The southern press., 1851-07-28
PR o osPECTUs
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL.
OF EDUCATION AND DoMEsrIo INnusrn
TO DC published in CAariesion, s. C..
EDWIN HsRror, Ep,roa

OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDusray.
1obe published IN Charleston, 8. C..
EDWIN HERIoT, EDITOR.
VNHE subscriber proposes, az soon az hi. ,,h
scriPuon list, now in progress, will warrant
inc undertaking, to publish, in this citv. n r,
MONTHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted 10 the
advancement Of the above objects. Its scope and
design are such ss will not interfere with those OF
Guy o'her publication now in existence at the
1cu'h. IN every other department of Periodical
Literature, We are well supplied with ably-edited
ana weil'conducted Journals. The interests OF
Southern Education and Home Industry. which
are indissolubly connected, have, as YET, no spe
ciai organ, devoted mainly to tho advocacy of
tns,r cialms and the record ofthsirjoint progress
win the general diffusion Of praciIcal educatio
among the people, their industrial prosperity mus:
naturally be placed on more permsnent basis
and the condition 0fths working classes, in every
branch OF enterprise, proportionabIy elevated and
improved. II IL in accordance with these views.
that the undersigned submits, with confidence, TO
.he consideration OF those who feel interested in
ootn or either Of these great causes, plan by
which their interests can be made identical and
mutually dependent Trusting that the object
wli'meet their appreciation, he will now proceed
70 state the principles upon which it will be con-
Quoted. S
To advocate, strictly and exclusively. Southern
nouGa'ion--the encouragement of our own Liter
-Ss~s'o"oS oitu VIC puUuCdIlOn 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 dir
courage Northern agents, and their School Books.
ana expose, IN all their dsformity and duplicity,
ths 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-
VIII be the constant and unceasing aim of this de-
Partment OF the work; and, for this purpose, the
Editor, with the assistance ready contributors,
has abundant facilities at hand. While 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 practics:
and best adapted to the active business of lift
Essays on all subjects connected with Educatiex
Reviews of all School Books and literary wo-h
published at the South-Reports Of Teach ers
Conventions, or extracts from them--of CoIeg
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before T.
erary Societies-and Of the progress o flaw n ed
lcal, military and free schools at the Soutk- viii
the main features Of this division c. Ia
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress Of 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 Arts-bringinp
into notice the names, qualifications and localities
OF our own mechanics and amateurs IT. cir
achievements, and rewards of merit received az
public exhibitions. II 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.
tain 4s psges, octave, bi-monthly, and Furnished
to subscribers and others at 80 per annum, or
copies for $i5-payabie at the end Of the poiums, or
in proportion, on the delivery of numbers, Ie:
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion
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
culation among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TEE HOME JouRsAL" " 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-recoenizine 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 stim
uating the industry of her people.
April IL, IS5l---tf