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From the Baltimore Chronicle. From St. Dart's.—Our obliging corres pondent at St. B iris has favored us, by the schr. L ’onora, capt Parrish, which arrived at this port yesterday, aP’c Current of the 10 h ult., the names of American ves sels in port at that time, and several other items of interesting matter, for which we thank him. Our letter says: 4 ‘ Our mar kets continue to be pretty fair ; the last sales of flour by the cargo sold at SB, and by the hundred barrels $9 —Corn meal, per puncheon, sl7, and corn from 60 to 80 cents per bushel, the quality regulating the prices altogether; the white gourd-seed dors not suit this market so well as tiro yellow. lam induced to believe the mar ket will continue good, for we have a great many English vessels here, which take away (he American produce as fast as it arrives. We have no political news, or news of any kind worth relating, except that the weather has been very warm for the -eason, hut our Island continues re markably healthy.'’ Fromßio-dc-Janeiro —Through the po- Iheness of commercial houses in this city, wo have received a file of Rin-de- Janeiro papers to the 18tn Oct., and letters from the same quarter to the 20th. From a let* ter cf the 17th, with a P. S. and a Price Current of the 14th, we extract what we conceive of most value to our commercial readers. We have not before info- med, that capt. Thnmps n, of the luglc Horn, which arrived on Tuesday rooming, left bis vessel on Monday night, in a calm, below the Potomac, aud went on board a steam boat, v hich he supposed was bound here, but which in fact look h in, with his letter* bag, to Washington, and theiefue prevented his reaching here sooner than Tuesday night—too late for us to profit by his intelligence in out paper of yesterday room i nil. Tiro British packet from Buenos Ayres the bearer in all probability of the ratified treaty? was going into Rio on the 20*-l> Oct. and by the brigs Pacific and Hunter, which were to sail for this port in a few days thereafter, *.vo may expect a copy of it,— IS , stated yesterday that the Bugle Horn had brought it, but our informant it appear* mistook th it document for ‘be features of it, which will be found in another part of our Toe British frigate Galatea, 51 days from England, in which was passengers lord fc arrived at Rio Janeiro, O t 17. 41 Rio D’ Janeiro, 13i 1 i Oct. IS2B 44 Since our res >ecis of . lie 24’i ult., 13 A neiican vessels have arrived, bringing an addition to the stock of flour, ofabout £,OOO barrels, of which 3 have gone to RioGrande carrying 170 bids, leaving a supply on hand of 12 a 14,000. Tile New Orleans and L dona, o ve gone to Montevideo, with about 1800 barrels. None has yet arrived from Richmond* —we are hourly ex meeting 2 or 3 cargoes, the first of which will probably find ready sale at 13.$ a 14$ 4 Os tli ■ new from Baltimore, but little has been sold. At the moment, the market is very dull for flour, as well as every thing else. As the quantity of the former on hand is divided among several bouses, it suff ‘ts, the disadvantage of a want of mo il poly, and we look for a decline from annexed nominal quotations,— indeed, the heavy supply cannot be disposed of at above j 11$, and should any anxiety to sell, be ma-1 infested, it may be expected to go much I lower. The holders are riot now willing to give way in price, but there is no change of getting rid of it otherwise, as there are aiwavs remnants of cargoes and small par cels which must be forced off—dealers buy sparingly with a view to get down the price, a> foul the rum< r of holders they count on : a jealousy, which will soon work itself into J active exertions to outstrip each other in I quickness of sale. 44 We have only to confirm w hat has i already been advised, that we anticipate an 1 unpr fitable commerce with this part of the world for many months; indeed the trade is over done, and the dem ind has been far sli -rt of th* supply of all imports for a long j time, and this discrepancy is likely to be i much increased by speculations on the pros- j pe*- r of peace, all which will result with j loss. • “ Our cnffpf* crop will not bo so produc- i tive .s I st year—the quality, generally, is. also inferior, also—it is extremely difficult j to gs-t prime parcels, even at an advance in i price. *he planters cannot afford to bring I it so market at present rates, and it will be. withheld, which will prevent such a reduc ti ni from quotations as to make it a fair re- , mittance. The sugar crop at Campos will aU be short, and yield an unusual propor ti Muscovados. At Santos, the crop w ii be larger than usual, and at Bahia it ivd be double that of last year—say 60,000 cases. “ The finances of the country are by no me >ns in circumst tices to inspire confi dence, and although the retum of peace vail relieve the treasury of heavy demands, it is not believed exchange will improve much; the depreciation in the currency niav therefore be expected to continue. “ Our dates from Montevideo are to 25th ult.; peace wa not concluded, but there w s ho doubt the treaty would be ratified— -9,C00 barrels of flour had anived within to,i ; vs, and more was expected— 15 ves sels wa re loading for Buenos Ayres* Our con rrpondeot adds, after noticing the pros per! of peace.