A SHORT SERMON.
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Ihe following pMhy sermon, tr0m a plhy tert has been published in England and has met with very extensive circulation |" that co"ntry.

 " Re sober, graue, tempera ate."-Ti,us ii. 9.

 I. There three companions with whom you should always keep good terms:

 let. Your Wife.

 - 2d. Your Stomach.

 3d. Your Conscience.

 IT. If you wish enjoy peace long life aad happi- ness, preserve them by Temperance: l"temI.erance produces,

 let. Domestic Misery.

 2d. Premature Death.

 Sd. 1n6deliiy.

 lst. To the Newgale Calendar, the Old Bailey Chro- nicle, and the Police Reports.

 2d. To the hospitals, lunatic asylums, and work 3d. To the past experience of wha, you have seen, r4aL- all sl,ffaraziai4. .p.inA h4.4iu mad

 Which soiH yoa choose ?-Temperance, with h"pp',, ness and long life, or Inemperance, with m'sery ana premature death!

 Souetkine MysteriOMs-A few evenings s'nce' the ate non of the good penpe, residents aud passe"geTs in the vicinity ofT and Pine street, was I' t,de increased, they gathered courage suinc'en 10 aP proach the windows and look in; bn. Il" 'ne d'n "s" Una, struck the venerable building Fo tue o nosi,e windows, nothing was discovered that co"'u make noise. and there no wind to put any oyec' in mo,i"n. While the people were gazing with in, ., tense anxiety rap, rap, rap' we" nr r oytoi ,nir s,aried with an undened emotion, EAii tear ana '" supers,i,ion All wac hushed and the people went 'o oposi,e windows and while they were peer"g across ,he aisle and into the chancel the nose was "sai heated with increased force, and the anxiety os the people wihou, had hecome intense, but "o"e' we be- iieye yenured inquire closer into tue myse'o"s !" larms, although they were frequently repea!ed-an the h"preds who listened to the sepu.e"'S ,.,%;" '%, church, aud the dead, il was no. for layme" '' l minister tO their quiet. ., ,., ., The next morning the sexton, emboidened w'n '"' belief that such yser0us visiiati0ns belong "niy the night, went into the church in the prosecution his pro ession--bu suddenly he was struck w"h "s tonshmen the repetition ol the a'ar'n. Re gaze uuw ards, and the object of dread was revealed; ] winged messenger looked down upon him from ih ceil,ng above, ,he g"ileess occupant Of the sacre place. A tom ii had found it's way i"io the ch"rct l and had been bibbng against the window saying 1 plainly as a tom it could say, |" can't get oU.' 1 Mobile Oct. live learn from the passengers O. board of the steamboat Ophela arrived from T"s ealoosa that the Warrior river rose o" the 9th inst the height of 45 feet, by above ie stag it was at three days before, at that place. Such |" event, at this oi the year, is scarcely with'" 'h | recollection of the oldest inhabitants.

 James Lamb, wounded in ihe Moyamensing riots. ] the foot, died of lock jaw the PenHsy ivania Hosp ,al, according 10 the verdict of the Coroners jury

 Outragr.-We learn that young ma" by the nam of James McCowen, who had hitherto belonged 10 'I' l S'~'' -' beiore the election and voted the Whig ticket, wa wayIaid by number of tories 0" Tuesday event" last, and kuocked down with billet of wood. He VI SO severely injured that he Ina" been compelled to zee his bed ever since.-Pate,so" IntsNigencsr.

 No man will quarrel with one of fdoub'inl character l who considers his reputation Of any value. W should never heed rascal, b", rather shs" him.

 Compi;mento,y.-An cratic poeiicai genius abo town, was highly delighted ,'e other day, by the cd ,ors telling hi.n he resembIed Lord ByroU Do ye really think SO !'' asked the moo0sruck so1netier an ecs,acy-" pray in what respect Y "Why, y wear yOur shirt collar upside down, and get 'iPsy ( ga and waier!"

 4 Significant Repiy.-" Thomas," said spongi' friend of ,he family to the ooiman, who had been li seruR abou, the room for half an hOnr to show him ,Le door "Thomas. my good fellow, h'sgeiiiDg lai iso', ii? How soon viii the d"ner coOe Up, Tines as :" "The very moment you be gone, sir" was d uaeqnivOcal reply.

 4 Pair Of Sheets.-The London Atlas is said iO inc largest sheet in the world. It is the exs leaR.h of the New-York Courier and EnqaiTeT, and three inches wider, bU, he type heinz larger, and margins wider and numerous, iI does SOi rOHIH ] more ,han two-thrds,aS much reading.