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THE iTOni£wsyis a it published crery SATURDAY Morning, /» ths Tico-Story Wooden Building, at the Corner of Walnut and Fifth Street, IN THE CITY OF NiCO.I, OA. By WH. B. lIABRISOX. T £ R MS: s ot the Paper, in advance, per annum, §2. It' not paid iu advance, $3 00, per annum. will be inserted at the usual 1 ,15s—and when the number of insertions de lirWi is not specified, they will be continued un forbid and charged accordingly, by the Year will be contracted inti) upon the most favorable terms. j7Sales of Land by Administrators,Executors Guardians, are required by Law, to be held on lijarit Tuesday in the month,between thehours o’clock in the Forenoon and three in the Idernoon, at the Court House of the county in W ich the Property is situate. Notice of these fa.es mu9t be given in a public gazette Sixty Days previous to the day of sale. jTSales of Negroes by Administators, Execu- ! tors or Guardians, must be at Public Auction, on lbs first Tuesday in the month, between the legal jours of sale, before the Court House of the county ivhere the LettersTestainentary,or Administration r Guardianship may have been granted, first giv notice thereof for Sixty Days, in one of the . ( blie gazettes of this State, and at the door of C >urt House where such sales are to be held. jj*Notice for the sale of Personal Property o ust be given in like manner Forty Days pre vious to the day of sale. rj*Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an es tate must be published for Forty Days. -y Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Ne groes must be published in a public gazettein the g,»te for Tour Months, before any order absolute can be given by the Court. gj'Citations for Letters of Administration on an Estate, granted by the Court of Ordinary, must be published Thirty Days - for Letters of Dismis , on from the administration ofan Estate,monthly so- Siz Months —for Dismission from Guardian thip Forty Days. lj*Rules for the foreclosure of a Mortgage must be published monthly for Four Months— fur establishing lost Papers, for the full space of Three Months —for compelling Titles from Ex ecutors, Administrators or others, where a Bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of Three Months. N B. All Business of this kind shall receive prompt attention at the SOUTHERN TRIBUNE Office, and strict care will be taken that all legal , Advertisements are published according to Law. TTAII Letters directed to this Office or the Elitoron business, must.be post-paid, to in sure attention. political. The Wonders op Protection. —What visions of wealth and p'enty must have dawned upon every reader of Mr. Mere dith’s wonderful Treasury report! There js certainly no financier like him ! By his proposed system of protection and manufacturing, the treasures of the whole world would lie poured into the United States ! Only consider what thou sands and thousands of millions of manu factured goods wo should he aide to ex part, if Cos ton goods < done could be annual ly exported to the amount o f two hundred and forty Jive midions, {i'2 15,000 000. J “ And.” says the same profound thinker, *• our imports would be there by in like man ner increased .” The only puzzle is, to know wha goods are to be imported. Any thing that can be manufactured here 1 Os course not. F«>r the first year we might perhaps get paid for our tremendous exports, by sweeping the world of all its bullion and precious stores! But win t shall we take next? Perhaps tea at twenty dollars a pound, coffee §5 per lb., cocoa nuts and pine apples at SIOO a piece, See. These prices would, however, give “incidental protection” enough to build hot-houses for the growth of such artiles. Therefore, we bad better have at once a Chinese wall, with spring doors opening only inside out, and to make up the “home consumption,” compel every consumer to eat an entire pig tor breakfast, a roast ox for dinner, and navo pies of three barrels of flour each, tor every mouth in his family. Would not the nation thrive on such glorious living, as “ recommended” by the great political quack at the bead of the treasury. —Journal of Commerce. Liberty. —Aristo tells a pret'y story of 8 fairy who, by some mystetious laws of hur nature, was condemned to appear, at 'Crtaitt seasons, in the form of a foul and t ) <isonous snake. Those who injured her the period us her disguise, were ‘ rever excluded from participation in the ■V-smgs which she bestowed. But to tin-o who, in spite of her loathsome as ps/ pitied and protected her, she after wards rovealed herself in the beautiful and celestial form which was natural to her, accompanied their slop.;. granted all their "takes, filled their houses with wealth, Tna,> ‘'Uhem happy in love, and victorious [" tvar. Such a spirit is Liberty. At limes she takes the f< ti nt of a hateful rep bta. She grovels, she hisses, she stings, nut woe to those who in disgust shall ven f'lre to crush her ! And happy are tlioso who, having dared to receive her in her ‘ cgiaded and frightful shape; shall at e ngth be rewarded by her in the time of llor beauty and her glory ! — Macaulay. Mn-v of War.