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MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.

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Deah Of Ii. w. 8. Chandler. of the
U. s. Army.-On the 18th Of Janua-
~, Lieutenant Walter $. Chandler. an
estimable and intelligent officer of the
u. =. Army. left Mobile in small boat
with 4 Sergeant and four soldiers, for
Fort Morgan, where he was stationed.
The boat was capsizcd i'm a gale, about
two miles below the Choctaw Poin,
light house, and all on board persisted.
except one soldier who chung TO the
bottom of the boat. and was taken off
the following morning by Capt. Prior,
of the steamboat watohman, from New
Orleans. The name Of the soldier
saved Is Clarke. Those in the boat
were Sergeant Grant, and Soldiers
Wise, Finn and Stevens.
Clarke states that Lieut.. Chandler.
as each man relaxed his hold and was
swept off from the boat by the current,
swarm Immediately To his relief and
with encouraging words and actions en-
deavorcd To sustain and save him. As
Lieut. Chandler was n tall and athletic
young man. and expert swimmer, il is
more than probable that he would have
saved his life. had not has strength
been exhausted by these immense Eff
forts. II is also said by Clarke, that
Lieutenant Chandler, who was the last
to sink, few moments before he de-
scended IN the struggle Of death, told
Clarke to exert every nerve TO pre-
serve hrs own hfe-that he himself
could not endure il much longer but
if they must die they would die like
men. These were his last words. and
! soon after they were uttered, his lips
were forever sealed. Lieut.. Chandler
was a native of the District of Column
bia, and was graduated at West Point
/ in lS:}0.
! We learn, (says the Mobile Rcgister)
that Lieut.. Chandler was accompanied
BY young gentleman, stranger in the
city, whose name we have been una
bic to ascertain, who was also drowned.
The .Hefhodisfs alone in England
during the last eight months, have
raised 9;S, 900 for the purpose Of ex-
tending christianity and instruction a.
mong the negroes of the West Indies.
Other sects, with the Archbishop OF
Canterbury at the head, only about
esDOO. Why have the poor Metho-
dists done SO much more than the rich
beneficiaries of the established church (:
d, Docs ii not evince their sincere and
practical picty, Suppose some Of the
fat bishopricks should disgorge for this
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personal income.-.E. Y. Star.
Fire.-A fire occurred in Hagers-
town on the morning Of the 10Th in
slant, in small building occupied by
Mr.. King, which was destroyed and an
adjoining house materially injured
The property was owned by Mr.. Hugh
Kennedy.
A fire broke out in Charleston 6. c.
on the 10Th ultino, which ragged for 3
or hours, laying in ruins upwards of
fifty houses, and the most venerable
and time -honored of the churches. The
most striking feature in this calamity is
the destruction of ST. Philips Church,
commonly known as the Old Church.
Battle 6streea Tie Lai.aas and Poles.
II appears from n letter received this
week from n respectable Polish emf
grant at New Orleans, that about TWEEN
ty OF his countTymcn, not meeting u it'll
any means of support, and totally
without finds. departed from New Or
leans for Mexico, BY land, through the
Texas country. Having no guide
nor knowledge of the wilderness route,
they became utterly lost. when they
were heToely attacked by numerous
body Of Indians. The Poles had but
few guns, but maintained long and
bloody conflict, until they had killed
large number Of their enemy They,
however, suffered severely, having had
two Of their number slain, and the re-
mainder wounded. Only one Pole
was able to reach New Orleans.
Louisville Journal.
College for Laiies.-The Kentucky
Legislature has conferred upon Messrs.
Van Doren's Institute for Young La
dies, in Lexington, the chartered rights
and standing Of College, by the name
of Van DoREN's COLLEGE, ron YOvSo
LADIES.
BY the power granted to the Board
of Trustees and the Faculty Of the Col.
legc. We understand from the Daily
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