EMMET. physician to Roosevelt Hospital, Xew York City. Dr". Emmet contributed a number of interesting papers to medical magazines; but his chief literary work is his Principles and Practice of Gynaecology ( 187'J ) . EMTffiETSBXJRG. A city and the county-seat of Palo Alto County. Iowa, about 1.30 miles north by west of Des Moines; on the Des Moines River, and on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern, and the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul railroads I Map: Iowa, CI). It is in an agricultural, dairying, ami stock-raising region, and has grain-elevators, flouring-mills, cream- eries, etc. Population, in 1890, 15S4; in 1900, 2361. EM'METT, Daniel Decatur (1815—). An American actor and song-writer, originator of 'negro minstrel' performances. He was born at Mount Vernon, Ohio, and after serving in the army, joined a cirrus company in 1835. In 1842, sociation with 'Frank' Brown. 'Billy' Whit- lock, and 'Dick' Phelam, he organized the 'Vir- ginia Minstrels,' the first company of its kind, which made its first appearance at the old Chatham Square Theatre, NVw York City, Febru- ary 17, 1813. and subsequently appeared in Boston and in England, where Emmett remained until 1844. In 1859 Emmett composed (lie fa iong "f Dixie, afterwards the war-song of the Soulli. His publications include such popu- ings a- "Old Dan Tucker," "Boatman's Dance," "The Road to Richmond," "Walk Along. John." ami "Early in the Mornin'." EMMINGHATJS, em'mlng-hous, Kai-.i, Bern- i! uu Abwed il^::l — I. A German political ,i-i. born M N iedei i ■•-Weimar). He was educated at Jena, became editor of the hul iii 1861, and from 1866 to IsT.i was professor of agricultural science in the Polytechnical School of Karlsruhe. Subsequently elected director-in chief of (he German Life Insurance Bank at Gotha. His works on politi- cal economy include: Allgi ■ <• werkslehre i I siis i : I),: i rmentcesen gebung in Staaten (in collabora- tion, 1870) : and a (!• •!• I l.< bi ru B& D< utsehlam ha I 1877 | . EM'MITSBTJRG. A town in Frederic County, Md., 60 miles northwest of Baltimore, on a branch of the Western Maryland I' | Map: Ma rj land, II 2). In i be vicinitj d re Mount Saint Mary's Collegi (Roman Catholic), opened in 1808, and Saini Joseph's Academy, conducted b; ' he Sisters of Charity. Settled about I7.~>7 v. eived ii present name iii 1 7 s r, and was incorporated in 1824. Pi pulation, in 1890, B44; in L900, B49. EM'MONS. Ebenkzeb Vn im I lean born in Middlefield, Mass. He was i I at Williams < !ollege, v ■ filled for a time the professorship of natural his- logj and mineral- ■ i W York Id 1 i i in chief of in the v he introduced o m tic divi- I q i . tn include a r' r. . 1 1 1 > of li rocks dial ■ • , lie the Silurian II is 46 EMOLLIENT. the system were supported for a long time by many good authorities, but it is now generally conceded that the Taconic rocks are the equiva- lents of Cambrian and Silurian strata. In 1838 Emmons was appointed to the chair of chemistry in the medical college at Albany, and in 1S5S he was placed in charge of the geological survey of North Carolina. Hi< most important works are: Manual o/ Mineralogy and Urology (1826); American Geology (1856); and the monographs published in the reports of the geological surveys of .New York and North Carolina. EMMONS, George Foster (1811-84). An American naval officer. He was born in Claren- don, Vt. ; entered the navy as a midshipman in 1828; look part in the Wilkes exploring expedi- tion of 1S3S-42. and served along the California coast during the Mexican War. In the Civil War he served first as commander of the Hat- leras, capturing Cedar Keys, Fla., and Pass Christian, Miss., in 1862; was fleet captain under Dahlgren, off Charleston, in 1863; and in 1864- 65 commanded, at various times, from five to fifteen vessels in the Gulf of Mexico. As com- mander of the Ossipee, in 1867-68, he carried to Alaska the commissioners who took formal pos- session for the United States. He was raised to the rank of commodore in 1868, became chief of (lie Hydrographic Office in 1870. was promoted to be rear-admiral in 1S72, and in 1873 retired from the service. He, wrote The Navy of the United States from 1775 to 18-53 (1853). EMMONS, Nathaniel (1745-1840). An American Congregational theologian. He was born at East Haddam. Conn.. April 20, 1745. and graduated at Yale College in 1767. In 1773 he was ordained pastor of the I ongregational church in Franklin, Mass., and continued in the office fifty-four years. He was one of the originators of the Massachusetts Missionary Society, and one of (lie editors of its missionary magazine, from which the Missionary Herald grew. He was a man of decided opinions and some eccen- tricity, an opponent of freemasonry, a sympa- thizer with the anti-slavery movement, and a strong 'Federalist,' and caused great excitement by his political writings. He died in Franklin, Mass., September 23, 1840. Consult his Col- lected Works, with memoir by his son-in-law, I icob tde i i ■« York. 1842) : also Park, Memoir ithaniel Emmons ( Andover, 1S01). EMMONS, smi i . Franklin (1841—). An American geologist, born in Boston, Mass. He r iduated in 1861 at Harvard, studied in 1862- 61 at the Ecole Imperiale des Mines, Paris, in [864-65 ii thi Freiberg (Saxony) Mining School, and in 1867 was appointed assistant geologist for (lie United States exploration of the fortieth parallel [n 1879 he was appointed geologist of i I ed States Geological Survey, in charge of the Colorado Division. He made a sur- vey "i 1870 of Mount Rainbow, the loftiest point in the statr of Washington. His publications tdi Desci ipl i e ' ieologj " (vol ii. of Re- ports of i I Fortiei ' Pai allel, IS77 i : Statisti ih. Precious Metals (1885); and I i and Wining Xndus- leadvilh Col EMOL'LIENT (from I at Hire, to soften, often, from mollis, ed to -ii i he text ares to which it i an oint ment, poult ice,