—“ W lut ruinous business wrli be made in Buenos Ayres!—Nothing wis saleable there a few days ago—l was going to say it would he wor’se—here we a e all at a stand too. Flour (in sunfl par* cels) is offering at from 9to 11 $ currency. 1 * i “ F-om Buenos Ayres under date 19th ult. they write, “as yet \vc have had no failure—several houses must go—in fact, • hirie is no credit or confidence in any, and business will be very bad indeed—if you will take the advice of a friend, you will not send any property to this market.” [*The Chalcedony, from Richmond, arrived I4tU October with new flour. ] t Oct . 14.—Thej Boston sloop of war ar rives this morning, in 12 day s from Monte video, bringing advice of the ratification of the treaty, and withdrawing the blockading force.* Extract of another letter, dated “Rio de Janeiro, 18ih Oct. 1828. “We have the pleasure to inform you that the treaty of peace entered into be* tween the Buenos Ayres agenftand this government, lias been ratified by the for mer. The official despatches have not yet arrived, but are daily expected, when no doubt the terms will be published The principal feature is, the independence of the Banda Oriental; and we understand it is altogether in favor of the Republic.— This event has not, had much effect upon our market, more than sales of all kinds are remarkably dull, there being little doing. ! Out slock of old flour is heavy; it may be computed at about 10,000 barrels, and we fear that not more than 11 SOOO a 12$000 per barrel will be obtained for it; however, a cargo of Richmond Hour, made from new wheat, arrived a few davs ago, which we expect will go off at 135300 a 14^000. — It is next to impossible to quote the rates of other articles. First qnal. coffee 255()0 a 20550; campus white sugar 35400. In hides there lias been nothing done for some time. Spanish doubloons 225500; ditto doMars 15560; exchange on Loudon 32 a 33d.” From the New Yoik Daily Advertiser. Thieves. —W iihin a few days past our Police Magistrates, as well as the constables attached to the Police, have been much engaged in the examination of thieves and in the recovery of property which has been recently stolen from the dwellings of our inhabitants. Avery large amount has been i secured ; a great number of persons have recovered their goods ; and there yet re main in the office many articles for which no owners have appeared A ; person who has attended occasionally] !in the Police Office for the last few days, ; has had an opportunity to see the persons arrested for thefts, and to hear disclosures by the theives themselves and the evidence of those who have been robbed. With regard to robberies of an extensive nature! such for instance as caryitig off the contents of a clothing store jewellery shop, dec. the persons engaged are of of a deferent de- I scription from entry robbers, or pettv; thieves. Extensive robberies are mostly i committed by old rogues men in years,* u ho have in many instances often been the tenants of p.isous. Their plans are in general deep laid and threat adroitness is, used in their mode of plundering. Still they seldom elude detection for any great length of time ; for being generally known to the Police Officers their movements are watched and their characters always sus pected. This class of persons may also be genera Iv discovered or at least suspec ted from the'rr manner of life. They dress well and perform no labour; occupy apart ments in obscure streets in most cases and are without any other family than a female who passes for the wife of someone of the gang who dresses fashionably, and lives at at her ease having the labour of her house hold performed by others and most of the work done abroad in order that the villan iny going on within may be undiscovered. Persons of this description may in eight cases out of ten be safely suspected as rob bers and bv paying a little attention to their movements the villainy will be made man ifest. Those who pilfer coats, hats, watches, spoons, &> are mostly of a younger class and may pass from their age and appear ance for servants. The system of depre dation which they follow requires great expertness. Many of the thieves of this de scription are from 18 to 25 years of age some with and some without trades.