in which capacities he has accomplished much analytical work tending to the exposure of frauds in various food-products. He has received the degree of Ph. D. from Iowa Wesleyan university and from Depauw university in 1873, and that of LL. D. from Hamilton in the same year. Prof. Lattimore is a member of scientific societies, but his publications have been confined to official re- ports on chemical subjects.
LATTO, Thomas Carstairs, poet, b. in Kings-
barn, Fifeshire, Scotland, 1 Dec, 1818. After re-
ceiving an elementary education from his father,
Alexander Latto, the parish school-master, he en-
tered the University of St. Andrews, but was not
graduated. In 1838 he went to Edinburgh, and
was employed as parliament-house and convey-
ancing clerk in the office of John Hunter, auditor
of the court of sessions. After serving as a clerk for
several years in Edinburgh and Dundee he entered
into business in Glasgow in 1852, and then came
to New York, where he was a founder of the
" Scottish American Journal." He was connected
with the publishing-house of Ivison and Co., of
New York, for eleven years, and in 1871 became a
real-estate agent in Brooklyn, where he now (1887)
resides. Mr. Latto's principal work, " The Village-
School Examination," is still in manuscript. The
poems that he has contributed to periodicals in-
clude " When we were at the Schule," " The Blind
Lassie," " The Grave of Sir Walter Scott," and
"Lines on J. Fenimore Cooper." See Wilson's
" Poets and Poetrv of Scotland " (New York, 1876).
L'AUBERIVIERE, Francis Louis de Pourroy de (lobe'-ree'-vyair'), Canadian R. C. bishop, b. in Attigny, France, in 1711 ; d. in Quebec in 1741. He belonged to a noble family, and possessed very great wealth, which he intended to spend in establishing institutions of religion and charity in Canada. He was consecrated bishop of Quebec in Paris in 1739, and embarked for Canada. During the
voyage a contagious disease broke out on board, and
his attendance upon the sick produced the malady
of which he died. When he arrived in Quebec
in 1740, a report was spread that he had wrought
miracles on board ship, which caused him to be
received with great enthusiasm. Before he had
time to become acquainted with his flock he was
attacked by the fever that proved fatal. It was
claimed that miracles were wrought at his tomb,
which is still visited by Canadian Catholics, who
have faith in the power of his intercession.
LAUDERDALE, James, soldier, b. in Virginia
about 1780 ; d. near New Orleans, La., 23 Dec,
1814. Early in this century he removed to west
Tennessee. He became major in Gen. John Cof-
fee's cavalry regiment of volunteers in 1813, and
lieutenant-colonel in his brigade of mounted gun-
men. While serving under Gen. Andrew Jackson
in the battle of Talladega, Ala., with the Creek
Indians, he was wounded. In 1814 he became a
colonel and was killed in the first battle of New
Orleans. Several counties and towns in the south-
ern states are named in his honor.
LAUDONNIÈRE, René de (lo'-don'-yair'),
French colonist, b. in France in the 16th century;
d. there after 1586. He professed the Reformed
religion and accompanied Ribault, who was sent by
Coligny in 1562 to found a colony in Florida, which
might serve as an asylum for the French Huguenots.
This expedition failed, and Laudonnière was
charged in 1564 with the direction of a new one.
Three vessels were given to him, and Charles IX.
made him a present of 50,000 crowns. He took
with him skilful workmen and several young
gentlemen, who asked permission to follow him at
their own expense. He landed in Florida on 22
June, and was well received by the natives. The
next day he sailed up the river Mai, and began the
erection of a fort, to which he gave the name of
Caroline, in honor of King Charles. The young
gentlemen that had accompanied him voluntarily
soon complained of being forced to labor at the
fortifications like ordinary workmen. Fearing that
they would excite a mutiny, he sent the most
turbulent of them back to France on one of his
vessels. But the spirit of revolt increased among the
new colonists, and he removed part of them from
the fort and sent them to explore the country
under the orders of his lieutenant. A few days
afterward some sailors fled, taking with them the
two boats that had been employed in procuring
provisions, and finally others, who had left France
solely with the view of making their fortunes
rapidly, seized one of his ships and went cruising in
the Gulf of Mexico. In this condition of affairs
Laudonnière could no longer count on securing
the possession of Florida to France. Moreover,
the savages, who had been rendered discontented
by deserters, refused to supply the colonists with
provisions any longer, and they were soon threatened
with famine. They lived for some time on
acorns and roots, and when they were at the last
extremity they were saved by the arrival of Capt.
John Hawkins, 3 Aug., 1565. He supplied them
with provisions, and sold one of his ships to
Laudonnière, in which the latter purposed returning
to France. He was waiting for a favorable wind
to set sail, when Jean Ribault arrived with seven
vessels, and informed Laudonnière that his loyalty
was suspected by the French court, and that he
had been deprived of the governorship of Florida.
This intelligence only made him the more eager to
reach France in order to justify himself. His
departure, however, was delayed by the appearance
of a Spanish fleet, under the command of Don
Pedro Menendez. Ribault sailed out to meet the
Spanish fleet, leaving Laudonnière, who was sick,
in the fort with about a hundred men, scarcely
twenty of whom were capable of bearing arms.
The Spaniards who succeeded in landing above the
fort profited by the departure of Ribault, and
carried it by storm. They massacred all the sick,
as well as the women and children, and hanged
such of the soldiers as fell into their hands.
Laudonnière, after vainly trying to delay the capture
of the fort, cut his way through the Spaniards and
plunged into the woods, where he found some
of his soldiers that had escaped the massacre of
their companions. He revived their courage, and,
putting himself at their head, led them to the
seashore during the night. Here he found a son of
Ribault with three vessels. Laudonnière embarked
on board of one of them with the intention of joining
Ribault, but his ship was driven on the English
coast. He stayed some time in Bristol to recruit
his health, and then returned to France in 1566.
He was coldly received at court, and spent the rest
of his life in retirement. He wrote “L'histoire
notable de la Floride, contenant les trois voyages
faits en icelles par des capitaines et pilotes
français” (Paris, 1586).
LAUGHLIN, James, donor, b. in Belfast. Ireland, in 1806 ; d. in Pittsburg, Pa., 18 Dec, 1882. He came to this country in his youth, and entered mercantile life, in which he was successful. For many years he was an elder in the Presbyterian church, and gave largely to its charities. He
was president of the board of trustees of the Pennsylvania female college from its foundation in 1869, and was one of its liberal patrons. He con-
