Porter

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Port Huron

the North Atlantic squadron. With this fleet, j
consisting of more than 50 vessels, he bom-
barded and silenced the Confederate fortifica-
tions at the mouth of the Cape Fear River
(December 24). His last duty in trn Civil1
War consisted in forcing rJs "way up Lhe James
River and assisting in the final operations |
against Richmond.

In July 1866, he was promoted vice-admiral,
and during the next three years, as superin-
tendent of the Naval Academy, effected a rev-
olution in that institution. In 1870 he was
commissioned admiral — one of the first two
men to receive that distinction in American
naval annals, the other being Farragut.

Porter, Gene Stratton (1568-1934), Am-
erican novelist, was born in Wabash co.,
Indiana. Her best-known books were Freckles
(1904) , which was very popular ; A Girl ot the
Limberlost (1909) ; and Michael O'Hallomn

Porter, Horace (1837-1921), American
soldier and diplomat, son of David R. Porter,
governor of Pennsylvania, was born in Hunt-
ingdon, Pa. He was with the Army of the
Cumberland in the Chickamauga and Chat-
tanooga campaigns, and was on the staff of
General Grant during the campaigns of 1864-5
in Virginia. General Porter was Assistant Sec-
retary of War and private secretary to General
Grant during his first administration, and sub-
sequently raised the funds for the building of
Grant's Tomb in New York City. He was
ambassador to France from 1897 to 1905.

As the result of a personal investigation,
while ambassador, which resulted in locating
the burial place of John Paul Jones, he super-
vised in 1906, under commission of the United
States Government, the transfer of the remains
from Paris to Annapolis, Md. He was a dele-
gate to The Hague Peace Conference in 1907.

Porter, Jane (1776-1850), English novel-
ist, was born at Durham. In 1803 she pub-
lished Thaddeus of Warsaw, following it in
1810 with The Scottish Chiefs. Both were
enormously successful.

Porter, Noah (1811-92), American edu-
cator and writer on philosophy, was born at
Farmington, Conn. He filled Congregational
pastorates at New Milford, Conn., and Spring-
field, Mass., from 1836 to 1846, and then ac-
cepted the chair of moral philosophy and
metaphysics at Yale, which he continued to
hold after succeeding to the presidency of the
college in 1871. He retired from both offices
in 1886. During his administration the modern
elective system was introduced at Yale; and

during this period the material prosperity of
the college was very marked.

Porter, Peter Bue! (1773-1844), Ameri-
can soldier, was born in Salisbury, Conn. He
was eleclcd (1809-13) to the eleventh and
twelfth Congresses. In Congress he played a
prominent pt;ri in bringing on the War of
1812; served with distinction at Chippewa*
Lundy's Lane, and the defence of Fort Erie;
was for a short time attorney-general of New
York; was one of the commission which ex-
plored the route for the Erie Canal; and in
1828-9 was Secretary of War under John
Quincy Adams.

Porter, Robert Percival (1852-1917),
American journalist and statistician, born in
Norfolk, England. He came to the United
States in 1867, and in 1872 joined the staff of
the Chicago Inter-Ocean, devoting himself to
economic questions. He was on the editorial
staff of the New York Tribune and the Phila-
delphia Press (1884-7). He was superintendent
of the Eleventh Census (1890-4), and special
fiscal and tariff commissioner to Cuba and
Porto Rico under President McKlnley. He
joined the staff of the London Times as editor
of the engineering supplement (1904), prin-
cipal correspondent lor North America (1906),
and editor of the South American and Japan-
ese supplements (1909-10).

Porter, Sidney (1862-1910), American
author, better known under the pseudonym
'0. HENRY/ was born in Greensboro, N. C.,
and was educated in private schools in Texas,
He wrote for the Houston Post, and became
editor and publisher of the Iconoclast, later
the Rolling Stone, in Austin. On the failure
of this enterprise, he went to New York and
engaged in literary work, contributing largely
to magazines and newspapers. His stories,
which have attained wide popularity, show
first-hand acquaintance and sympathy with
the life of the poor in New York City, com-
bined with lively huraor. Among his published
works are Cabbages and Kings (1905); Four
Million (1906); Trimmed Lamp (1907);
Voice of the City (1908); Roads of Destiny
(1909).

Port Hope, chief town and port of entry,
Durham co., Ontario, Canada, on the north
shore of Lake Ontario. The town has a fine
harbor, with steamship connections .with the
principal lake ports. There is a good trade in
gram and lumber. Fishing is carried on b>
a large fleet; p. 6,000.

Port Huron, city, Michigan, county seat oi
St. Clair co., on Lake Huron, at the mouth oi