— From the examinations before the Police, j their crimes generally proceed from drink i ing and idleness. Their first acquaintance with their thieving companions is at a shuf fle board or nine pin alley ; or some place t of amusement or tipling house ; there they get something to drink ; and afterwards agree to commit a robbery. Success in their new avocation makes them bolder, and they go on until caught. They are • sentenced to prison but pardoned in a little while and commenced stealing again.— : One rogue of this description is sufficient to contaminate many individuals. A gang ‘is formed consisting of whites and blacks • and some cellar or back building in the up i per part of the city is made a place of depo sit for the plunder. Whenever a number ;of idle blacks are found living together loitering about a!l hours of the day and ’ going home and out again frequently in the i night they may almost invariably be suspec ted as thieves. And when white lads are seen frequently with them and accom- I paying them to their houses suspicion may always be excited and their resort and movements should be given to the Police < This remark also applies to similar move- f ments among whites .The principle gangs of theivns caught from lime to time live . and move much iu the maimer iffut we have described. j j There is another class of theives who commit petty thefts and the moment they get an article go with it to houses where stolen goods are bought, and sell it.— Many of the receivers of stolen goods have licences to take goods upon pawn, which is too often only a cloak for en couraging thefts. It istiue that the} make a general report, from time to time, of the articles lefi with them in pawn ; but they take good care to suppress a part of their business which is the buying of stolen property Whenever a search is made by tha Police in places of ths description sto len property comes to light by wholesale. Licences of this description in the bands of : honest pers- ns have a great tendency toen i Ci-urage roguery as one of the first objects jOi a thief is to inquire how he can dispose cl hts plunder ; and finding e/ery facility he wants with these persons he is strongly encouraged to pursue his business. From late Loudon papers, received at the office of the Commercial Advertiser. The dangers of sailing in high latitudes. AWFUL INCIDENT. One serene evening in the middle of Au gust, 1775, captain Warrens, the master of a Greenland whalesbip, found himself be calmed among a vast number of icebergs in about 77 deg. north latitude. On one side, and within a mile of his vessel, these were of immense height and closely ridged to gether, and a succession of snow covered peaks appeared behind each other as far as the eye could reach, shewing that the ocean was completely blocked up in that quarter, and that it had probably been so for a long period of time. Captain Warrens did not feel altogether satisfied with his station, but there being no wind, he could not move either one-way or another, and he there fore kept a strict watch, knowing that he would be safe as long as the surrounding icebergs continued in tbeir respective pla ces About midnight the wind rose so a gale, accompanied by thick showers of show, while a succession of tremendous thunder ing, grinding, and crashing noises gave fearful evidence that the ice was in motion. The vessel received violent shocks every moment ; for the haziness of the atmos phere prevented those on board from dis covering in what direction the open water lay, or if there actually was any at all on either side of them. The night was spent in tacking as often as any cause of danger happened to present itself, and in the morn ing the storm abated and captain War rens found to bis great joy that his ship had not sustained any serious injury; He re marked with surprise that the accumulated icebergs which had on the preceding even ing formed an inpenetrable barrier, had been separated and disarranged by the wind, and that in one place a canal of open sea wound its course among them as far as the eye could discern. It was two miles beyond the entrance of this canal, that a ship made i:s appearance about noon. The sun shone brightly at the time and a gentle breeze blew from the north. At first some intervening ice berg prevented captain Warrens from dis tinctly seeing any thing but her masts, but he was struck with the strange mariner in which her sails were disposed, and with the dismantled aspect of her yard and rigging. She continued to go before the wind for a few furlongs, artd then grounding upon the low icebergs, remained motionless. Captain Warrens’ curiosity was so much excited, that he immediately leaped into his boat with several seamen, and rowed towards her. On approaching he observed thai her hull was miserably weather beaten, and not a soul appear*d upon