The White River Expedition

Vi uíui:iLton, Juno TIlC fnllowi: t fiífl !,;1 l-cpO't nWÊÊÊR I O licor Dv.'s has befn roed ved Wno j I':i'. v Departtint : ÜjciTnD í.'.iT,! Píao án tvtB Beños Mi sinuüi Jttue 12 $. Siit - Tiio Ooncstcga, LlettScutHifeuTiin maudins (. W. Jiíotí _rctt, arrived licro 1 .■-diiy f'tijm White Bivcr. SKio brings JMt'jniiatiou of the capture two ! tci-it-3 it St. CbarScs, oip,hty miles from ' tlití moutli, tUo firi oí whiclí mounted j ftrtf Parïot gims, and the secoud ihreo i .: p'v.nJor rillo giin. Tlireo guns, it 3 ".Miiorít .oí!, were taken from tho gañ bo;it riiniiposa, which after bciüg diamantWl, was sunk. Tlicro is now but (trie gunbónt rcmaining n AVbito Ríver, t!:o Pontcliai train, inouutiog three or fivo gtms, and liaving her machineiy protocted by ton and cjí fc"n. Tho tír.emy lina atteujpted to blouk up tho rivcr by diiving piles and by siiiking boa'té, but 110 serieus obstruetions havo yet been discovered. The Oonestoga w i 1 1 return (o "White Kivtr to-iiigïit willi reinforcoiiifints; aoeompauied by an ajditional transport ladon with uoiiiiuissary storo.id Tho victory of St. Charles, which has p'robably gtvuri us tho coramand of Whita Uivfcv and Bccured onr ceúrmuniootion with Gen Cnrtií, wou'd bcunal'.nycd with rogrot but til the fatal accident to tho Bteum drlrrn and he;itiT ot' t!iu Maund City, inentiotied ín my telegraphio dispatch üf t lio oicw, cousisting nf one h un d red and sevenly-five officers and meü, eMktv-two havo alrcady died, furty-tlircc wwé killotí 11 the water or drownpd, and twt'nty (ive aro sevcrely woundod, and are 1:1 ón bosrd tho hospital boat. - Aruongthq lattar is t'apt. Kilty. They promiso to do vféU. Three oiilws 'a::J twenty-two men escapcd oiiinjurcd. Af ter tho explosión taak 'placo the woundéd were shot bjtho eoeniy wbilo ■ water, and the ooata of tho Conestoga, L.w.ngton and St. Louis, which went to the ttesistivnets of tho scaláed and drowoed men of tho Mouod City, were liivd iiito, bo'.'i wit!i gre:it guns and muskets, and wero displaced, and one of tllein foreed on shoro to preveut sinkjjig. Tho 'o coiniiKiiided bv Lieiitfitant Josoph Fry, late of the United States X'ivy, v, lio is aow a prisouer aud w.üundcd. The ptepartment and tlio country will coutrat these barbaritics of a aavage enonir with the humane éfforta mado by our own pèop!e to reseue tho wounded i cii'l diiabled, ander similitr circuinstancc?, in tho engagement of tho G:li inst. - Several fellow, who expired 1 ]y aftor t!iu eiigagciiicat, expresscd their willingness to dio ffljèn thoy were told t'bftt tlic victüi'y was our.?. I have tlie honor to bc, very respectfullv, your olcdiont servaut, Ü. II. DAVIS. FlagOfncer Cummauding Western Flotilla. To llo:i. GlDEON WiLLS, Secretary of tho Navy.