— What They Cost. — „ Albany Knickerbocker pithily says : . ee of the most expensive luxuries j'utions can possibly indulge in, are wars, ’ ass drums mid heroes;” and, in proof, y atc ® l hat in England the Duke of Web n 3ton, since 1811, has received in tnili bounties, grants, &c.,about «i‘l 4,- two . ' t!rsf,mo *400,000 per year— a.T ~ wo pay Congress. President t thirly-one State Governors. That educate 25,000 of the poor tt b r n° English peasantry, and yet 111 "pent by one man. THE SOUTHERN TRIBUNE. NEW SERIES — VOLUME 11. From the Illustrated London .Veics. Signs of Decay. We are told, on high authority, that there is nothing new under the sun—that what has been tnay be again—that all things revolve in an old appointed circle— that fur empires as well as for individuals there is a period of growth and a period of decay—and that neither the mighty nor the humble can escape the operation of the invariable law which fixes a penalty for every transgression, and which punishes with the same severity the high and the lowly. j A modern writer, struck with the pow | er of these old truths, and tracing in the past and present history of Great Britain the operation of causes which must, in the | fullness of time, produce its fall, has drawn | a vivid picture <>f a New Zealander, sit ting upon a ruined arch of London-Bridge, and moralizing upon the fate of the once mighty empire, become as much a thing of the past as Rome, Gieece, and Assyria. But w hen we read the eloquent page, we smile at the prediction of the writer. We cannot believe that “ Babylon, that mighty city, who glorified herself and lived delici ously,” who said in her heart, “ 1 sit as a Queen and shall see no sorrow," shall ever fall from her high estate. We think of the wealth, the enterprise, the indomita ble courage, the intelligence, the zeal, and the piety of her sons—we see her won drous progress in arts that Greek and Ro man never knew—the triumphs of her science, and the blessings of a civilization superior to any ever enjoyed by the earlier ages of the world, and w e fancy that in all these things there are germs of stability and progress which shall grow up and flourish in aftertime, bearingihe name and the fame, the power and the glory of Great Britain to the remotest generations. It is well,however,that we should some limes view the other side of the picture, and ask ourselves more calmly whether our empire is indeed so firmly rooted—so endeared to the world by its justice, hu mility, and beneficence —so supported by its own in egrity s > much removed from all possibility of rivalry, as to defy the agencies of decay and ruin, and stand to t e most distant times the Queen ard the Model of Nations. The picture is not quite so brilliant when it is thus consider ed. The golden image is found to have feet of clay. The fair peach of prosperi ty is seen to have a worm within i , and the mighty empire to be menaced with perils from within and from without. We see that we have no exclusive claim to tin* possession ■ f ilie virtues which have rat ed us to the high position that wo ho and ; that what we have, we share; that men of oir own blood and language have permeated with our intelligence, industry, and enter prise, the remotest ends of the earth; that oar sons have founded new empires, at present as brilliant, and promising in the future to he more brilliant, than our own. If w e calculate the growth of population, we shall find that, in fifteen or twenty years hence, or even earlier, Great Britain will no longer be the principal seat of the vigo rous race of the Anglo-Saxons ; and that, although that race may continue to rule tire world, it may not he from the banks oi the Thames, or from any part of the old country that gave them birth. Anempire twenty, thirty, or fifty times as extensive, and as rich as outs, has already arisen on the other side of the Atlantic, to entice in to its bosom the best blood which remains to us. The young, the hardy, the perse vering of our country, and of all the coun tries of Europe, that groan under the weight of debt, of difficulty, and