Alexandria Gazette

Melancholy Accident.—On the 25 ult. Lieutenant Walker S. Chandler, an estimable and intelligent officer in the United States Army, left Mobile in a small boat, with a Sergeant and four soldiers, for Fort Morgan, about two miles below the Choctaw Point light where he was stationed. The boat capsized in a gale. and was taken off the following morning by Capt. Prior, of the steam boat Watchman, from New Orleans. The name of the soldier saved is Clarke. Those in the boat were Sergeant Grant, and soldiers Wize, Finn, and Stephens.

Clarke states that Lieut. Chandler, as each man relaxed his hold and was swept off from the boat by the current, swam immediately to his relief, and with encouraging words and actions, endeavored to sustain and save him. As Lieut. Chandler was a tall and athletic young man, and an expert swimmer, it is more than probable that he would have escaped with his life, had not his strength been exhausted by these humane efforts. It is also said by Clarke, that Lieut. Chandler, who was the last to sink, a few moments before he descended in the struggle of death, told Clark to exert every nerve to preserve his own life—that he himself could not endure it 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 Columbia, and was graduated at West Point in 1830.

We learn, says the Register, that Lieutenant Chandler was accompanied by a young gentleman, a stranger in the city, whose name we have been unable to ascertain, who was also drowned.