The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-20

David DixonlI'ortcr was the son ~ ANNA
dorc David Porter. T.. n. y. III wAs h.,,,,
Philadelphia Ia June. 1913 entered the ~,
ns mid-hipinan in i>2y and became 4 Az
tenant In ISL. IN tie irSt eighteen x.'.,r-
MS service he il accredited with fen ,n..
sea service In the Mediterranean ana ~. 4.
ina'ndcr 81 the time with duty ia thn roA>
survey and nc the naval observatory. ii
served ia the Mexican war ana then NJ
turned to the coast survey On tie d .ros
cry OF gold Ia California he obtained ..as
from the Navy Department and Tor TIN.
years commanded mail steamer bofw.A
New York and the Istllmus OF rana,na 4,
fterward returned 10 the navy. and W. M
breaking out Of the civil war Ia ISL wa M
dered to super-ede a post Captain In com
mand Of the steam frigatc Powhatan. Il MT
WAS dispatched % aid in the enforcement
OF Fort Pickens. For the exped ltion again.
New Orleans in ls2 Commander Porter 81 I
ganizcd and commanded mortar fotliiA
and IN 1853 he was appointed acting Rear
Admiral and assigned TO command the N :
sis-ippi squadron. comprising ln an III w..
sells with more than I 800 officers FOR N |
services in reducing wick sbnrs. ne rncciyo
commission as Rear Admiral. dated Jul
:. 1913. IN the spring Of 1874 he co.npcf-,f,
with General Banks In the unSnccessfal M.
RIVER expedition. In October he was trans
icrred from the Mississippi to the North AZ
lnntic biockading squadron, ana directed I.
attack the defen~cs ~ Wilmington Ilcan
pcarcd before Fort Fisher on December !,
with thirty 1--WE regular cruisers. I'VE iron
clads. AMI a reserve OF nineteen vessels
The boinbardmcnt continued throug< ~
next day. and was resumed on .fail<4rx n
1873. by m augmented nav Al force. a. krn|
M until the evening OF the Eth. Ivhrn III |
firing was stopped and the works Mar. "a
ried by combined body OF soldlerA satlo,.
and marines Rear. admiral Porter Was nr.
NOTED - Vice admiral July ~. 1861. ana "a
came superintendent OF thc Naval Academ
~ Annapolis; and on the death 81 Farragu
he succeeded him as Admiral III cornmls
sion dating from August Is. 1870
Onicial Announcement or the Death OF thI
Highest Oficer la the Nnvy.
WASHINGTON. Feb. l4.-Thc follow
ing order was issued by Secretary Tr;,c,
yesterday afternoons:
NAVY bErAETNENr Feb. ls. 1891
The Secretary Of the Mis- has thc painful
duty Of announcing 70 the Navy ~ the coun-
try the death u the hiyhcs: officer Ia the
service.
David Dixon Porter. Admiral ~ the navy
died al Washington at quarter past eight
O'Clock this morning. In the seventy eighth
year 81 his age. Sixty years ~ Admiral
Portcr's life was actively devoted 70 the
service 81 his country. The record 81 his
deeds forms one Of the brightest pages ~ it,
history. His achievements while IN com
mand Of the mortar iotiila at the attack on
the New orleans forts. 81 the Mississippi
attnc fall OF Vick-burg. and Of the I
North Atlantic squadron at the capture q
Fort Fisher have given him place among
the foremost OF the worlds naya! command. I
crs- He dies lancnted by the " hole coun.
try and his memory will forever b. cher
i~hed and held in honor ~ the service.
On the day ~ the funeral The Navy ne'
pnrtmcnt VIII BE- closed. the Nag will be q ~
played nc ha's-mast 10 all navy yards and
and on board all ships III comini~'
sion. and seventeen minuie-guns will be I
hrcd az noon from each navy yard The
Navy Department viii be draped md an ~
hccrs Of the navy and Marine Corps VIII
wear the badgc Of mourning for THIRTY days