of a sur plus population, and that cannot say to their sons, as the New World does, that every man is a man, welcome, for the sake of his manhood, to the great feast of Na ture, where there is enough and to spare for the meanest, are daily invited to leave the shores of ejf. t, Europe, and settle in more vigorous America. The growth of the United Slates is, in reality, the down fall of Great Britain. All the unhappy circumstances that are of prejudice to us, are of benefit to them. \\ ith us, the mouths that clamor to be fed are causes of decay. With them.every additional rnouth is an udditio ul pair of hands, and every additional pair of hands is an increase of wealth,power, and influence. Let us pour our millions into the great valley of the Mississippi, and it w ill hold and feed them all, w ere heir numbers quadrupled Such ! is our g eat rival in the West. In the South there is another rival almost equally formidable, equally splendid, fed in the game manner from our entrails, and rising daily upon our fujl. Who shall fix the bounds of tho future prosperity of the great Australian continent? Whilom this old country the pauper vegetates or dies, accursed of the land that produced him, in that new country the pauper becomes a laborer; he no longer vegetates, but lives; and if he lives long enough, lie may be come a patriarch, sitting under tho shade of his own fig-irec, and counting by thous ands and tens of thousands his flocks and herds—a new Job in a land of plenty. Fertile soil, delicious climate, elbow room, and freedom from taxation—these are the blessings of the Australian. The English man enjoys tho first two in an imperfect, manner; the last nre aliens —he knows them not, and will never know them while England ho!ds her place among the na lions. Nor are these tho only dangers which menace us. Although our empire stretch- MACON, (GA„) SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1850. es to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south—though we have our hands in Asia, our feet in Africa, our arms in America and the South Pacific Ocean, our own peculiar territory is but a small ] spot in a remote corner of Europe We I have only held that corner by the enor mous sacrifices we have made. It was our ambition to become a ruling power— giving the law to the world—and we be came so; but it was at a cost of c£Boo,- 000,000 that pauperizes our population, and lies like a perpetual and killing weight upon the energy of all classes. In addi tion to this stupendous evil, we share the effeteness of all Europe. There is but one empire within European boundaries that is not worn out and pauperized by debt and extravagance: that empire is Russia, and she is the enemy of all the rest, and desires to rise upon their ruins. Destiny seems to have traced her path as it has traced ours. The Sclavo nian races will inevitably he the new lords of Europe. Tho Anglo-Saxon race must be contented to be the lords of the larger and more splendid inheritance of America and Australia. In this case what becomes of the empire of Great Britain ? li falls to the ground, and exists only— like other powers and potentates of the world—in the bones and sinews of its sons and successors, transferred to anew soil, and enjoying privilenges, blessings, and opportunities, from which their forefathers were excluded. Let those who dream of a perpetual Britain, think upon these things. The signs of decay are around us on every side. In our fall w r e shall have few friends. In prosperity we have not comported our selves so humbly, as to be justified in the expectation of sympathy or aid from any quarter. Our very excellence has made us foes; and our violence and cupidity haveestranged the nations. We may have peopled the earth; we may have spread far and wide our arts and our arms, our commerce and our civilization ; but we have not had standing room for our own pretensions. Events are more powerful than we ate. We must, sooner or later, yield our place to the more prudent, the less embarrassed, and the more vigorous offshoots of our race,and consent to occupy the easy chair of ouraenili y. Noris there ant thing to regret in this. W hat is there m our corner of the globe that it should forever expect to give the law to all others ? The civilization that is removed is not des troyed; and the genius of our people tan exert itself as well on the hanks of the Ohio, or the Mississippi, as on ilit? banks <>t the'lhumes; and rule tho wo Id from the White House at Washington, with as much propriety as from the Palace of St. James. W e live, indeed, in a remarkable peri od of tho world’s