the deck which was covered with snow to a eonsi- derable depth. He hailed her crew several times but no answer was returned. Previ ous so stepping on board, an open port hole near the main chains caught his eye, and on looking into it, he perceived a man reclining bacK. in a chair, with writing materials on a small table before him, btu the feebleness of the light made every thing very indistinct. The pirty there fore went upon deck, and having removed the hatchway which they found closed descended to the cabin. They first came to the apartment which captain Warrens viewed through the port hole. A tremour seized him as lie entered it. Its inmate retained his former position and seemed to he insensible to strangers. He was found to be a corpse, and a green damp mould had covered bis ch3eks and forehead and veiled his open eye balls. He held a pen iu his hand, and a log book lay befcie him, the last sentence in whose unfinished page ran thus, “11th Nov 1762; we have now been enclosed in the ice seventy days.— The fire went out yesterday and our master has been trying ever since to kindle it again without success His wife died this morn ing. There is no relief * * Captain Warrens and his seamen, hurried from the spot without uttering a word.— On entering the principal cabin, the first object that attracted their attention was the dead body of a female reclining on a bed in an attitmie of deep interest and at tention. Her countenance retained the freshness of life, and a contraction of the limbs alone showed that her form was in • animate. Seated on the floor in one corn er of the room, was the corpse of an ap parently young man holding a steel in one hand and a flint in the other, as if dn the act of striking fire upon soma tinder which lay beside him. In the fore part of the vessel several sailors were found lying dead in their births, and the body of a dog was crotuhed at the bottom of the gang-way stairs. Neither provisions nor fuel could be discovered any where, but captain ’Aarrens was prevented by the superstitious prejudices of his sea men from examining the vessel as minutely as he wished to have done. He therefore carried away the log book already mention ed and returned to his own ship, and im mediately steered to the southward deeply impressed with the awful example which he bad just witnessed of the danger of navi gating the polar seas, in high northern lati tudes. On returning to England, he made various inquiries respecting vessels that had disappeared in an unknown way, and bv Comparing the results of these with the in foruution which was afforded by the written documents in his possession, be ascertained the name and the history of the imprisoned ship and of her unfortunate master, anu found that she had been frozen up seven teen years’ previous t the time of his dis* covering her among the ice. Guatemala. —The Boston Journal pub lishes two decrees of the Executive of the Province of Guatemala, one of which goes to prohibit Spanish subjects from entering the territory, or disembaiking in any of the ports of the Republic. The natives of tlie Isthmus, or any of the Spanish posses sions, who have been domiciled in the Re public, and may have gone out temporarily, may return, without hindrance, if they are ! provided with a passport. And the above description of persons may go out, provided they intend to return. The other decree closes the ports of tire Republic against the Spanish flag, and the fruits and productions of the soil and indus try of Spain,her colonies and dependencies; and these shall not in any manner be intro duced into the Republic, even when the properly therein has been legally passed to a neutral. And, furthermore, the exporta tion of the productions and manufactures of Central America to any port subject to the Spanish government is prohibited. From the Baltimore Patrio t. Latest From Rio Janeiro . —The schoo ner Buglehoro arrived this forenoon in 41 days from Rio Janeiro. Passengers, Capt. Trask formerly .of the brig Exchange, Capt. Laudaman, of the Nancy, and Mrs. Endicott The U. S. sloop of war Boston, arrived at Rio 15ih October from Montevideo, bringing the ratification of the Treaty of Peace between Buenos Ayres and Bra • zil. Flour was worth §l7 at Montevideo.— The brigs Budget, Whiteman, and Presi dent Adams, were carried in by the Brazil ian squadron the latter was lost on the Mount going in Capt. Devalengih and his mate, came down to Rio in the sloop of war Boston, arib were coming home in the Pacif< ic. The unfurling of the grand standard of Mahomet, — A correspondent of the Morn ing Journal gives the following very interes ting account >f the proceedings at Con stantinople on the 15th Sept. “PERAfConstantinopleJl ept 25. 