The New York herald., 1865-01-18

lrawn up o. the Harrses Lane, between the Com
As in,Ar..aos Wa s,oushs Porter M shs
eDel Eea hoa&ang battery Was being towed 70 o
,on. sssvs sas for and inmsdassy aitsrw.ds tnas
oschlng and threatening the destruction Of the NOR
~ neet Porter turned 70 General Duncan and asked
rspssa that he sdid not inow-shas the rebel navy
officer contemptbls enough for anything" Porter
did not IKE Dsncans manner and cooy telling nun .nst
drawing up the articles Of capitalization Fortunately me
guns Of the rebel battery becoming heated caused her
odore Porter said Afterwards that she had exploded
the vessels sAe would have destroyed tho whole on
A.a Ss o.ns into position and
Immediately placed the ocers IN close oonnnemens ios
the attempt 70 blow up the neet
W rHi OCCUPATION OF rENsAooLA.
On May T. 1851 immediately AFTER the fall OF Now Or
leans Commodore Porter moved his aotia on Mobile bay
with orders to snectually blockade Mobile haIncr
enemy werc leaving Pensacola he imnediately entered
the harbo and took Of the ruins OF the Navy
Yard Fort AcRas the Naval Hospital and Warrington %
and returned in the 0corara When on Charleston on
hts way Fortress Monroe Ne fell in with and captured
posed that he would have been placed In command OF
the James river fotia but from some cause this plan
was changed he allowed leave OF absence TO re-
crut bis health while his mortar feet was engaged
tho Chesapeake and In front Of Baltimore
ACTING REAR ADMIRAL OF THE MISSISSIPPI
a. , ,sso ,ssiLn ,soGiApsoH. IRON no,r,.a Actin. Rs,,
Admiral Porter repaired to the Mississippi river and
sumed supreme command Of a the naval forces that
stream.
His nrst exploit with his new command the reduc-
ton January o. 1891 Of Arkansas Post on the Arkansas
river This strong work was reduced by the fierce bonn
bardmen OF the mortar feet while the army going
into position to assault It, This bombardment was OF
very terrific character Tho captured rebels Afterwards
hastily "You can't expect men TO stand up against tho
fire Of these gunboata"
THE ATTACK ON GRAND GULF.
In the following April, the neet under Rear Admiral
while covering the passage Of the river by Grants army
The nrst attack made the first anniversary Of the
successful after a nvo houn bombardment. The
second attack made May 8, resulted IN the oocupa
S Of hs s @
teen gunR
CAPTURE OF ALEXANDRIA,, La, AND DESTRUCTION
OF FORT DB RUSSY.
On May 0, 1858, he moved up Red river, and reached
Alexandria without opposition This he occupied On
the 7th General Banks advance reached Alexandria and
Porter turning over the city to him. immediately pro-
ceeded against Fort do Russy, and began the bonn
bardment and destruction Of that work and small
battery, abandoned by the enemy in their aight He
casemates Of the works. A large raft found OBJ
structing the river. This was sawed In two and,
Porter afterwards expressed it, presented to the poor e
OPERATIONS At vICKsBuRu.
While General Grant was operating In the rear Of
vcksburg Admiral Porter continued ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of
u,
below Vcksburg and joined the feet at the mouth Of the
Yazoo On the 18th Of the same month he opened COM
forced the enemy to abandon Haines BLUM This i'm.
portant point Porter immediately occupied and de-
stroyed
the time General Grant made his rst attack on voks
burg MAY 2 Admiral Porter by request Of that General
opened terrible bombardment Of tho city and rebel
which had ever been under During the T remainder of
The sicgo the fee actively engaged not only here but
various 70 on the Mississippi the
5elena Aransa The details Of these operations have
'een published BY the Navy Department and are highly
given by ADMIRAL Porter IN Official report, dated "0r
Tor fSlsf i6;...ss "a tho lysssA TIE capture q
hsrs Ss Ss espass rem a q
rich's Landing and the Red river expedition OF july
1853 were among his minor successes during tnas
Compared with his successes they were insig
naeant The Navy Department and Congress gave him
latter confirmed his appointment IS rear admiral the
commission 70 date from the capture Of vicksburg.
THE Rw RIVER ERBDIrIoN.
Early In 1884 preparations were made 70 move up Red
General Banka The ascent Of tho river 70 AlexandFia
made without opposition. Here orders received
gunboats were pushed forward above the falls Of Red
river rapidly a. possible Grand Esore captured
and destroyed without opposition, though the army Of
Banks soon arrived at the point and pushed for
ward The river rising slowly that Admiral Porter
On April started with six Of the vessels for
Shreveport. Navigation very dncult, and obstruc-
lions numerous, but diligence and energy overcame
them and the little feet was prepared TO push further
into the interior when orders TO retire General
Banks had mot with at Pleasant Hill The
had been, for the enemy encouraged by the
'leassnt Hill began TO harass Porter every point
hey began firing on the fleet after the descent
egan and would fire upon the decks with rifles and at
INES with artillery doing little damage except In delay
ng the vessels On the evening Of April ~ determined
tack made upon the iron clad Usage, while hard
ground by Gen. Greenland two thousand rebels Green
killed and his forces terribly punished and repused
hey did not trouble the feet any after that and
he vessels reached Canee six miles above Grand Ecore
'thout farther trouble The river fell rapidly, how
YER that here some Of them got aground and before
hat point had become impassable, and the feet was
emmcd in The army took MP position 70 cover II
he endeavoring to get out and for over month the
setting the passage of the rapids Several schemes
sied Of success and all hope of saving the vessels
oioncI Joseph Bailey succeeded in damng |
ho stream. On May IS the entire fleet, much |
, tho joy Of Admiral Porter safely made the
angerous passage Of the falls. and reachcs IN, rn,.
Red river in safety For his success be received the
~ .. - -.s S.-s -.a .c-s through from the Navy
department During this time he resided at Perth |
e9y ana n,sa sed S % waG N a.. mere Nors
atlantic squadron Rear Admiral Farragut had been
rdered TO this command but his health precluded his
rCeptAnCb
tear Admiral Porter and Rear Admiral Lee OF the North
Atlantic blockading squadron ordered to exchange
Admiral Porter reached the James rive and
ssumcd command in those waters early as October
8, 1884
THE NORTH ATLANTIC soUADsoN.
Admiral Porter went immediately 20 work 70 organize
his squadron for the work whose accomplishment we an
iounce this morning. No sooner had he assumed COM
nand than affairs took vigorous course In the vicinity
II Wilmington. He had been but a brief time in CON-
nand when several audacious blockade runners were
aptured These daring craft had everything their own
way before bat they found not easy nor
70 safe game 10 attempt blockade running at Whining
The details Of his preparations for this attack are
familiar TO the public
DESTRUCTION OF THE ALBEMARLE.
The nrst success OF Admiral Porter In his new CON-
mand was the destruction of the rebel ram Abemarlc
On October IL 1894 hc sent Lieutenant W. D. Cushing,
with picket launch TO blow Up the Abcmarle The
facts of that dangerous expedition are among the most
interesting made public by the war; and reflect undyng
credton the protector and executor The rebel vessel
was sunk and completely destroyed.
Shortly after this expedition was sent by Ad-
miral Portor, under Commander W. H. hacomb,
nua nsth Nn~tt. ,tt m