hist, ty —a period in which new empires take the place of old ones with wonderful rapidity, and in which old empires are paying the penalty of transgressions against the laws of morali ty and social well-beiiigconunit ed by them during many genera ions. Europe has enjoyed powei and has abused it, and the sceptre of the world 6 dominion is passing from her grasp. Civilization, as of old, is following the course of the sun, and the destinies of humanity will work themselves out in anew field and on a larger scale. '1 he world is. as it were, starting afresh, and from a more favorable starting-point. The lover of humanity can but hope that the new civilization which tnay arise will take warning from the errors of the old ; and that, in the decay and fall of empires, humanity itself would emerge from each change in brighter lustre, wiser ond juster, mere peaceable and more religious, and doing as much as man can do to aid the coming of the prophesied time when ‘‘.he people shall beat their swords into plough shares and their spears int pruning-b< oks; when nation shall not lift up the sword against nation, nor learn war any more.” The Bloom or Age.—A good woman never grows old. Years may pass over her head, hut if benevolence and virtue dwell in her heart, she is as cheerful as when the spring of life first opened to her view. When we look upon a good wo man we never think of her age ; she looks as charming aH when the rose of youth bloomed on her cheeks. That rose has not failed yet, it will never fade. In her family she is the life and delight. In the church, the devout worshipper and the ex emplary Christian. Who does not res pect and love the woman who has passed her days in kindness and mercey ; who has been the friend of man and God ; whose whole life has been a scene of kind ness nnd love, a devotion to truth and re ligion ? Wo repeat, such a woman can not grow old. She will always be fresh and buoyant in spirits, and active in hum ble deeds of mercy and benevolence. If the young lady desires to retain the bloom and beauty of youth, let her love truth and virtue, and to tho close of life she will retain those feelings which now make life appear a garden of sweets, ever fresh and ever new. BrT*We see men who habitually carry their heads downward, and seldom look their fellow men iu tho face. The reflec ting mind naturally concludes that guilt is stamped upon theit brows. Any one contented with his lot is rich. Not he who hath little, but lie who de sires more i6 the poor man. Irom the Alabama Planter. Gold nnd Silver vs. Iron and Coal. Be not startled at the caption to this ar ticle and suppose l am off for California- However, California gold has not very re motely been the cause of these thoughts. What the influence was of mining gold and silver in ancient times little is perhaps now known accurately, so far as Europe is concerned. 1 believe it may be safely affirmed that those portions where gold and silver have been found are now and have been for some time behind those where so little has beeu found as to excite no alien* , tion. Looking to our own continent, the por tions where gold, silver, diamonds, &c., have been sought and found iu large quan tities, are far behind those where iron, copper and coal have been mined. It is not pretended that all who have engaged in mining iron, copper, lead and coal have even succeeded so far as to make a good living or even a majority of them made great fortunes; but that in all countries, so for as the writer of this knows, a larger portion of miners of coal, iron, copper and lead, and especially the fist two, have made fortunes than the miners ofdiamottds, gold, and silver. Among the thousands who have dug gold in Virginia, N. Caro lina. S. Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, I doubt if one iu a thousand has mad** a for tune, and thousands have spent their little all in the tain effort. It is, I think, a con ceded fact that the labor spent is very far from being repaid. South America and Mexico are perhaps the poorest and most wretched countries in Christendom accor ding to their climate, soil, &c., and the mining districts are no exceptions to this rule, but ratlier the reverse. Gorgeous splendor is sometimes seen there, but bo side it are squalid poverty and degrading vice in a degree not seen in the mining districts in auy part of the w’orld where iron, coal &c., are sought, to say nothing of the vast difference when the mining dis tricts of South America and Mexico are compared with those in this country. It is true that the mining dis ricts of England present vast masses of vice, ignorance and