It is the seat of Mount St. Mary's College (Roman Catholic). Population (1900), 849. Emmons (em'onz), Nathanael. Born at East Haddam, Conn., April 20, 1745: died at Franklin, Ma ., Sept. 23, 1840. An American Congregational clergyman and theologian. His collected works were published in 1842. Emory (em'ō-ri), William Hemsley. Born in Maryland, Sept. 9, 1811: died at Washington, D. C., Dec. 1, 1887. An American soldier. He graduated at West Point in 1831; became lieutenant of topographical engineers in 18383; served on the staff of General Kearny during the Mexican war; was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers March 17, 1862; commanded a division under General Banks in Louisiana in 1863; commanded the 19th army corps in the Red River expedition in 1864; and fought with distinction at Opequan Creek, Sept. 19, 1864, and at Fisher's Hill, Sept. 22, 1864. He wrote " "Notes of a Military Reconnoi ance in Mi ouri and California" (1848), and "Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey" (1858-59). Emory College. An institution of learning at Oxford, Georgia, incorporated in 1836. It is under the control of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South). Empedocles (em-ped'ō-klēz). [Gr. 'Εμπεδο κλῆς .] Born at Agrigentum, Sicily: lived about 490-430 в. с. А Greek philosopher, poet, and statesman. He was a supporter of the democratic party in his native city against the aristocracy, and po e ed great influence through his wealth, eloquence, and knowledge. He followed Pythagoras and Par me nides in his teachings. He profe ed magic powers, prophecy, and a miraculous power of healing, and came to have, in popular belief, a superhuman character. He was said to have thrown himself into the crater of Etna in order that, from his sudden disappearance, the people might believe him to be a god. The figure of Empedocles of Agrigentum, when seen acro the twenty-three centuries which separate us from him, presents perhaps a more romantic appearance than that of any other Greek philosopher. This is owing, in a great measure, to the fables which invest his life and death with mystery, to his reputation for magical power, and to the wild sublimity of some of his poetic utterances. Yet, even in his lifetime, and among contemporary Greeks, he swept the stage of life like a great tragic actor, and left to posterity the fame of genius as a poet, a physician, a patriot, and a philosopher.