The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-11
PROS ECTUS
OF THE
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL.
OF EDUCATION AND Domestic INDUSTRY.
To be published IN Charleston, S. c.
EnmIAr HrnIor laura.

OF EDUCATION AND Domestic INDUSTRY.
To be published IN Charleston, S. C..
EDWIN HEnIor, EDIToR.
HNitE subscriber proposes, as his sub
IL serIpnon list, now in progress, will warrant
the undertaking, to publish, in this city, b.
MONTHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted to the
| advancement OF the above objects. Its scope and
design are such ls 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-edted
and wecond Quoted Journals. The interests or
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indissoIubly connected, have, az yet, no spe-
cial organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy OF
their claims and the record oftheir 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 and
improved. 1t 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
To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Educaion-the encouragement Of our own Liter
nry Institutions, and the publication of Southern
School Books, edited, printed and circulated in
the Southern Stntes-to bring into prominent no.
lice all literary undertakings, Books and Period.
icals, Colleges and Schools, at the South--to dis
courage Northern agents, and their School Books,
and expose, in all their deformity and dupIicty,
the pernicious doctrines OF Abolition and hostility
to the South, which they have so long been per-
mitted TO instil into the minds Of our children
will be the constant and unceasiDg aim Of this de-
psrlment 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, il viii
be the aim OF this Journal TO promote, more es-
pecally, those which are most decidedly practiea.
and best adapted TO The active business Of life
Essays on all subjects connected with Educatisr
Reviews of all School Books and literary wo-k5
published at the South-Reports of Teackers
Conventions, or extracts from them--of CoIeg
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before it
ersry Soceties--and OF the progress ofIaw IN cd
cal military and free schools at the South viii
constitute the main features of this division c. 10
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress Of THE MEoHANr,
AIRS AND MANuFAcTUREs, MS well ne all other
branches of industry--of Factories and Work
shops, for the production Of every article of do
nnestic consumption or use, among ux-nnd OF
new inventions, improvements, models, and de-
signs in mechanism and the fine Arts-bringing
into notice the names qualifications and localities
Of our own mechanics and amateurs IT, cir
achievements, and rewards Of merit received n
public exhibitions. II will also contain ESSAYS ON
all topics connected with these matters; Reports
OF Southern Industrial Institutes, and statissicsl
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 a. per ann,nm or
copies for Sl5pnyabe at the end Of The vois,ns, OF
in proportion, on the delivery o. numbers, Is;
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion c
full notices Of new enterprises, &C., in each nun
Der, will make il the interest Of those concernedix
them TO many copies an possible, for cir
cuaton among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TrE HoME JouanAL" will make
no promises or pretensions. Not entering the
lists for competition with any, and standing in
the way none, it's 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, it will seek to preserve the Union OF
the South, by developing her resources and sti m
ulating the industry of her people. l
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