The southern press., 1851-08-02
PROSPE ECTUS
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL
OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY. .
To be pubhshed in Chayleaon, s. C.
PR 0 8 P ECT U s

To be pubHshed in Chdylsson, s. C. W
EDwM HERor, EDlroR.
VEHE subscriber proposes, as soon az his snt
II scrption list, now in progress, will warrant
the undertaking, to publish, in this city, a Br
MeNrnLy JouRNAL, exclusively devoted 10 the
advancement Of the above objects. Its scope and
design are such will not interfere with thbss of
any other publication now in existence ~ the
South. In every other department of Periodical
Literature, We are well supplied with abiyssdited
and well-conducted Journals. The interksts OF
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indissolubly connected, have, as yet, no spe-
cia organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy nf
their claims and the record oftheir joint progress
With the general diffusion of practical educatio
among the people, their industrial prosperity mus,
naturally be placed more permanent basin
and the condition ofthe working classes, in every
branch of enterprise, proportionabIy 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, plan by
which their interests be made identical and
mutually dependent. Trusting that the object
will,meet their appreciation, he will now proceed
to state the principles upon which it will be con-
ducted
To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Education--the encouragement of our own Liter
ary Institutions, and the publication Of Southern
School Books, edited, printed and circulated in
tce 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 deformity and duplicity,
the perncious doctrines of Abolition and hostility
to the South, which they have so long been per-
mitted to inst 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. " hile awarding
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be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more
peciay, those which are most decidedly practica.
and best adapted to the active business of life
Essays on all subjects connected with EducateI
Reviews of all School Books and literary work.
published at the South-Reporfs of Teachers
| Conventions, extracts from them-of Colleg
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before IT.
e.ary Societes-and OF the progress oflaw IN ed
ical, military and free schools the South wiI
constitute the main features Of this division C.. r.
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 industry--of Factories and Work
shops, for the production Of every article Of do
mesiic consumption or use, among us-and of
new Inventions, improvements, models, and de-
signs in mechanism and the fine Arts-brnging
into notice the Names qualifications and localities
Of our own mechanics and amateurs: their
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 statsticsi
facts relating to their progress.
Each number Of the HoME JOURNAL will cor
tain 4S pages, octave, bi-monthly, and furnished
to subscribers and others at 81 per annum, or
copies for Sl5-payabie al the end Of the roitms, OF
in proportion, on the delivery OF numbers, lei
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion
full notices Of new enterprises, &c, in each nun
Der, will make it the interest of those concerned in
them to secure as many copies as possible, for cir
culation among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TrE HomE JOURNAL" will make
no promises or pretensions. Not entering the
lists for competition with any, and standing in
the way of none, it's legitimate sphere and aim will
be to promote the interests Of all--recognizng no
party, in education 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.
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