The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-09
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SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL,
OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
10 De published in Charleston, s. C.
EDWIN HERIor, EpIroR.

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VIE subscriber proposes, as soon as his suit
scIlPu4n list now In progress, will warrant
.ne undertaking, TO publish in this city, BIZ
MoNrHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted TO the
advancement OF the above objects. Its scope a he
ueSish are such "a viii not interfere with those of
any ouher publication now in existence at the
south, In every other department. of Periodical
Literature We are well supplied with ably- edite
aud WELDON Quoted Journals The interests n.
oouthsrn Education and Home Industry, which
uie in"'SSoiuhy connected, have, as vel, no sue-
.'ai organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy OF
t I c'alms and the record ofther Joint progress
- m h general diffusion of PRACTICAL educatic
"ohs the people, their industrial prosperitv mug
naturally be placed on a more permanent bos;s
ana ihe condition flhe working classes. in every
oraHch OF enterprise, proportonabIy elevated ana
improved IL Is IN accordance with these views
that ihe undersigned submits, with confidence TO
the consideration Of those who feel Interested in
both or either of these great causes, a plan bv
which their interests be made identical Va
mutually dependent. Trusting that the object
will meet their appreciation, he will now proceed
to state the principles upon which it will be con-
Quoted. Il
10 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.
nee all literary undertakings, Books and Period
icas' Colleges and Schools, at the South---to dis
courage Northern agents, and their School Books,
and expose, In all their deformty and dupcity
the pernlcous doctrines Of Abolition and hostility
TO the South, which they have so long been per-
mitted to instil into the minds of our children
VIII be the constant and unceasing aim of this de-
parlment OF the work; and, for this purpose, the
Editor with the assistance Of ready contributors,
has abundant facilities at hand. " lille awarding
all due merit TO other systems Of education it will
be the aim or this Journal to promote, more es-
peclaiiy, those which are most decidedly practical.
and best adapted to the active business of life
Essays on all subjects connected with Educaticx
reviews of all School Books and literary work
published at the South--Reports of Teacters1
Conventions, extracts from them--of Coee
ana school Exhibitions, and addresses before It,
cary SocIeties-and OF the progress @ f Law N ed
icai' military and free schools at the Soutk- vii
constitute the main features Of this division c. Ia
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress of THE MECHANIC
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES, as well as all ether
branches of industry--of Factories and Work
shops, for the production Of every article of do
nestle consumption or use, among us-and of
new Inventions, improvements, models, and de-
signs IN mechanism and the fine Ars--bringing
INTO notice the names, qualifications and localities
or our own mechanics and amateurs their
achievements, and rewards of merit received ut
public exhibitions. Ii will also contain ESSAYS on
all topics connected with these matters; Reports
OF Southern Industrial Institutes, and statistca
facts relating to their progress.
Each number of the HOME Journal will cor
tam AZ pages, octave, bi-monthy, and Furnished
to subscribers and others at So per annum, or
copies for S5-paynbe at the end of the pol,tne or
IN proportion, on the delivery OF numbers, 10;
cents and less by the quantity The insertiono
full notices of new enterprises, &C.. in each nun
Der, will make IL the interest of those concernedir
them to secure as many copies possible, for cir
cuIaton among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TRE HOME JOURNAL" will make
no promises or pretensions. Not entering the
lists tor competition with any, and standing in
the way ofnone, its legitimate sphere and aim will
be to promote the interests of all-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 slim
ulating the industry of her people
April H. lS51-tf