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PUBLISHED.WEEKLY. NO. 41. . rom the i'esternt Monthy Maga::ine. MY HOME ON THE HILL. 0! my4tomo, my home is beautiful, Beneath the chesnut shade; With the garden of sweet summer flowers ntl "ister Uluved. nP,, 'I ate 'o have a richer green, A deeper gold hath th' e And stars at eventide. HIere is my mother's pleasant eye, And my father's shielding care; And the friend whose voice in household love, Mingles with ours in prayer. By the casement where in girlish years, I conned lmy light task o'er, With my student brother hend I now, O'er a page of classic lore. And here dwelt one with silver locks, lnt he hans passed away! How fondly was that form leloved, These blinding tear drops say. lie held ine oft in his aged arms, ' My head on his kindly breast; I saw him die when he passed away, As a child to its cradled rest. O! my home, my home is beautiful, With its skies and summer flowers; And niany are its innocent joys, And its silent thoughtful hours. And the merry days of childhood leave, Fond memories long and warm, But the gentlest thoughts of my bosom rest Onl the aged slumberer's form. Miscelaneous. From tha Gcnessrr Fanner. Appr. MOLASS::s. By 'IIRT AND S.::. -B-rother farmers, will vou listen to tni a few minutes. while I tell yotr how to provid' yomrself with a first rate article, and onte of'! prime necessity. You are probblv in I *omnething of a 6aste, ibough -1 hopC von have your potatoesdug and safe in youreel lar, for there are t'unny things a former has to do to be ready for winter. ( is jtl, about election linme also. and every thrmler should manage so as to be able to drop in at Ithe poll and give his vote for a good tian and trie ; bit do not do, as inaty who will make the privilege of voting anl cxeinse for spending a whole day at the tavern, imbib ing, "wet daimnation."' It' you are it marriedT man, as I hope you are for tno other one has consistent claim to the character of a good citizen, von kiow or if you do not, your wil'e does, ihat it costs no trifing sum to provide sweetnesm G- - fimily, while there is io po'sibility of doing without it ; and experientie hans fally shown me, that for manly of the purposes of* do mestic cookery, A pple iIolases is Cir pref erable to West Ildia, while it is tat tihe same tine intich clebepr'r. I imake little cider, my apples are worth more Ii-d to iy ho--s than for eider ; but I niake a practice of selecting my best sweet apples, those that furnish the richest, liev jest liquor, an aking a cieese l'romn them using the cider thus obtained for iiaking apple or quinepreserves, boiling tdown for mtlhases, and keep two or three barrels for drink, ultimate conversion into vinegar. Wlten tew from the p'ess, and befote fer imetationi commences, that which I intenad for boiliung is brought to the house, aind boiled in brass to the pioper consisteite ; taking care not to buran it, as that gives tho miolases a dhisagreeabllo flav'our atnd taking ofl' the scum that rises duriatg the process. The quantity to be btoikl or aibe uat-erof barrels or"~,i i'oretit ro make one of muole"n'e, will depend greatly on the tintd of apples used, and the richntess of the new lignor. Fouar. or fiur and n half, are generally sufl'eient, bitt wheni care is not tused at mnaking tho selection or' appw five barrels may someetimes lie necessary; but let it take imoire or less, enxough tmust be used to mtake the molasses, when col, as thick as the best West lIdia. WVhen boil ed sufficienitjy, it should he tuirnedl into ves sels to cool, and from them tranisferred to a newv sweet barrel, put into a cold cellar, 'here it wvould keep without trouble, and ready for use at all times. Molasses tmade in this way will he pure, antd posse~ss a viniOUS or rauthier branidied flavor, wvhiceh makes it fat' superior to the Weost India for mince, aploem'r tart pies, though where the ap~les used( are very sour, a small qanitity of' utnported molasses may be advatageouisly utsedh. It is also excel bent for making heer in the stummer, giving it a briskness, andt flavotur which cenomo molasses wvill not; in short, there are but few uses to wvhieh molasies is applied, in which it will not lie fountd eqjual or' superior' to the oatheir. Its cheapntess sho~nuld also be a dlecided recommttenidation) with the farmer. The cider fronm which I mrannufacturo my molasses, is wVorth at the press a dollnr a bare, and is worth a dollar to reduce it to molasses, thus mnaking the cost oIf a liar ret of mnolasscs, allowing~ four and a hal'f barrels of cider to be used. four dollars and fifty cents. The price or common molas ses will average iahout fifty cents a gallon, or sixteen dollars a hrrel, making a sav ing to the farner, in the use of' apple mU lasses of about tell dollars a barrel. FRANKLINIAN ECONOMY. Aside from Frnikliin's discoveries in etle& fricity ain philosophy, a eorrespondent in the Watshingbon Siun