The southern press., 1851-07-31
PR OSP ECTUS
oF THE
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL.
OF EDUCATION AND Domestic Ispusray.
To be published in Charlsston, SC.
p II o S P ECTU 8

10 DC puoHshed ~ CharIest0n, Sc.
EDWIN HERIor, EDITOR.
TvvHE subscriber proposes, as soon as his sut.
- scripton list, now in progress, will warrant
the undertaking, to publish, in this city, q Bl
MONTHLY JOURNAL, exciu sively devofed 10 the
advancement OF the above objects. IAAcope and
design are such ss will not interfere with those of
any other publication now in exiatApce At the
South. In every other department Of Periodical
Literature, We are well supplied with ahly-sdited
and well-conducted Journals. The intsrests Of
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indssolubly connected. have, a. yst, no spe-
cinl organ, devoted mainly 10 the advocacy OF
their claims, and the record ofther Joint progress
With the general diffusion of pracDcal educatic
among the people, their industrial prosperity must
naturally be placed on more permanent basis
and the condition ofthe working classes, in every
branch Of enterprise, proportionabIy elevated and
improved. II is in accordance with these views,
that the undersigned submits, with confidence, 10
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
will'meet their appreciation. he will now proceed
to state the principles upon which il will be con-
Quoted.
10 advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Education-the encouragement Of our own Liter
ary Institutions, and the publication OF Southern
School Books, edited, printed and circulated in
the Southern States-to bring into prominent no.
tice 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 duplicitv
the perncious doctrines Of Abolition and hostility
to the South, which they have so long been per-
mitted to instiI into the minds of our children
will be the constant and unceasing 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, it win
be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more %.
pecially, those which most decidedly practica:
and best adapted to the active business Of lifs
Essays all subjects connected with Educaties
Reviews Of all School Books and literary wo.ie
publisl ed at the South-Repors Of Teach ere
Conventions, or extracts from them-of CoIlee
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before IL.
erary Societies-and OF the progress @ flaw m ed
ical, military and free schools at the Soutt- vii
constitute the main features Of this division C.. ks
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress o. THE MECHANIC
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES, as well as all ether
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 Arta--bringing
into notice the names. qualifications and localities
OF our own mechanics and amateurs: IT. cir
achievements, and rewards of merit received at
public exhibitions. II will also contain essays or
all topics connected with these matters; Reports
OF Southern Industrial Institutes, and statistice
facts relating to their progress.
Each number Of the HOME JOURNAL will corr
tain 48 pages, octave, bi-monthly, and Furnished
to subscribers and others at - per annum, or
copies for $l5-payabe at the end ofthe Uoiume, OF
in proportion, on the delivery OF numbers, 1ef
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion
full notices Of new enterprises, &C., in each mum
ber, will make il the interest of those concerned in
them to secure as many copies as possible, for cir
cuation among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TEE HOME JOURNAL" will make
no promises or pretensions. Not entering the
lists for composition with any, and standing in
the way ofnone, 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, il will seek to preserve the Union of
the South, by developing her resources and slim
ulating the industry of her people.
April l2, 1651--tf