The southern press., 1851-11-21
PROSP ECTUS
OF THE
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL
OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
To be published in Charleston, S. c.
EDWIN HERIoT, EpIToR.

iiEhioT,
VvNH Z subscriber proposes, as soon his SUBJ
II scripuon list, now IN progress, will warrant
the undertaking, TO publish, in this city, n
MoNTHLY JouRNAL, exclusively devoted to the
advancement of the above objects. Its scope and
design are such rs 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 -edte
and well-con Quoted Journals. The interests o
Southern Education and Home Industry, whici.
are indssouby connected, have, as yet, no spe-
clal organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy OF
their claims, and the record ofther joint progress
With the general diffusion of practical educatic
among the people, their industrial prosperity mus
naturally be placed on more permanent basis
and the condition ofthe working classes, in every
branch OF enterprise, proportionably elevated ana
improved II is 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, u plan by
which their interests can be made Identical 'yd
mutually dependent. Trusting that the object
wilmeet their appreciation, he will now proceed
to state the principles upon which it will be con-
Quoted.
To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Educaiion--the encouragement of our own Liter
airy Institutions, and the publication OF Southern
School Books, edited, printed and circulated ip
the Southern States--to bring into prominent no.
tlce 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 deformty and duplicity,
the perncious doctrines Of Abolition and hostility
to the South, which they have 80 long been per-
mitted TO lnstil into the minds of our 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, While awarding
all due merit TO other systenns Of education, II viii
be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more es-
pecially, those which are most decidedly practica,
and best adapted to the active business of life
Essays Oh all subjects connected with Educate r
Reviews of all School Books and literary work
published at the South--Reports Of Teach ers;
Conventions, or extracs from them---of ColIeg
and Schoo! Exhibitions, and addresses before | it
cary Societies--and of the progress q flaw ~ cd
ical military and free schools at the Soutk- vii
constitute the main features Of this division c. ts
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress of THE MECHANIC
ARTS AND MANUFACTURE, as well as all either
branches of indusrY--of Factories and Work.
shops, for the production Of every article Of do.
mesuc consumption or use, among us--and o
new Inventions, improvements, models, and de-
signs in mechanism and the fine Arts--.bringing
into notice the names, qualifications and localitie,
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achievements, and rewards Of merit received a
public exhibitions. Ii will also contain essays oI
all topics connected with these matters; Reports
Of Southern Industrial Institutes, and statistcs
facts relating to their progress.
| Each number of the Hpaz JouSNAL will cor
tain 40 pages, octave, oi-monthly, and Furnished
| to subscribers and others at so per annum, or
copies for S5-payabie at the end Of the volume, oil
in proportion, on the delivery Of numbers, l8;
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion {
full notices OF new enterprises, DC, in each num-
ber, will make 1.-THE interest of those concerned L
them to secure as many copies as possible, for cir
culatlon among their friends and patrons.
| Beyond this, "THE HoME JouRNAL" will max,
no promises or pretensions. Not entering The
lists for competition with any, and standing il
the way ofnone, its legitimate sphere and aim vii
be to promote the interests of all--rscognizng nc
party, in education or politics, but the party o
the South, it will seek to preserve the Union o
the South, by developing her resources and stim
ulating the industry of her people.
April 10, l65l-tf