Admiral Porter Dead

Washington, Feb. 14. - Admirai Porter ot the United States navy died at his residente bere this morning. His death was unoxpeoted, for although he had been an iuvalid for a year or more, he had been reportad as better of late, and there were no previous sigus of the sudcien terniinatiun ol 'lis ufe. Uis disease was an affection of the heart. Admira! ioiter's services during the late war were of a distinguishedeharaeter. He had been uuaHe to atteud geneially to bis official duties during the last two or three years, and his deatb wns nlii'ost daily expected. Borne uionths ago, nowI.1 '. a marked Improvetnent in his eoudition was repo' ted, and iut that tine there had !■ en no waroiHg of the end, whiüh ra m unexpeotediy. io unexpected w;.s i.is death that the members o his faniily who were in the ( H a:;. ei c-i: gome 'libere of the fauiüy in an adjeining room were njt present at Ui: bedside iintii after ie had b eatbed bis Ibere had been no indications of :i f ünmeti at 'i; ibl i. Vt i clock uiorn iil: the nii.seoLscrvtd unfainiltar sympt iu auii two pi hia boos wbo were iii ti. house were sununoued and a physician sent tor. Withia fifteen minutes he was dr:d. his two sons and nurse beingthe only ones at his bedsrle. Even they did nol realize the extent ol' his trouble until he had ceased to i reathe. Physi i.-ins who urri-. ed sbortly after bis death made ve-y effort to resuscitate him, but it soon be ami evident that the spurk of lite was absoluiely ejiin t. The Pre.si leut otliuially aunounced the deatü of Adniiral Forter in the followi:ig ige to Congress: 'To the Benate and House of Repkb3BXTAT1VE8: The admiral of the navy, David Dizon Porter, died at his residence in the city of Washington this morning at :1." o'clock, in the s-venty i ighth year of his ae. He entered the naval service asa midshipman Feb. 2, 1829, and had been since conlinuously in service, having been made adniiral Aug. "). lbïü. He was the son of Commodore David Porter. one of the grtatest of our naval comiuanders. His sei vii e 'ïuring tlie civil war '.vis conspicuously bi-ilUaot and succes ful. and his death enda a very hi,;!i au '. honoiab!e career. biïs countrymen will sincejely mourn hi . loss, while they cherish with grateful pride the memory oí' hideeds. To oiticers of the navy his life will conlinue to yield inspiration and encouragement. Be ..'ami.n Haerison." The i'i'esident also directed that the uational Ha le display ed at half mast upon nll public buildings throughout the United Btates until after the lune al. and that pnbli'J business iu the depariments at Wasüington lie suspeuded on the day of the fuñera 1. David Dixon l'oiter was born in Philadelpnia in Jiíhe. ]'■',. He entered the navy as uiidshipman ia i-'."1 and became lie.itcnant in 1 4 1 . His flret ten years' ser -ice was in the Me liteiraueau sea, aud tin n tor eighft ycars he was on duty in the coast suivey aud at the naval observatory. He served n the lle i a:i war, aud at the outbrak of the civil war waa ordered to Bupercede a post-oaptain in command of the team frigate Powhattau, wliich was dupatched to aid in the re-önforcement of Fo t Pickcns. In 1S6M he was appointed actinp: rear admiral in commnnd of the Mississii'pi squadron, and for his ie es in reducing leksburg received his commissiou as rear admiral. In i'ctober, 1864, he was transferred to the North Atlantic blockading squadron aud conduöted the attack on the def enees at Wilmington. He was promotc to vice-adniiral July 25, 1866, and became superiniendent of the naval ftcademy at Annapolis. On the death of Farragut he succeeded him es admiral, in August, 1SÍ0. Get well and stay well. But bow shall we do it? LUten to me. aud the secret ril teil, Though for that matter, there' uo secret to it, As ïnnny a raau understiimls verj well. If you're low-spirited, gloomy. depressed, If nothiug tastes good, aiid your nights bring uo rest, If your Btomach is foul, and your mouth is mucn fouler, And so cross you become, that they cali you a "growler," Be sure that the trouble is due to your liver, And tbe blood is as sluggish as sometimes a river Becomes when it's filled with all mnnuer of stuff. Clear it out and tbe curreut runs smoothly enough.. üo to the drug store and get a bottle of Dr. Pieree's Medical Discovery, the great blood purifier and liver invigorator. It is a surejeure for the low spirits and general debility a man feels when his liver is inactive and his blood impure. This remedy makes a man well.