povelry, but this is rather the result of an overgrown population than the war.tof success in business—food and raiment being in demand wliile labor has to seek employment because there is too much in mai ket, and hence the misery and w ant. Get many, France and Sweden having a lighter population, he laborers suffer less. Even in Scotland the want and misery a mong the miuers are less than in England ; but coming to the United States, we find the miners of coal and iron especially com fortable and happy. This does not, how ever directly come to the question—which is, which lias beeu the more successful hitheito, digging iron, coal, lead and cop per, or digging gold, silver and diamonds ? I neither have the satistics nor the time to go into a detail of the costs and profits of mining, either of the precious or the baser metals, hut would simply p int out in our own country the mining portions of Virginia, Pennsylvania and Mu y!and, where iron and coal are dug, and those of Virginia, N. Carolina. S. Carolina, Geor gia and Alabama, where gold is dug. A comparison will show that much less loss has re uited to those who have dug iron than to those that have dug gold ; and this brings up the enquiry whether it would not be wiser for enterprising young men, seeking the best mode of employment for their time and capital, teener intopait nerships to dig iron or coal or go into manufacturing operations, than to form companies and partnerships to go to Cali fornia to dig gold—the one remote and doubtless stocked with a large propotion of the most hardened and dating villains, and tom; tations of every character pres ented at every step and of the most wining kinds, with a thousand unknown difficul j ties ami uncertainties attendant; —wbi.e j the first course Would be one of regular business, having known results, requiring activity energy and industry to succeed, bui almost certain < f success to all who will use these means together, with tho saety to health and morals to those thus engaged. It is a fact that those engaged iri digging the precious metals usually ate de troyed by either success or the want of it. Success begets extravigance and the train of vices that spring from it, while disappointment brings despondency and recklessness and the evils that grow up from them. For these reasons the slow and steady gains of industiy and care pre serve the man both in his mental powers aud moral principles from the wreck that too often engulfs one because he has been exceedingly successful, and another be cause he has been exceedingly disappoint ed in his hopes and supposed prospects. [ would not seek to deter young men of enterprize from action, but it may not be inappropriate to caution them against tho seductions of golden prospects at a dis tance. ITad him there. —One of our Northern cotemporaries recently tried to measure wits with a fair lady, and met with the fol lowing disastrous defeat. We publish it for the benefit of our youthful friends, un- j acquainted with the pungent propeities of the female tongue: “ What are you going to give me for a ; Christmas present,” remarked a gay dam- j sel to us tho other day. We meekly re plied that we had nothing to offer but our j humble seif. “ The smallest favors grato- j fully received,” was the merry response. From the Scientific American Luitd and Water. 1 he area of dry land to that of the sea is about 100 to 270, a little more thau one third. A twenty third part of the land consists of islands. There is more ocean in theSbuthern than northeru hemispheres. I he superficial extent ofland is three times greater at the north than at tho south. It is not known whether the poles are sur rounded with laud or an ice-sea. ThcNorth Pole has been approached within 7 degrees and South within 11. All the great con tinental masses terminate pyramidically on the South. The Atlantic Ocean soems to have been an immcnce valley scooped out by floods that directed their force first to the north-east, then to the north-west, and then to the north-east once more.