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: The promptngs Of patriotism snd State pdde
rhould induce US to lend liberal support to those
periodicals that aiming to wake Southern thought
and develop literature peculiarly our own Yet
the history Of Magazines plainly shows that these
sentiments are but poor reliance. Patriotism viii
build up fine speeches for national holidays but
will never sustain periodical merely because it is
. home enterprise. Interest rs well as love OF coun-
Nv must be touched before we can expect gener-
ous patronage How is it With our three monthies!
Do they appeal to merely State PRIDE! linen !oe!r
reliance is both precarious and uncertain. Intrinsic
merit tact, ability and energy must be exhibited in
their pages before general sympathies will be en-
listed in their favor. There are two important
classes in society be conciliaed,-t intelligent
and the ignorant. To accomplish this d'scrmi'
mating mean should be carefully observed between
the substantial and the popular. Fill their pages
with learned dis1uistions the abstract sciences,
and the majority of our citizens will nothing
for them. while on the other hand, magazine con-
tsining nothing stories, tales and sentimental
verses will be spurned by those whose opinions are
= OF our monthly periodicals the University Maya
zine is pioneer. 1t has struggled through almost
seven years of q precarious existence. Under the
starving system it has time and again waned to the
very verge of extinction; but by the industrious
efforts of few faithful friends, and the zeal Of the
Young gentlemen who have had it In charge, its
prospects seem now frightening for long life of
usefulness 1t has been of incaculable value in
bringing to light many historical documents con-
nected with our revolutionary period The leading
article il each number is OF permanent interest,"
while the other papers generally display good pro-
portion of taste and ability. Let every one then
who feels an interest in the neglected history of our
State, give it a generous support. Let him who mas
at heart the welfare of noble University sustain
its magazine
The object of the Journal of Education COM
ends itself to every friend of education and every
intelligent man is that friend. 1t enters field of
labor embracing vast scope and variety Of inter-
ests. 1t is no mercenary scheme. 1t is purely "a
labor of love- It's prime aim is to difuse light and
knowledge among the people, to correct abuses,
overturn prejudices, elevate our Common School
system and promote in every respect the paramount
cause of education. Here the best modes of in
struction and discipline are to be canvassed; the
duties responsibilities and influences of educators
to be discussed and each teacher invited to grow
wiser by the experience of his fellows. By thus
est as people will be promoted, and lasting good
result 1t is more especially the Teachers Journal,
and to them does it look and appeal for support.
They are capable of making it mighty lever in
shaping the destnies of the rising generation. But,
brethren of the ferule if stand by and passively
see it sink with it will sink characters for
patriotism, intelligence and public spirit. Its inter-
ests are our interests; and for one am unwilling to
suffer the taunt that the school masters of North
Carolina too stngy and too illiterate to sustain
their own bantling.
The three numbers that have been issued augur
we'll for its future. The board of editors consists of
sixteen men of ability and influence; but this is
modestly suggested as sign of weakness than other.
wise. The responsibility is too much divided. 1t
needs concentration.
The FIRST number of Stedmans Salem Magazine
has made its appearance. Its pretensions are much
al. &c, H.,
1t offers itself to public patronage as devoted e.
elusirely to Literature."-as the embodiment Of
pure Literature, "-as the "emporiuns of Southern
Literature, and as "a polite teacher of the Goc-
trines of a chaste and elegant Literature" The
editor says that he has "secured the services of
some of the abest writer's in the south" and adds,
with seeming satisfaction, that a more brilliant
category % G) of Literary names never graced the
pages Of any magazine in this country"
:. No author should be unwilling to have his style
investigated according to the received standards of
excellence. This l propose to do in the spirit of
candor and fairness This is the first ISSUE The
"sanctum y" is a new home to the editor. The quill
feels awkward in his Impractical hand the robes
editorial hang loosely about him, and the " chair
is hard and uncomfortable 1t too is State enter
prise. Due allowance should be made for all these
things, while criticism which it seems to invite,
should not be entirely disarmed. The sooner errors
are pointed out and corrected the better; if then
few defects shall be bayonetted by "Steel Pen, :"
the editor will please take hint that may be of
service to him in the future He is at full liberty to
consider the shaft as Lilliputian dart hurled at
mighty CULVER
Scattered through the pages of "Our Magazine"
we find many violations of photography, such for
instance as MYSTERY, diligently k7lauings naonied
oail, melancholy, droped. OF course place all
these to the of that miserable little imp that
haunts every printing Office; but l suggest that
many more such doses will endanger the health of
tho1 6ov ole
and inelegant expressions, such as "hod drank -
"spoke als"-'' more in full oieao"-" more am6i-
tions than them all and what is still more CEN
surable, the application of Scrptural passages to
the most trivial affairs Some may deem these mat.
tiers of insgnifcance, but affirm that they are alb
soutely essential to every effective composition. It
is no credit to know how to spell and parse while at
the same time is discredt for editor to fail in
these particulars.
The body of the magazine contains sixteen arti-
eles. Without stopping to inquire into the mean.
ing Of A Portrait" wade through at least nine
and thirty blunders and inconsistencies in the "Pi.
rates Daughter" and fall upon the really sensible
"Camera Obscura." We pass several sensation sto-
RES and also paper "A6ectionasely inscribed etc.
Seven poetcal illusions follow, some of which are
written in graceful, and flowing numbers. We turn
to the Editorial department." and are panied
to find that even here the style is loose, confused
and obscure. Read the opening paragraph -" In
making this our first appearance, though modestzy,
anpretemdingty and without any exhibition Of self
confidence, and must say with no little degree Of
d!tidence, We hope and confidently believe that we
have redeemed any and every promise that we have
hitherto made, or the kindness and partiality Of
friends have pronounced in our behalf"
This sentence is long, complex and tedious Four
sonorous epithets are used to express one simple
idea, and Judging from other passages verify be.
!ieVe that If another synonym had been thought Of
it would have been lugged in.
Again. But the question presents itself in the
minds Of those who are skeptical of success, aohen
the South ricab the North; or ,oho haze rendered
a cerdict Of failure will " Stedmans Magazine >
equal Harper'" &C., &c. The editor has quzz
cal way OF propoundlng simple question; but al
there is something about verdict in it, take 4
for granted that il is but kanZ nnnnneriera