Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-05-23

near the sea; this is the best we have seen.
Thousands of seals continually cover the
beach and Penguins are NUN 'erless. 1t be-
ing impossible to winter here, we shall re-
pair to the Falkland Islands, and return
here in the spring.
FROM D :
A letter from Serampore, dated Jan. Cd,
saws, "Within a week past, a letter has been
received at the Mission-house here, from an
English gentleman at Rangoon, lin Burmahl
dated Nov. IL, giving informa ton that a
large army was on the march from Ava 1.-THE
seat of government to RaRgoon ; the king
or emperor himself was also expected down
Another account. by a capt. Patison, last
from that place, states, that the army was
to encamp at Rangoon. Its operations are
to be directed against the Siamese. Both
nations are powerful. How or when the
war will terminate, cannot he even c~opjec-
tured. One thing, however, is certaln-a
stop will be put TO missionary work in Ran
COON.
"Mr. and Mrs. Judson left Calcutta the
Esd of Nov. for Rangoon. Though they
knew that wal was talked of, yet they had
not ascertained that it had actually taken
place. They will therefore, arrive under
very unpleasant circumstances 1t is very
probable that they will return 10 Calcutta
soon, and look out for a new station"
The antarctic Islands .-Vessels from the
lands situated to the south of Cape Horn
have arrived in different ports with cargoes
of Seal skins. The regions visited by the
New York navigators lie in about the latitude
of sc deg. where vegetable life is so rare,
that a little grass in a few favored places,
and some moss on the rocks, are all the forms
OF it that exist. The dreary climate exhibits
during the entire summer, perpetual snow
and ice; not tree nor even a shrub appears.
The minerals brought home by Mr.. B. Astor
are partly primitive and partly Volcanic. The
samples produced to DR.. Mitchill are; LIST
Quartz in compact and cbrystalized forms
% yAfnethyst in chrystaIs, Sd Porphyrp in
small masses. 4th Rough Osmr in pebbles.
5lh Jumps Of coarse Flint. 9Th Elegant
Zealite, like that OF the Zero groupe in the
North Atlantic Ocean 9Th Pumice Stone.
9th Pyrites. surcharged with sulphur.
The manuscript chart made by Mr. Hamp.
ton Stewart, is an instructive addition TO
geography. and ought to be incorporated in
the charts of the globe.
Biologists will learn with surprise that The
high grounds and SUBMITS Of the rocks in
several of the spots that have been visited,
are strewed with skeletons Of whales, and
relics of other marine animals, leading to a
belief that the whole of the materials have
been hove up by the operation of volcanic
fire, from the depths Of the ocean.
Further disclosures of the natural consti-
tuition Of this curious region are expected
with impotence from future adventurers.-
There appears to be a wide field for new
and original observation.
1t is also hoped we shall soon receive a
more full and satisfactory account of the
Terra Aus,ralis, or Continent of the Southern
Hemisphere, occupying the vast space be-
tween the tract, already surveyed and the
Pole.
From the Patron Of Industry.
1t appears from some of the papers that no
small alarm is felt at the south concerning
the reduced prices Of cotton; and doubtless
there is occasion for it. We suppose a fur,
Their reduction of prices can scarcely fail to
take place. The quantity of cotton produc-
ed exceeds the consumption the surplus
stock is annually increasing. Our southern
brethren ought to reflect, in view Of their
present situation and prospects, on the fact
that the middle and northern States find lit
tie or no demand Tor any of their staples
They have had not only to lament a great
reduction Of prices. but a discontinuance of
demand; and there has been occasion for
what they have advanced on the subject of
domestic industry, protection, &c.
The south may also with great propriety
take into consideration the tendency OF the
system still adhered to by the government