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Show "the most formidable armada ever collected col-lected for concentration upou one given point." He was appointed vice-admiral July 25, lHrtil, and admiral in Au-gust, Au-gust, W"0, On his retirement Admiral Porter was active in the field of literature. liter-ature. Always a voracious reader of fiction ho wrote a naval story of considerable con-siderable merit and contributed to magazines mostly on professional subjects. sub-jects. His health was giving way for some months and the end is therefore not unexpected. Admiral David I. I'orter Dies Suddenly of Fatty Jej;eiieraJ tion of the Heart. Hii Death Occurrel at 8 15 O'clock this Morning at His Besidenoe ia Washington. Wash-ington. TLAQ8 HALF-MA.8T AT CAPITAL. President Harrison and Houses of Congress Notified Ininiedi-atclyofllls Ininiedi-atclyofllls Demise. The Body to be Interred in Arlington National Cemetery With Highest Military Honors THE MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE. The Tim or the F ineral Not Tet Decided I pun The Navy Department Will luu Its Usual Order. Washington, Feb. 13. Admiral David I). Porter died this morning. Death was very sudden. It occurred at his residence bere and was the result of fatty degeneration of the heart with which ho had been affected since last summer. His death was calm and peaceful. When Doctor Wales left bitn at 11 p. m. last night his condition t& mm A Mam- DAVID DIXON POUTER. 1 was about the game it had been for several weeks past. There were no indications that medical service would be needed before the time for the doc-t, doc-t, i , tor's rRuUturisit this morning. ' The - , . nature of the admirals disease made it t dangerous for him to lie on bis back, so that he was accustomed to rest sitting up on a large sofa with his back and head supported by pillows. The admiral admi-ral was nwoke at 0:4.1 this morning and took his nourishment as usual. He afterwards fell into a light . sleep and gave no indication whatever of the end so near at hand. At8 o'clock tho admiral's son Rich-aid, Rich-aid, who slept by his side, noticed a change in his father's condition. He was breathing with difficulty and seemed to be choking. The household was at once aroused and Dr. Wales tent for. The patient's pulse grew faster and fainter ami at 8;15 o'clock ceased to beat. At that hour he gasped convulsively and expired without a word. Dr. Wales reached tho house almost immediately after being notified an i applied all the restorativos known to medical science but to no effect. Word was at once sent to tho president presi-dent ami secretary of the navy and the Hags on the white house and all other publio buildings were place at half mast. Secretary Tracy promptly visited vis-ited the family and conferred with . them in regard to the funeral arrangements, arrange-ments, it was settled that the funeral should be marked with tho highest military honors and the interment should be at the Arling ton national cemetery. A large number num-ber of people in otlicial life called at the house this morning and loft messages of sympathy for the family. Telegrams Tele-grams of condolence were also received ' from prominent pyoplu from ail over the country. The time of tho funeral has not yet been tixed. The usual order will be issued by the navy department this afternaon. The president was informed of Admiral Porter's death, and 'sent a message of sympathy to the family. Ho subsequently sent a message to congress notifying that body of the death, and in the afternoon issued an executive order closing tho execu-' execu-' tive departments on the day of the funeral, and directing that the flags on all public buildings be placed at half mast on that occasion. David Dixon Porter was born in or near Philadelphia iu June. 1813. He entered the navy as midshipniato iu 1H2!) and became a licutenaut about 1H41. He served in tho naval operations opera-tions against the Mexicans in 1 810-7. In 1WH he was promoted to the rank of commander, lie commanded the mortar-boats, twenty-one in number which bombarded Fort Jackson and Saint Philip, below New Orleans, April 18 21, 18(12. These forts were surrendered to him, on the 2th. In September or 'October. 18H2, he took command of a flotilla of gunboats on tho Mississippi river. He aided the land army in the capture of Arkansas Post. January, 18(13. and co-operated with General Grant in his operations against Vicks-burg. Vicks-burg. -For his services in the reduction of the last named place he was promoted pro-moted to the rank of rear-admiral by a commission dated Jnl v 4,1803. Co-operating with Oeneral Banks in an expedition expe-dition against Shreveport, he ascended Red river with a tleet of ironclad gunboats gun-boats to a point many miles above Grand Keore, in April. 104. He commanded com-manded the naval forces in the attack ' on Fort Fisher in December, 1804 and ' bombarded the same fort with success on the 141 h and 15th of January. 1SM5. According to General Grant, this , was |