The southern press., 1851-08-07
PROSP ECTUS
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL:
OF EDUCATION AND DoMEsrIc Innusrzr.
To be published in CharIeston, s. O., 4
EnwIN HrnIor En.rop aLlNi ~. u
vNHE subscriber proposes, !, soon Z. his :,


VNHE subscriber proposes, soon a. his sui
Il scription list, now in progress, will warrant
the undertaking, to publish. in this city, Br
MONTHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted TO the
advancement Of the above objects. Its acope 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 indssolubly connected. have, as yet, no spe-.
cial organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy Of
their claims, and the record oftheir Joint prugrtss
With the general diffusion of practlcal eaucatio
among the people, their industrial prosperitymust
naturally be placed on more permanent hnsis
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 conidsne3.to 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 tho object
wiil'meet their appreciation, he will now proceed
to state the principles upon which 1t will be con-
Quoted t
To 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.,
ice all literary undertakings, Books and Period
icals, Colleges and Schools, the South--to dis
| courage Northern agents, and their School Books,
and expose, in all their deformty and duplicitv
the pernicous 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 unceasng 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. " hie awarding
all due merit to other systems Of education il viii
be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more es-
hIrh l~o.J .J~.lI..
and best adapted to the active business of life
Essays on all subjects connected with Educater
Reviews Of all School Books and literary wo-ls
published at the South-Repors Of Teacher
Conventions, or extracts from them-of Colleg
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before I T.
cary Societies-and Of the progress oflaw,nsd
ical, military and free schools at the Souti-wil.
constitute 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 MANuFAcrUREs, well a. all ether
branches of industry-of Factories and Work.
shops, for the production Of every article Of do
mestlc consumption or use, among us-and of
new Inventions, Improvements, models, and de-
signs in mechanism and the fine Aru-brineine
into notice the Names qualifications and localities
or our own mechanics and amateurs their
achievements, and rewards of merit received at
public exhibitions. IL 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
tin AZ peges, octave, bi-monthIy, and Furnished
To subscribers and others at 81 per annum, or
copies for sl5-pnyabs al the end of the roiuns or
IN proportion, on the delivery o. numbers, 1s;
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion Q
full notices OF new enterprises, &C., in each nun
ber will make IL the interest Of those concerned r
them to secure as many copies possible for cir
culntIon among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TLE HomE JOURNAL will make
no promises or pretensions. Not entering the
lists for competition with any, and standing in
the way ofnone, its legitimate sphere and aim will
be TO promote the interests of a--recognizing no
party, in education politics, but the party of
the South, it will seek TO preserve the Union of
the South, by developing her resources and slim
ulating the industry Of her people.
April I2, l85I--tf