The southern press., 1851-08-06
PROSP ECTUS x
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL.
OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
7obe pssbiishsd in Charissson, >, C..
EDWIN HEaior, EDIroR.oas
PROSPECTUS s

HNHE subscriber proposes, as soon az his sub :
II scrlpuon list, now in progress, will warrant
the undertaking, TO publish, in this city, Bi !,
MONTHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted 70 the
advancement of the above objects. Its 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.conducted Journals. The interests Of
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indissolubly connected, have, az yet, no spe-
cial organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy Of
their claims, and the record oftheir joint progrsss
With the general diffusion Of practical sducatic
among the people, their industrial prosperity mus,
naturally be placed on a more permanent basis
and the condition ofthe working classes, in every
branch OF enterprise, proportionably elevated and
improved. II IL in accordance with these views,
that the undersigned submits, with confidence, to
the consideration Of those who feel interested in
both or either of these great causes, a plan by
which their interests be made identical and
mutually dependent. Trusting that the object
wilmeet their appreciation, he will now proceed
to state the principles upon which it will be con-
Quoted. ,t.la
To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Educatlon-the encouragement of our own Liter
ary 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
cals, Colleges and Schools, at the South--to dis.
courage Northern agents, and their School Books
and expose, in all their deformiiy and duplicity
the perniciOus doctrines Of Abolition and Hostility
| TO the South, which they have SO long been per-
| mitted to instil into the minds of children
will be the constant and unceasing 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. " hile awarding
all due merit to other systems Of education, it will
be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more es-
.<oII..
and best adapted to the active business Of life
Essays on all subjects connected with Educate r
Reviews Of all School Books and literary wo'y
published at the South-Reporfs of Teachers
Conventions, or extracts from them--0f CoIIeg
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before I il
esary SocietIes-and OF tho progress oflaw m cd
cal, military and free schools at the Soutt- wil
constitute the main features of this division ts
work. y"
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices Of the progress Of THE MECHANIC
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES, as well as all other
branches OF industry-of Factories and Work
shops, for the production Of every article of do
mestlc consumption or use, among us-and of
new Inventions, Improvements, models, and de-
signs in mechanism and the fine Arts-bringine
into notice the names. qualifications and localities
or our own mechanics and amateurs: III cir
achievements, and rewards Of merit received at
public exhibitions. II will also contain essays on
all topics connected with these matters; Reports
Of Southern Industrial Institutes, and statisticsl
facts relating to their progress
Each number of the HomE JounsAL will cor
tain AZ pages, octave, bi-monthly, aud Furnished
TO subscribers and others at 81 per aDnum, or
copies for S5paynbie at The end Of the roiun,s, on
in proportion, on the delivery OF numbers, Iei
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertiono
full notices of new enterprises, &C., in each mum
ber, will make IL the interest of those concerned ir
them to secure as many copies as possible, for cir
culation among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "ThE HOME JOURNAL" " will make
no promises or pretensions. Not entering the
lists for competition with any, and standing in
the why of none, its legitimate sphere and aim will
be to promote the interests Of a--recognzing no
party, in education or politics, but the party of
the South, it will seek to preserve the Union of
the South, by developing her resources and stim
ulating the industry of her people.
April 10, l85l-tf