— 1 his view is supported by the parallelism ot the opposite coasts of hemispheres, where we see indentations standing over against projections. The present shape of the land is tho product of two causes that were exerted succesirely; firstly, subterranean force, tho measure and di rection of which we have rto means of dis covering; secondly, powers that uro at work on the surface. The elevation of continents has beeu actual not an apparent one only, and is going on over vast area at this moment. Tho coasts of Sweden and Finland are rising, it is said, at the rate of four feet in a century. On the south the upheaving power abates until, as some observers affirm, the land sinks. Lines of old sea levels are indicated along the coasts of Norway, by shells deposits ed by the present ocean, which lie six hundred feet above tho present sea level. There are some spots on the face of the globe, iu the interiors of continents which actually lie lower than than the present uniform level of the ocean. If the whole waters of the ocean were to be drawn in from the hallows which they now cover, we should see that the irregularities in the surface of the earth double in extent, and bights to which the mountains rise, would be visibly contrasted with the deeps filled with liquid. Man would then precieve with some surprise that the tolerably lev el countries in which he has pitched his dwelling are in fact shelves half-way up elevations, the highest of which attain to between fifty and sixty thousand feet. In some put ts of the ocean, no bottom has been touched with a line of 25,300 feet —4 4 oths English miles. The tempera ture of tho sea varies like that of the air in various c imea; but a series of careful observations teach us that in the usual state of the .sea’s surface from the equator to 4s° of N. and B.latitude, it is a little war mer than the stratum of air that is upon it. It lias also been discovered that thete are great currents running underneath from either pole to the equator. The attraction of the sun and moon cause those regular and periodical disturbances of equilibrium which we term tides. In the open ocean the rise is not more than a few feet, hut the opposition of coasts cause an elevation of water in some places between GO and 70 feet. In addition to under sea currents here are currents along the suface which exercise a considerable influence on the intercourse of waters, some of them nar rowenough to deserve the term of ocean ic rivers, since they tun through the main mass ot water like streams between un moved hanks of land. There is the well knowu gulf stream which commences south if the Cape of Good Hope, runs through the Caribbean Sea, the gulf of Mexico, and the Straits of Bahama, turning eastward to the banks of Newfoundland, crossing tho Atlantic, and frequently throwing the 6eeds of tropical plants on the Irish coast. The Pacific ocean has its great current also, that brings the cold wa ter of high southern laltitudes to the coast of i liili and runs north-ward for some dis tance bes .re it turns to the west. Ships in traversing that ocean will suddenly find a difference of 20° in the water when they passs from the adjacent water into this current. Mrs. Partington’s Comments on Ed ucation,—‘ For my part, 1 can't dcceve what on uirth eddicalion is coinin’ to When 1 was young, if a gal only under stood the rules of distraction, provision, multiplying, replenishing, and the common dominator, and knew all about the rivers and their obituaries, the covenants end dormitories, the provinces and the umpires, they had eddication enough. But now they have to study bottomy, algier-hay, and have to demonstrate suppositions about sycophants, of circuses, tangents and Dio genes of parallelograms, to say nothing about the oxhides, assheads, cowstieks, and abstruse triangles.” And the old lady was so confused with the technical names that she was forced to stop. Gems.—The hope of happiness is a bridge woven out of sunbeams and the colors of the rainbow, which carries us over the frightful chasm of death. Human knowledge is a proud pillar; but it is built in the midst of a desert of ignorance, and those who have ascended the highest have only gained a more ex tended view of the waste. Adversity overcome, is thG brightest glory, and willingly undergone, the great est virtue. Sufferings are but the trial of valiant spirits. Use not evasions when called* upon to do a good action, nor excuses when you are reproached for doing a bad one. 1 BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, Will be executed in the most approved style and on the best terms, at the Office of the SCOTTHEIUT TRXSTJWrSS, -BY— WM. B. HARRISON. The Angel of the L«a BY HANNAH F. OOI'LD. ‘Alas!’ alas !’ said the sorrowing Tree, 'my beautiful robe is gone; it has been torn from me! Its faded pieces whirl upon the wind ; they rustle beneath the squir rel's foot as he searches for his nut; they float upon the passing stream and on the quivering lake. Woe is near to me ; for my dear, green verdure is gone. It was the gift of the Angel of the Leaves! I have lost it, and my glory is vanished ; my beauty has disappeared ; my summer honor has passed away. My bright and comely garment, alas ! it is rent into a thousand parts. Who will weave me such another? Piece by piece has it been strip ped from me. Scatcelv did 1 sigh for the of one ere another wandered off' in the air. The sweet sound of music cheers mo no more. The birds that sang iu my bosom were dismayed at my dissolution—tLey have flown away with their songs. ‘I stood in my pride. The sun bright ened my robe with his smile ; the zephyrs breathed softly through its glossy folds ; the clouds strewed pearls among them.— My shadow was wide npon the earth ; My head was lifted high and my forehead was fair as the heavens. But now, how changed ! Sadness is upon mo ; my head is shorn ; my arms are stripped ; l can- NUMBER G not throw a shadow on the ground.— Beauty has departed ; gladness has gone out of my bosom, 'i he blood has retired from my heart and sank into Ihe earth. I am thirsty. lam cold. My naked limbs shiver in the cold air ; the keen blast comes pitiless amongthem. The wittier is coming lam destitute. Sorrow is my portion;*** mourning must wear me away. How shall I account to the Angel who clothed me, for the loss of his beatiful gift 1’ Tho Angel had been listening. In soothing accents lie answered the lamen tation. ‘My beloved Tree,’said he, ‘bo comfort ed! lam by thee still, though every leaf lias forsaken thee. The voice of gladness is hushed among thy boughs ; but let my whisper console thee. Thy sorrow is but for a season. Trust in me. Keep my promise in thy heart. Be patient and full of hope. Let the w’ords 1 leave with thee abide and cheer thee through the coming winter. Then will I return and clothe thee anew. •The storm will drive rudely over the® the snow will drift amongtby naked limbs. But those will be the light and passing afflictions. The ice will weigh heavily on thy ann3 ; but it shall dissolve to tears. It shall pass into the ground and be drunk on Ly tViy louts Then will it ciwnp vj», in secret, beneath thy bark, and into tho branches it has oppressed, and help to a dorn them. I shall be here to use it. Thy blood has now retired for safety.— The frost would chill and destroy it. It has gone into thy mother’s bosom for her to keep it warm. Earth will not rob her offspring. She is a careful parent ; she knows all tho wants of her children, and forgets not to provide for the least of them. The sup that has for a while gone down will cause thy roots to strike deeper and wider; and, renewed and strengthened, it shall return to nourish thy heart. Then, it tit on phn't bnvn remembered nnd trusted in my promise, I will fulfil it Buds shall shoot forth on every bough. 1 will color and fit it in every part. It shall boa come ly raiment. Thou shalt forget thy recent sorrow. Sadness shall he swallowed up of joy. Now, my beloved Tree fare thee well for a season!’ The Angel was gone. The cold, mut tering Winter drew near. The wild blast whistled for the storm. The storm came, and howled around the Tree. But the word of the Angel was hidden in her heart. It soothed her amid the threatenings of the tempest. The ico-flakes rattled on her limbs and 1 .>aded and weighed them dowD. ‘My slender branches,’ said she, ‘let not this burden overcome you! Break not beneath this boavy affliction—break not! but bend, till you can spring back again to your places. Let not atwig of you be lost! Hope must prop you up for a while and the Angel will reward your patience. You will w ave in a softer air. Grace shall he again in yout motion, and a renewed beauty bang arond you.’ The scowling face of Winter began to lose its features. Tito raging storm grew faint, and breathed its lust. The restless clouds fretted themselves to fragments ; these scattered on the sky anu wuto brush ed away. The sun threw down a bundle of golden arrows, that fell upon the Tree. The ice-flakcrs glittered as they came.— Every one shattered by a shaft, and un locked itself upon the limb. They melt ed aud were gone. Spring bad come to reign. Her blessed ministers were abroad in the earth. They hovered in the air. They blended their beautiful lints, and cast anew crea;ed glo ry on the face of the blue heavens. The treo was rewarded for her trust.— The Angel was true to the object of his love. lie returned—he bestowed ou her another robe. It was bright and glossy, and unsullied. The dust of Summer had never lit upon it; the scorching heat had not faded it; the moth hud not profaned it. The Tree stood again in loveliness; she was dressed in more than her former beau ty. She was very fair. Joy smiled a round her on every side. Tho birds flew hack to her bosom, and sung among her branches their hymns to the Angel of the Leaves.