The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-15
PR SIP ECrU S
SOUTHERN HOME JOuRNAT,
or EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.

or EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY
TO be published IN Charleston, S. C..
ELwM HERIor, EDiroR.
iE subscriber proposes, as soon MS his sub
- scnption list, now in progress, will warrant
the undertaking, TO publish, in this city, u BIZ
MoNTHLy JoURNAI., exclusively devoted TO the
advancement Of the above objects. Its scope and
design are such rs 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-coIducte Journals. The interests OF
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indissolubly connected, have, as vet no spe-
cial organ, devoted n ainly to the advocacy Of
their claims, and the record oftheir Joint progress
With the general diffusion Of practical educatlc
among the people, their industrial prosperity mus,
naturally be placed more permanent basin
and the condition ofthe 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
wlllmeet their appreciation. he will now proceed
to state the principles upon which it will be con-
Quoted.
To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Educaiion--the encouragement Of our own Liter
airy Institutions, and the publication of Southern
oSiiuti o"OhO, eu1tcu, PTitlteu ana circulated IN
the Southern States--t0 bring into prominent no.
tlce all literary undertakings, Books and Perod-
cals, Colleges and Schools, al the South--to dis.
courage Northern agents, and their School Books.
and expose, in all their deformity and duplicity,
the pernicious doctrines Of Abolition and Hostility
to the South, which they have 40 long been per-
mitted to instil into the minds Of our children
will be the constant and unceasipg aim of this de-
partment Of the work; and, for this purpose, the
Editor, with the assistance Of ready contributors
has abundant facilities at hund. " 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 are most decidedly pyactica.
and best adapted to the active business Of life
Essays on all subjects connected with Educatcr
Reviews Of all School Books and literary wo.kJ
published at the South-Repor,s Of Teachers
Conventions, or extracts from them--of Colleg
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before it,
efary Societies--and OF the progress oflaw m cd.
ica, military and free schools at the South viii.
constitute the main features Of this division C.. IA
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices OF the progress of THE MEoHAKIs
ARTS AND MANUFACTUREs, as well as all ether
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 mechanism and the fine Arts--bringne
INTO notice the names, qualifications aud 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, ard satisfied
| facts relating to their progress.
Each number OF the HONE Journal will cor
tain ~ pages, octave, bimontily, and furnsliet
to subscribers aud others at 50 per annum, or
copies for S'J--payabfe al he end Of Tie roiup,e, or
IN proportion, on the delivery OF numbers, Is.
cep nd lass h,t ho
full notices OF new enterprises, &C., ia each nun
Der, will make IL the interest of those concerned ia
Them to secure as many copies possible, for cir
culstion among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TtE HomE JounsaL" will make
no promises or pretensions. Not entering the
lists for competition with any, and standing in
the way of none, It's legitimate sphere and elm 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 slim
unting the industry Of her people
April ~, lS51-ff