The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-11
s. GRISWOLD a. Co.
PROSP ECTUS
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL
OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
To be published in Charleston, S. c. 3

or EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
To be published in Charleston, S. c. II
EDWIN HERIoT, EDITOR.
HNHE subscriber proposes as soon as his sub
Il scripton list, now in progress, will warrant
the undertaking, TO publish, in this city, BIZ
MONTHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted TO the
advancement Of the above objects. Its scope and
design 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-coDducted Journals. The interests of
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are ndssolubly connected. have, as yet, no spe-
cIal organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy of
their claims, and the record other Joint progress
With the general diffusion of practical educatio
among the people, their industrial prosperity must
naturally be placed permanent basis
and the condition ofthe working classes, in every
branch of enterprise, proportionably elevated and
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, a 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. islgf
\ To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
EducaiIon--tbe 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
tlce all literary undertakings, Books and Period
icals, Colleges aud Schools, ut the South--to dis
courage Northern agents and their School Books,
and expose, IN all their deformity and duplicty,
the peruicious doctrines Of BOLTON and foatility
10 the South, which they have so long been per-
mIted TO instil into the minds Of our children
VIII be the constant and INCREASING aim of this de-
partment Of the work; and, FOR th'spurpose, the
Editor, with the assistance OF ready conrrbuiors,
has abundant facilities at hand. \, hIle awarding
all due merit TO other systems of education, il will
be the aim OF this Journal TO promote, more es-
pec,ally, those which are most decidedly procfca.
and best adapted 10 the active business Of q,
Essays on all subjects connected with Educator
Reviews of all School Books and literary wo'
publish; ed at the South--Reports Of TeseEets
Conventions, or extracts from them--of ro'lps
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before IL
erary Societies---and of the progress o. law, cd
ical military and free schools at the South ak
constitute the main features of this dIvIsone, /,
work. ..l Il 81 .,.4-,.-.ts
The INDUSTRIAL DErAnTaENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress of THE MEoasNr,
AIRS AND MASurAcrUREs, as vel. as, all Cther
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 mecbansm and the fine ,Arls--bringing
into notice the names. qualifications and localities
of our own mechanics and amateurs: u 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.
Each number Of the HOME JOURNAL will con-
tain AZ pages, octave, b-monthly, and furnished
to subscribers and others at 50 per annum, or 10
copies for Sl5-payabie at the end of The roiae or
in proportion, on the delivery o. numbers, 1877
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion
full notices Of new enterprises, &C., in each num-
Der, will make il the interest Of thoss concerned in
them to secure many copies possible, for CIR
culation among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TtE HoME JouRNAL" will make
no promises pretensions. Not entering the
lists for competition with any, and standing ~
the way Of mono, it's legitimate sphere and aim VIII
be to promote the interests of all--recognizng no
party, in education or politics, but the party OF
he South. II will seek TO preserve the Union of
the South by developing her resources and stun
ulating the industry of her people.
April -, l85l--u