The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-23
PR o s &c L u s
OF THE
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL.


10 be published IN Charleston, s. C. e
EDwM HERIor, EDITOR.
TuNHR subscriber proposes, az soon as his subs
Il scription list, now in progress, will warrant
the undertaking, to publish, in this city, a 81 4
MONTHLY JouRnAL, exclusively devoted to the
advancement Of the above objects. Its scope and
desgn are such will not interfere with those Of
any other publication now in existence as the
South. In every other department Of Periodical
Literature, We are well supplied with ably7editsdl
and weil-conducted Journals. The ntefe4ts Of
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indissoluby connected, have, az yet, no spe-
ciaI organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy OF
their claims, and the record oftheir joint prngitn
With the general diffusion ofpracucal iducatje :.
among the people, their industrial prosperity mIat
naturally be placed on more 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
willmeet their appreciation, he will now proceed
TO state the principles upon which it will be con-
Quoted.
To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Education--the encouragement of our own Liter
ary Institutions, and the publication OF Southern
the Southern States--to bring into prominent no.
tice all literary undertakings, Books and Period
icals, Colleges and Schools, ut the South---t0 dis
courage Northern agents, and their School Books,
and expose, in all their deformty and duplicity,
the perncious doctrines Of Abolition and Hostility
to the South, which they have SO long been per-
mtted to insti into the minds of our children
will be the constant and unceasiDg 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
all due merit to other systems Of education il will
be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more e.
pecally, those which are most decidedly practice.
and best adapted to the active business Of life
Essays on all subjects connected with EducaticE
Reviews Of all School Books and literary wo-l1
published at the South--Rsports Of Tsacksrs
Conventions, or extracts from them--of Colleg
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before Il
e-ary Societies-and Of the progress oflaw m ed
ical, military and free schools at the South vii
constitute the main features of this division c. Re
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress Of THE MEcHAHic
branches Of industry-of Factories and Work
shops, for the production Of every article Of do
| mestic consumption or use, among us--and OF
new Inventions, improvements, models, and de-
| signs in mechanism and the fine Arts--bringing
into notice the names qualifications and localities
|
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 HOME JOURNAL will cor
tnin AZ pages, octave, bi-monthly, and furnished.
| to subscribers and others at ~ per annum, or
copies for S5-payabie at the end Of the poIlms,
in proportion, on the delivery Of numbers, 49,
| cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion
full notices Of new enterprises, &C., in each mum
Der, will make it the interest Of those concerned in
them to secure as many copies possible, for Cir
culation among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TEE HoME JOURNAL" will make
no promises or pretensons. Not entering the
lists for composition with any, and standing in
the way of none, its legitimate sphere and aim will
be to promote the interests Of all-recognizing no
party, in education politics, but the party Of
the South, Il will seek to preserve the Union Of
the South, by developing her resources and slim
ulating the industry of her people.
| April H. l65l-tf