The southern press., 1851-07-29
PROSPECTUS
os THE
SOUTHERN HOME JOIJRNAT
or EDUCATION AND DomHsT,c Jsnrs,
TOT published IN Charlss,on, s. C.
EDWIN HERIor. Eprrop

p" HoooAI'oS AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
10 be published IN Chariss,on, s. C.
EDWIN HERIor, EDuroR.
HNtE subscriber proposes, as soon as his sub :.
IL scrption list, now in progress, will wnrrnn,
the undertaking, to publish, in this city. r,
MONTHLY JoURNAL, exclusively devoted TO the
| Advancement of the above objects. Its scope and
design are 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-conducted Journals. The interests of
Southern Education and Home Industry. which
are indIssoiubly connected, have, as yet, no spe-
cial organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy OF
their claims and the record ofther Joint progrs So
With the general diffusion Of practical educatio
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, pr0portionsbly 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 il will be con-
Quoted.
TO advocate, strictly and exclusively Southern
Education--the encouragement of our own Liter
School Books, edited, printed and circulated in
the Southern Stntes-to bring into prominent no.
tice all literary undertakings, Books and Period
cals, Colleges and Schools, at the South--to dis,
courage Northern agents, and their School Books,
and expose, in all their deformity and dupcity,
the pernicious doctrines Of Abolition and Hostility
to the South, which they have so long been per-
mltted to instil into the minds of our children
will be the constant and unceasing aim ofthis de-
partment OF the work; and, for this purpose, the
Editor, with the assistance Of ready contributors,
has abundant facilities at hand. " he awarding
all due merit to other systems Of education it viii
be the aim OF this Journal to promote, moro es-
pecialy, those which are most decidedly practiea:
and best adapted to the active business Of life
Essays on all subjects connected with Educatier
Reviews Of all School Books and literary wo-N
published at the South-Reports of Teachers
Conventions, or extracts from them-of Colleg
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before I it
esnry Societes-and Of the progress oflaw N I'd
cal, military and free schools at the Soutt- 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 MANUFACTURES, az well as all ether
branches of industry--of Factories and Work
shops, for the production Of every article Of do
mestc consumption or use, among us--and of
new inventions, improvements, models, and de-
signs IN mechanism and the fine Arts--bringng
into notice the names. qualifications and localities
OF our own mechanics and amateurs IT. cir
achievements, and rewards Of merit received at
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 Hosr JOURNAL will cor.
tain AZ pages, octave, bi-monthly, and furnishcc
to subscribers and others at S9 per annum or
copies for $5-paynbLe al The end of the volume, or
IN proportion, on the delivery o. numbers, lss
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion o
full notices Of new enterprises, &C., in each mum
Der, will make IL the interest Of those concerned in
them to secure as many copies possible, for cir
culatlon among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TEE HOME JOURNAL" will make
no promises or pretensions. Not entering the
lists for competition with any, and standing in
the way fnone, its 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, 1t will seek to preserve the Union of
the South, by developing her resources and stim
uating the industry Of her people.
April l2, l65l-tf