The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-03
ASBURY DICKENS,
Secretary Of the Senate.
PROSE- ECTUS
or the
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAT.
OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC iKpUsrRY.
TO be pubiished Ia CharIesion, s. c..

OF EDUCATION AND DomEsTlc INDUSTRY.
I To be Published IN Charleston, s. c..
tL EpwiN HERioT, Ep,roa
I YuVEIE subscriber PROPOSES, as soon as his snh
n scnpiion list, now in progress, will warrant
the undertaking, 10 publish, in this city, b.
monthly JOURNAL, exclusively devoted to the
advancement OF the above objects. Its scope aud
design are such IS will not interfere with those of
any other publication now IN existence al the
South. In every other department Of Periodical
Literature, We are well supplied with ably-ediied
and well-conducted Journals The interests Of
Southern Education and Home Industry which
are indIssolubIy connected. have, yet, no ape-
cial organ, devoted mainly 30 the advocacy of
their CLAIMS and the record other Joint prosfs ss
With the general diffusion ofpracucal educetl,u
among the people, their industrial prosperity mus
naturally be placed more permanent basis
and the condition 9th working classes, in every
branch OF enterprise, proportionably elevated and
improved. IL 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, plan by
which their interests can 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-
Quoted. a
TO advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Educatlon--the encouragement Of our own Liter
airy Institutions, and the publication OF Southern
School Books, edited, printed and circulated in z
the Southern States--to bring into prominent no.
tice all literary undertakings, Books and Period.
icals, Colleges and Schools, at the South--to dir
courage Northern agents and their School Books,
| and expose, in all their deformity and dupicity,
the pernicious doctrines Of Abolition and Hostility
TO the South which they have so long been per-
mltted to lnstil into the minds of our children
Will be the constant and unceasing aim of this de-
pertinent of the work; and for this purpose, the
Editor, with the assistance Of ready contributors,
has abundant facilities Mt hand. " lille awarding
all due merit to other systems Of education, it will
be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more es-
pecially, those which most decidedly practical,
and best adapted to the active business of life.
Essays on all subjects connected with Education
Reviews Of all School Books and literary works
publls! ed at the South--RepOrts of Teachers,
Conventions, or extracts from them---of College
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before Lit
esary Sociees-and of the progress of law, med
lcal military and free schools at the South--w
constitute the main features of this division of the
work. Hf .
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress of THE MECHANIC
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES, as well all other
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, improv ements, models, and de-
signs in mechanism and the fine Ars-bringing
into notice the names. qualifications and localities
of own mechanics and amateurs: IT, cir
public exhibitions. 1t will also contain essays on
all topics connected with these matters; Reports
of Southern Industrial Institutes, and statistical
facts relating to their progress. .ei-s9rfs4
| Each number of the HONE JOURNAL will con-
tain AZ pages, octave, bi-montEly, and furnished
to subscribers and others at ~ per annum, or 10
copies for Sl5-payobe at the end Of The rolne or,
| in proporton, on the delivery o. numbers, Is,
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion o
full notices Of new enterprises, &C.. in each num-
Der, will make the interest of those oncerned in
Them to secure rs many copies possible, for cir
culation among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, ctr HOME JOURNAL" will make
no promises or pretenslons. Not entering the
lists for competition with any, and standing in
the way ofnone, its leg climate sphere and aim will
be to promote the interests of al--recoghizing 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 slim
uIating the industry of her people.
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