1828. “ On Monday morning the Islh inst. the important sangiac shreiff(or holy banner) was removed from its sanctuary in the ser aglio to be placed at the head of the zeal ous Mussulmans about .o march for the de fence of their threatened empire, and the grand seignior proceeded from his palace to the camp formed at Ramed Pasha Chi fl:k. These measures which are consider ed by the Turks as extreme ones and never to be resorted to but in most critical mo ments, had been so long talked of that peo here began to doubt whether they would he adopted this year ; and they were encour aged in these d>ubts by the inactivity of the Russians the obstinate defence of Varna and dai y reports of brilliant successes ob tained by the arms of the faithful. On the 14th, however it was generally known that the sangiac sheriff*was to be prodoced, and the Greeks and other rayahs were advised to keep out of the way as the Turks have always entertained the prejudice these rep robated beings on its passage is ominous of misfortune, and have hitherto been accus tomed to irronlt and beat them. Several French resident's el Pera, led by curiosity and encouraged by the great falling off in matters of religious fanaticism and the im provement in the general demeanour of the Turks ventured over to Constantinople and were spectators of the imposing ceremony. Preceded by the sacred banner which was enveloped in a covering of green silk, and and followed by all the grandees of the empire still about the capital the sultans issued from the grand portal of the seraglio about noon.— The splendid cavaleade pro ceeded at a solemn pace through the long streets of the city until they reached one of the principal gates (the gate of Adrianople) where they halted a few minute’s >o allow time to ihe imaums to go through some prayers and religious ceremonies; they then continued their march, followed bv an immense multitude of Mussulmans all in their best garbs to the heights of Ramed Cniflik, which is not more than a mile & a half from the walls of the City. The snngrac sheriff was deposited in a magni ficeut tent covered with green silk, and a certain number of the priesthood and two high military dignities were appointed to watch over the the sacred relic. The Sol tan returned to the barracks situated on the suburb of Ramed Chiflik, and which arc spacious and afford some excellent quarters. An encampment is formed round the bar racks for the troops that are collecting on that point ami which as yet are not very numerous. The feelings of many of the Turks seemed touched by the novel specta • vie of their monarch leaving his palace for the field i-nd tears are said to have rushed to the eyes of the sultan as he rode forth from the gate of the seraglio, and saw the expression of melancholy depicted on the faces of the silent multitude Since he has been at the camp he? has however, re sumed his usual good spirits—lie passes the day either in council, or on the field re viewing li:s imperial guard (which infantry ■ and cavalry may amount to about 2,500 S <*en) and at night he retires to a palace in the suburb of Eyoob, where part of his ; harem has been transported. Indeed of late the spirits of the Turkish people in * general, which was extremely depressed some two months back t has revived and that considerably i Washington, (Pa.) Nov 24. Friday morning last, the hum of preparation commenced on the public square in front of thp sheriff’s office. The day was clear and calm. Hefore 10 o clock, a considerable crowd had assembled; about 11 o’clock the military, consisting of two battalions, com manded by majors M’Burnie and O’Far and, paraded in open column, rested at the entance iut<> the jail, where there was a j cart in which was placed Christian's coffin. | Immediately, Christian came from the pri son, accompanied by the reverend Messrs, j Bronson and Cook/sheriff M’Clelland, and four constables, and moved into the centre of the square, when the procession pro ceeded to “Gallows Hill,” where the scaf fold was erected. After religious ceremonies, the sheriff adjusted the cord on his neck, and having cut the rope supporting the drop, Christian swung off; the cord instantly broke and he fell to the ground ! Rising hn. m .,jv i|js feet and being a little .eco Vef the shock, he immediately ‘ i mercy. He was soon helped U p ( j L the drop again raised and securer!* I r < spliced and poor Christian rep|,,’ 1 first position Dining this ously exclaimed, “Blessed Jesus h- ‘ l " i ’ cy on my soul ! Lord Jesus hch - major M’Farlaud, oh! capt. AJ u ‘ oh ! mr. Brady, they are Tliis awful scene was trying upon ings of sheriff’ McClelland, but presence of mind and dignified , he had all the fixture* for a secou!