thus speaks of Dr. Franklin's discoveries in matters of domes tic economy: "To no native American is more holno due than to Dr. Franklin. ile neienee. patriotism, industry, and morality as well as his political sagacity, have been anid art the subjects of general approliation; and, a cotnmtnn pro,'erty, it is not necessary to di, late uponl ustemn. A is mis tIvestigaI spirit of iInquiry, as to whatever new hi i nund1141 rested un11i01, and tie beneficial resmtltu of lsim observations, that are now bionght to tatble an ext"r, dow cultivated to so prohi tivation to F k' wes itscnl in 'hiiladelphia heil an imported AIn4,1 whisk im her hmi, and, whilst exaiini it as a novelty, lhe found a single graiin still attached to the stalk ; this he planted. and a large and increasing article of usefulness,. has been thus perpetuated in the U. States. A paragraph fromt a northern newspaper IVN, has a corroborating proofror the vatlte of tins discovery : "The broom straw spec Ilat ion hids fitir to run as high iis year as it did last. A week ago speetlators vere o fering fifty dollars an acre for the growin - brush." 'he Yellow. or Golden W17illowv, Vicheb now floturishes inl most parts of the Union, was introduced by the same friend to his country and mankind. In a wicker-work imported bliasket ofl'red to his view, Dr. F ranlklin found some or'the twigs were sproitmg : lie took theil onit and preelnted - thema to Mr. Norris, of Philadelphia, who slfcedeld int'rising theml very successfully, and to a great height.] Philology.--Tle solid stolids or ti fa mtly of the Xwmallseall .J. C. CaIhotn, '. ratic,' and 'cceentric.' WVc cannot, fir the life of ns, interpret the word, "eeetrie'' as applied by the writing down commit - tee to the great statesman er tie sout;, Mny otherwise than as ieanlting tiht inte: lectuallv he is not like most of tllemselve, -Olitedl to one idea, arotid witiel l heir little mitids revolve like asses around a mill post--but that his mind makes edursions ind easts new light up1on every siject (i its attention--and that politically his erecen. rilyt neats iirorm and conhistent op.. position to coilsolidl atilg cenlralism. As r nrds tle "'rratic" we suspect that vorld is noi e used against him by those wlto wotll X41lt and glorify by the comuparison wvithI us thotights that wandler-their own ha ppv itendiness of destitution fromti all idea:I.s whatever, from which they could possibly wvander.-Chas. Mer. From the Nutherrn Arrus. "fin truth if Mir. Callioun has come out -n favourof the Message, be is but filllow ig otlT the principles which his party in ionthl CIrolina' have always profes:ed." Columbus Dem. Hlere is4 an admliksiljn en -:-aw m... n, l aine! attenton1 of every onve. What is the inre of it? Nothinig mieores >r less than that Mr. Van Biuren ha"ts pro Iulated in his message the very doctrine4 vhich Nullifiers "have always profe!esed,"* loetrines which the Deiocrlat has alwavs )ppose(, and doc'etritnes which we have ail ways supported. We are glad the lh ilrat is begiig to agree With the Nulliti. rs, nidl we greet it ott at last (iseoveri' the tritiit of our doctrines. We take con siderallie credit to our selves for this con Version, for we believe onrartiele in th Argus of the 'Jith of Atugust last tetded in It great niastre to opei its ey*es to the truth. The nullifyinig Democrt and the 1nul1ifing" .rgts ivll now jog on chel: "hy jmel. Titi: TniUrn iN A NLir-SInr..---Wo We havt e noit seen the trim positioe of' Sr. Calhonun at present nsaure strikfiigly defitted thant i o tollowing extraict fromt the Mu bile Examiner: "~~Te stanid which Mr. Calhoun has tatketn suirprises bot h pa rties, and occasionsIi iinn merahlo speenlationis ats to the cause antd consLieees. People donii't unde(Irstanid Mir. Ca.ilhonn-he is too honest fo~r thiem-. he acts accotditng to the dietates of reasotn, htis is so at wair with partty phuilosopihy its o heo --. - .ulrce of mysv~tery and wotn, Rioyael Jpsetl.-The ytounotg Queen of Englbmd seems litkely to lie smothered with pireseints. VTe papers havei' already recorded sundi~ry donations to her majesty, sneh ats atn olive tree fronm Smyrna, a p)ortfolii', frotm Mr. Forreses dresser, &C. &.; and11 nowv wo learn front the Boston Mercatntilo .ottrnal, that E. C. [Delavani, Esq thie well kntown perseveritng frienid andit advocate of temiperance, bas it itt contemptmitn to he stow upont her majesty a copy of Mr. Luit-. its M. Sargent's Temtperan'e Tlales, itn fome volumes, splentdidly botund~t itt emblossed - Tuarkisha mor~iocco. Theli girt wotanh ihave beent tmore aipproplriate, if mtade to somne of her matjesty's nlucles.-N. York Commecrcieul Avruiser. A rich desert service for' tho newquweit of Englandl of Porcelain hats beeni exehbited int E"nglande. It lhas taken five years to complete it, ntud cost three thoutsand giin ens. It cotnsists otf 200t pieces, viz. ii ele vated vases. baskets &v. andI J3 doz. plates,