The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-06
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Secretary Of the S
OSpECTUS
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL,
OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
TO DC published IN Charleston, S. C..
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OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
To be published IN Charleston, S. C..
| EDWIN HERioT, EproR.
FHNIiE subscriber proposes, as soon as his sub
| IL scripnon list, now in progress, will warrant
| the undertaking, to publish, in this city, u BIZ
| MONTHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted to the
advancement of the above objects. It's scope and
design 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 weIl-conducted Journals. The interests Of
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indissolubly Connected have, as YET, no spe-
cial organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy of
their claims and the record oftheir Joint progress
! With the general diffusion Of practical educatc &
among the people, their industrial prosperity must
naturally be placed on more permanent basis
and the condition fthe 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, 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 it will be con-
Quoted
To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Educaton-the encouragement Of our own Liter
airy Institutions, and the publication OF Southern
School Books, edited, printed and circulated in
the Southern States--to bring into prominent
tice all literary undertakings, Books and Period
icas, Colleges and Schools, at 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 ostlity
to the South, which they have so long been per-
mtted to insti 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
| hnc Inn nd bop 1 ia
all due merit to other systems Of education it will
| be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more
pecially, those which are most decidedly practical,
and best adapted to the active business of life.
Essays on all subjects connected with Education
Reviews of all School Books and literary works
pubs!. ed at the South-Reports Of Teachers,
Conventions, or extracts from them--of College
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before Lit
erary Soceties-and OF the progress OIL law, med
zeal, military and free schools at the South--wi
constitute the main features Of this division of the
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress Of THE MECHANIC
ARTS AND MANUFACTURERS, as well as all other
branches of indusry--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
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, and statistical
facts relating to their progress.
Each number Of the HONE Journal will con-
tain AS pages, octave, bi-monttly, and furnished
to subscribers and others at 50 per annum, or 10
copies for Sl5-pnyobie at The end Of the ro,me or,
in proportion, on the delivery % numbers, 1872
cents, and less by the quantity The insertion o
full notices Of new enterprises &C., in each num-
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, "TLE HOME JOURNAL" will make
no promises or pretensions. Not entering the
lists for competition with any, and standing in
the way ofnone, it's legitimate sphere and aim will
be to promote the interests of al--recognizing no
party, in education or politics, but the party of
the South, it viii seek to preserve the Union of
the South, by developing her resources and slim
olating the industry of her people.
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