Commodore Porter

-The St. Louis] Repvbhcan, t índuy, snys thut tlio injuries giMtained by the ubovp naroed (itlic-or, on board the gtin-boat Esnex, in t lif battle of F'irt H.enrv, :ire :i grei'.t deal more serious than at first reportad. Hw cundition, by thc luteM ntelfigonce, is si;eh tliat he ís not espifcied ti) recoveí'. Til adilition to tho Kctilds he received, it nppeara that hi langs wem díingerouslv nílected by tlie inhalaúoo oi hot Hteutö at t hu explrwion oí the hurlar f tlin Essex. Commodore Porter Iims heen sent t t. Louis.