| j l!l ‘ v adjusted, and at five minutes bej, o clock, he again cut the drop, a ,J > tian swung off’ for the second time 1 tllris mgined suspended u>4il life was Washington, December In the senate, wo nr. glad to fi m i , condition of the Cumberland R oa( j , il necessity ofsome measure for the me! 1 ‘ tion of this great national work, hasul’ been brought to the consideration body. Unless something is soon done money expended on this work, cornm under the auspices of Mr have been absolutely thrown away ‘ fortunate that the question of con*ti! u ,, U authority does not necessarily stand way of any such measure. Iu the house of representatives ih* sage ot the president has been already d tributed amongst standing and select t mittees, the members of which will l*. * nouuced to morrow. The the committees will not vary materi-|)| it is supposed from that of the last S£ss 1 —National Intelligencer It is a singular country we live : n ~j I • • • | • * J wii{[ it is happy in its singularity. The remark has been often made by { or . eign travellers, but not more frequently th aa truly, that we rail and scold at une smother Id public, and at the hustings, with such bitterness, that a stranger sunposes whole society to be on the eve of civile if not on the verge of dissolution; whilst* when the polls are closed, and the strangtr looks for the consummation iu brokenliead* and bloody noses, the people go quietly home and sup with their wives and children as tranquilly as though nothing had happen* ed in the day to move their tempers. A beautiful illustration, on a large scale of this peculiarity in the character cf a per* fipctlv free people—free even to the hm * ideal of liberty—has been observed inib assembling of congress at the present ses sion The violence of the recent contest for the choice of electors, has not beenej. ceeded by any that has preceded it. Tta members of congress have necessarily mingled in it, most of them warmly, and some of the n conspicuously. But, in their salutations, and in the visible intercoursa between them, nothing is observable but that respect which they owe, reciprocally, to their official station, and the amenity acij propriety which dignify even that station. The personal observation of this state of things mas*, we think, have an odd effect upon the feelings of those partisans who, if they have not already arrived here,aieiiot upon the seem, in tiro- train of those whos battles they have been fighting, nnd eager fur the fruits of victory. It is not inth nature of an enlightened and humanized people to wage an exterminating warfare; and so the mere prize-fighters in politics will soon find, to their sore dismay and grievous disappointment.— i b Fires. —A very destructive fire took phc at Paris Me. Sunday week. The estimated at from seven to nine thousand dollars the heaviest part of which has hi* len upon Thomas Crocker, Esq. theowcor of the store and shed in which the fire ori ginated. There were about a thousand bushels of grain in the second story of the store which wasenliiely consumed The su florets are as follows .*—Stephen finery a barn filled with hay ; Moses Hammond, a wheelwright's shop, with all his tools and stock : Amos Fuller, tavern keeper, a large stable and all the hay thereinin ; Thoma* Crocker a store and shed and nearly dl his stock of goons No part of the proper ty was insured. We are informed that a gentleman whJI left Portland on Saturday reports that dry goods stores were burnt in that to* l on Saturday morning Their centos even to the account books of the owners, are said to have been ecitirely destroyed.* - ’ Host on Courier Ejectment suits have been commenced in the United States’ court, by the Ed ward Livingston, to recover lands county, claimed under the late John ** cholsoiu It will be remembered the lands conveyed by him to land cowP®’ nies and individuals, after a certain 1 were subsequently claimed and taken J the state; and commissioners were app i|,! j ed to sell them. The suit now comn)t I]C( is intended to try the legality of fl‘ eS * proceedings, and w ill be one of the important contests that has ever a? 1 tated Pennsylvania.— Carlisle Volnut it We understand suits have also been me need in several other counties Cumberland We remember many ago that apprehensions were the old Sicholson business might be r ,ih ‘ up at some future day. It will be hard to suffer a law suit to oppress, or e ’ to hang over the property of a rU{l,(r , !( j class of citizens; and if a decision * 1 be given against them, and the state s attempt to do them jusiice, by (,vs ' j them a fair valuation for their prop prl Hj improvements, we presume the sun) be immense.— Penn. Intel. ‘•TV The editor of the N. Y. Evening Poet sip g. construction which the Washington Treasu . cular gave, that in the custom house F 1 \$ merit, under the new tariff, the list cloths and fringes of shawls should not be * ed, is published in the London papers as ‘ important article contained in the Am® riv pere.”