The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-26
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SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL.
OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
To be published IN Charleston, S. C..
EDWIN HERIoT, Eplroa

EDWIN HEmoT, EpiroR.
YkNIlE subscriber proposes, as soon as his sub
- scrpiion list now IN progress, will warrant
the undertaking, to publish, in this city, n 81
MONTHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted TO the
advancement OF the above objects. lts scope and
design are such will not interfere with those OF
any other publication now IN existence at the
South. In every other department of Periodical
Literature, We are well supplied with ably edited
and well-con Quoted Journals. The interests OF
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indlssolubly connected, have, az vet no spe-
cial organ, devoted anly TO the advocacy OF
their claims, and the record ofther joint progress.
With the general diffusion of practical education
among the people, their industrial prosperity must
naturally be placed on more permanent basis,
and the condition ofthe working classes, in every
branch of enterprise, proportionably elevated and
improved. 1t is in accordance with these viewSP
that the undersigned submits, with confidence, to
the consideration Of those who feel interested in
both or either of these great causes, plan by
which their interests can be made Identical aud
mutually dependent Trusting that the object
will meet their appreciation, he viii now proceed
to state the principles upon which it will be con-
Quoted.
To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
EducafIon--the encouragement Of our own Liter
airy Institutions, and the publication OF Southern
School Books, edited, printed and circulated in
the Southern States--to bring into prominent no.
tice all literary undertakings, Books and Period
lcals, Colleges and Schools, at the South-to dis
courage Northern agents, and their School Books,
and expose, in all their deformity and dupcity,
the perncious doctrines OF Abolition and hostility
to the South, which they have so long zen per-
mitted to lnstI into the minds of our children
will be the constant and unceasDg aim of this de-
partment of the work; and, for this purpose, the
Editor, with the assistance Of ready contributors,
has abundant facilities at hand " lille awarding
n Mt PoIn
be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more es-
pecially, those which are most decidedly practical,
and best adapted to the active business of life
Essays on all sub ects connected with Education
Reviews OF all School Books and literary works
publ's ed at the South-Repor,s of Teachers,
Conventions, or extracts from them-of College
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before Lit
erary Sociees-and OF the progress Of law, med
zeal, military and free schools at the South--wilI
constitute the main features of this division of the
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress Of THE MECHANIC
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES, as well as all other
branches of ndustry-of Factories and Work
shops, for the production Of every article Of do
mestc consumption or use, among us-and of
new Inventions, improvements, models, and de-
signs in mechanism and the fine Arls-bringng
into notice the names, qualifications and localities
OF our own mechanics and amateurs ii cir
public exhibitions. 1t will also contain ESSAYS on
all topics connected with these matters; Reports
OF Southern Industrial Institutes, ansr statistical
facts relating TO their progress.
Each number of the HOME JOURNAL will con.
tam 4S pages, octave, bi monthly, and furnished
to subscribers and others at 50 per aDnum, or 10
copies for Sl5-payabie al The end of The roi,e, or
IN proportion, on the delivery O. numbers, Is,
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion
tu!l notices of new enterprises, &c, in each num-
Der, Will make IL the interest of those concerned n
them TO secure as many copies as possible for cir
culation among their friends and patrons
Beyond this, "TtE HONE JouRNAI" will make
no promises or pretenslons Not entering the
lists Tor competition with any, and standing in
the way of none its legitimate 81 here and aim will
be TO promote the interests of al-recognizing no
party, IN education or politics, but the party of
the South, 1t will seek to preserve the Union of
the South, by developing her resources and atm
ulatlng the industry of her people
April 10 Ie5I--tf