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Rh LACOCK, Abner, senator, b. in Virginia in 1770: d. in Freedom, Pa., 12 Aug., 1837. He set- tled in Beaver county, Pa., sat for many years in the state house of representatives and senate, and from 4 Nov., 1811, till 3 March, 1813, in the nation- al house of representatives, where he opposed Gen. Jackson, although a Democrat and an upholder of the war against Great Britain. At the conclusion of his term in the lower house he was sent to the senate, serving from 24 May. 1813, till 3 March, 1819. He was president of the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal company.

LACORDAIRE, Jean Theodore (lah-cor- dare'), French explorer, b. in Recey-sur-Ource, Bur- gundy, 1 Feb., 1801; d. in Liege, 18 July, 1870. He studied in Dijon, and was graduated at Paris. In 1825 he went to South America, where he re- mained seven years, returning to Paris in 1832 and becoming an editorial writer on the journal " Le Temps." In 1835 he was offered the newly found- ed chair of zoology at the University of Liege, which he held till his death. Most of Lacordaire's works are about South America. They include "Faune entomologique des environs de Rio de Janeiro " (2 vols., Paris, 1832) ; " La bataille de la Tablada" (1832); " Un souvenir du Bresil" (1832); " Revue de voyage "'(1832) ; " Mceurs des jaguars de l'Amerique du Sud " (2 vols., 1833) ; " Excursion dans l'Oyapock " (1833) ; "Uneestancia de l'Ame- rique du Sud " (1834) ; " Une revolution dans la Republique Argentine " (2 vols., 1835) ; " L'or des Pinheiros " (1835) ; " Memoires sur les habitudes des coleopteres de l'Amerique du Sud " (3 vols., Liege, 1837); "Essai sur les coleopteres de la Guyane Francaise " (2 vols., 1838) ; " Essai sur les coleop- teres de la Guyane Hollandaise " (2 vols., 1839); " Notice sur les lepidopteres de la Guyane Fran- caise" (2 vols., 1843); "Monographic des eroty- liens"(3 vols., 1849); "Histoire naturelle des in- sectes: genera des coleopteres" (4 vols., Paris. 1857) ; " Impressions de voyage " (Liege, 1859) ; "De Pernambuco a la Guyane" (2 vols., 1861); "Le Nord et le Sud, ou situation politique des Etats-Unis, question du moment" (Paris, 1863); " De l'avenir de l'Amerique du Sud " (Liege, 1864) ; " La guerre de secession et de son influence sur l'Amerique en general " (2 vols., Paris, 1866) ; and "Comment se fait une revolution dans l'Amerique du Sud" (1867).

LA CORNE, Pierre, Chevalier de. French-Cana- dian soldier. He was with Sieur Joncaire on an embassy to the Indians of Niagara in 1720. In 1747, with M. de St. Pierre, he defeated the Indians at Lachine Rapids, went to Acadia with De Ra- mezay, and succeeded to the command when that officer was wounded at Grand Pre. In 1749 he was sent, with Father La Loutre, to seduce the Acadians from their allegiance to Great Britain, and to induce them to remove north of the Bay of Fundv, but failed in the attempt. At this time he is said to have commanded about 2,500 men. For the ten years succeeding he was actively employed in Canada. He was wounded in the action at the Rapids, Lake Ontario, in 1759, was in command of colonial troops, and was again wounded at the capture of Quebec. His knowledge of Indian lan- guages made him of great service to the government. LACOSTE, Alexander, Canadian senator, b. in Boucherville, Canada, 12 Jan., 1842. He was edu- cated at St. Hyacinthe college and at Laval uni- versity, admitted to the bar of Lower Canada in 1863, and appointed queen's counsel in October, 1880. He was batonnier of the bar of Montreal from 1 May, 1879, till 1 May, 1881, and was a member of the legislative council of the province of Quebec from 4 March, 1882, until he was called to the senate, 12 Jan., 1884. He was at one time professor of civil law in Laval university.

LACOSTE, Etienne Philippe, Baron de (lah- coast), French administrator, b. in Dax in October. 1730 ; d. in Bordeaux in January, 1820. He was admitted to the bar at Bordeaux in 1757, removed to Paris in 1760, and in 1767 became director of the law division in the department of the colonies, and in 1774 chairman of the same department. Lacoste travelled through the French West In- dies, ascertaining their wants and investigating the local administrations. In January, 1783, he was elected by the colonial assembly of Santo Domingo its representative before the king's privy council, and in November, 1790, he was appointed special commissary to the West Indies. He restored or- der in Guadeloupe and partially in Santo Domin- go; but in Martinique he was opposed by the Count de Bihague, the governor-general. He re- turned to France in February, 1792, was secretary for the navy and colonies from 16 March till 10 July, and in 1800 became president of the marine court for the privateers navigating in the W T est In- dies and South America and state councillor for the colonies. He held those posts during the whole of Napoleon's reign, retiring in 1815. He pub- lished several works on the administration of the colonies, including " Memoire au roi sur le regime interieur des colonies des Antilles" (Paris, 1792).

LACOUR, Anguste (lah'-koor). West Indian magistrate, b. in Basse Terre, Guadeloupe, in 1795; d. there in 1866. He received his early education in Basse Terre, but finished his studies in Paris, where he was graduated in law, and soon afterward entered the colonial magistracy. He held several offices in Martinique and in Guadeloupe, and in 1840 became judge of the supreme court of Basse Terre. He served for several terms as a member of the "conseil general " of the island, was created knight of the Legion of honor, and received the badge of commander in 1854. The supreme court of Guade- loupe before the third empire enjoyed the privileges of a court of appeal, and in 1849 Lacour was con- spicuous among the judges of the court that took up the case of Beauvallon, who had been unjustly condemned in 1836 by the court of Paris for kill- ing in a duel the journalist Dujarrier. The verdict was set aside, and the accused granted a new trial, which resulted in his acquittal. This event caused a profound sensation in the West Indies, as Beau- vallon was at that time a prominent citizen of Guadeloupe. Lacour also devoted his leisure time to historical researches, and published "Histoire de la Guadeloupe." which is a standard work on that colony (6 vols., Basse Terre. 1850).

LACROIX, Joseph Francois Pamphile, Viscount de (lah-crwah), French soldier, b. in Aymarques, Gard, 1 June. 1774 ; d. in Versailles, 16 Oct., 1841. He had scarcely finished his studies in Montpellier when he was attached to the staff of his cousin, Gen. d*Harville. and served afterward under Custine, Dumouriez, and Pichegru. When twenty-two years old he was made brigadier-general, defeated the Austriansat Freiberg, 22 July, 1796, and served in Italy under Moreau and Macdonald in 1799. He enjoyed the reputation of a good soldier, but as he was disliked by Bonaparte he could neither obtain advancement nor important commands. He went to Santo Domingo in 1802, and directed the landing of the French at Cape Francais, 6 Feb., defeating Christophe, who had tried to oppose the landing. He was rewarded with the commission of major-general, and given charge of the negotiations with Toussaint l'Ouverture and Chris-