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ELMSLEY ELSINORE 553 pop. in 1870, 14,477, of whom 6,730 were col- ored. The South and North Alabama railroad passes through the S. W. part. The surface is undulating and the soil fertile. The chief pro- ductions in 1870 were 10,330 bushels of wheat, 198,371 of Indian corn, 18,078 of oats, 32,560 of sweet potatoes, 5,697 of peas and beans, and 7,295 bales of cotton. There were 944 horses, 1,411 mules and asses, 2,706 milch cows, 3,812 other cattle, and 8,286 swine ; 9 manufactories of carriages and wagons, 1 of cotton goods, and 2 saw mills. Capital, Wetumpka. ELMSLEY, Peter, an English scholar, born in 1773, died March 8, 1825. He was educated at Westminster school, and at Merton college, Oxford. He officiated for a time in a small chapelry in Little Horkesley, Essex; but be- coming master of a fortune by the death of an uncle, he devoted himself to literary studies, and particularly to Greek literature. He lived for a while in Edinburgh, where he was inti- mately associated with the founders of the " Edinburgh Review," and contributed to that periodical several articles, among which were reviews of Heyne's " Homer," Schweighauser's " AthenaBus," Blomfield's " Prometheus," and Person's " Hecuba." In 1816 he made a voyage to Italy in search of manuscripts, and passed the winter of 1818 in researches in the Lauren- tian library at Florence. The next year he was appointed to assist Sir Humphry Davy in try- ing to decipher some of the papyri found at Herculaneum. After his return to England he became principal of St. Alban's hall, Oxford, and Camden professor of modern history in the university. From 1809 to 1823 he published editions of several of the Greek tragedies. ELOCUTION. See OEATOEY, and VOICE. ELOHIHf, one of the Hebrew names of the Deity, the plural of Elodh. The name is- also applied to angels, princes, judges, great men, and even to false gods. EL. PASO. I. The extreme W. county of Texas, bounded N. by New Mexico, touched on the N. E. by the Kio Pecos, and separated on the S. W. from Mexico by the Kio Grande; area, 9,450 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 3,671, of whom 306 were colored. More than nine tenths of the area consists of sandy plains with- out timber or water. Salt lakes are found in the N. part. It is crossed by several mountain ranges. The only cultivated portion is the narrow valley of the Kio Grande, which is productive when irrigated. Capital, Franklin. II. A central county of Colorado, bordering on the Rocky mountains, and containing Pike's peak ; area, about 2,500 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 987. The surface is diversified. It is traversed by the Fontaine qui Bout, the valley of which is fertile. The chief productions in 1870 were 11,455 bushels of Indian corn, 11,727 of oats, 8,876 of wheat, 760 tons of hay, and 16,900 Ibs. of wool. There were 10,800 sheep; 2 flour mills, and 4 saw mills. Capital, Colorado City. EL PASO, or El Paso del Norte, an inland town of Mexico, in the N. E. angle of the state of Chihuahua, on the Rio Grande, near the frontier of New Mexico, 945 m. N. W. of the city of Mexico ; lat. 31 45' N., Ion. 106 28' W. ; pop. about 6,000, chiefly mestizoes, with many In- dians of pure blood. This place was first estab- lished as a military post to check the inroads of the savage tribes which then, as now, rav- aged the whole north of the republic. It forms a separate town, though the name is often extended to a series of minor settlements reaching some 15 m. along the banks of the Rio Grande. The fort has been transferred to El Paso del Rio Grande, on the road from Chihuahua to Santa Fe The country sur- rounding El Paso consists of well cultivated fields of maize, wheat, and other cereals, dot- ted with gardens and orchards yielding a luxu- riant supply of all the delicate fruits of the temperate zone. The best wine in the repub- lic is made here ; and also a species of brandy, called by the border Americans Paso whiskey. The inhabitants, though generally rich, pay little attention to material comfort. ELPHINSTON, James, a Scottish grammarian, born in Edinburgh in 1721, died at Hammer- smith, near London, Oct. 8, 1809. He studied at the university of Edinburgh, became tutor to Lord Blantyre, superintended an edition of the "Rambler" in his native town, and in 1751 opened a school at Kensington. He was a zealous advocate of a change in English orthography, and published several works on the subject which exposed him to great ridi- cule. A translation of Martial (4to, 1782) was no better received. His principal works are : "French and English Languages" (2 vols. 12mo, 1756); "Education, a Poem" (1763); "English Language" (2 vols. 12mo, 1765); " Propriety ascertained in her Picture " (1786) ; PoetcB Sententiosi, Latini, &c. (1794) ; and " Fifty Years' Correspondence, Inglish, French, and Lattin, in Proze and Verse, between Ge- niusses ov boath Sexes and James Elphinston " (8 vols. 12mo, 1794). ELPHINSTONE, George. See KEITH. ELPHINSTONE, Mountstnart, an English states- man and historian, 4th son of John, llth Baron Ephinstone, born in 1779, died Nov. 20, 1859. In 1795 he entered the service of the East India company ; in 1808 was ambassador to the Afghan court at Cabool ; from 1810 to 1817 was resident at the court of Poonah, and was com- missioner to that province from 1817 to 1819, when he was appointed governor of Bombay. He resigned in November, 1827. He was the author of an "Account of the Kingdom of Cabul and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India " (4to, London, 1815), which has been twice reprinted; and "History of India: the Hindoo and Mahometan Periods " (2 vols, 8vo, 1841 ; 3d ed., 1848). ELSINORE, or Elsiflenr (Dan. HeMngor a maritime town of Denmark, in the bailiwick of Frederiksborg, island of Seeland, 23 m. N. E. of Copenhagen; lat. 56 2' N., Ion. 12 38' E. ; pop. in 1870, 8,891. It is built on