Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-04-01
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A Southern Monthly Magazine


ygyI E undersigned will commence in the City OF
4 Richmond. early in January. the publication
acf Monthly Magazine, under the above title.
! ItwilI present 10 II readers elections from the
hest European Periodicals. OF Literary and Seien-.
tiic Articls Of Novels, Gales aud Sketches, which
having already received the tmprinlatpre Of an en-
Iiphtened taste, cannot but prove .aeceptaDle -
tie Southern public. The effort WILDE mace y
keep the reeders Of the Magazine as nearly as pes
sibie abreast Of the literary progress OF me age
ARRANGEMENTS have been made which, u IS hoped
will enable the Proprietors to secure this end
The Magazine viii also present original drtieles
from our best writers, in all departments, and
special aim Of the Proprietors OF this periodleal
viii he "a foster Southern authorship by offering
Al adcqQate and remuneratiYe held for It's eyer
else. They will MT, however, under the pea OF
this design, encourage, By Reproduction IN its COS
unns, that class of compositions which create
yavid and unhealthy taste, tesbe stated only Dy
III At hybrid literature WHICH Iankee ingenuity
has contriyed, under the name Il sensational fo-
finance. e se EN tEKs%G588 rsaas :
The Industrial Resources and the. Educational
Interest Of the confcperacy -the tain foundations
Eoi all ueindependence will receive the inpor5
tant share Of attention they deserve In the oe-
yeopment Of thess questions .Its objectw pc 70
| make practical application ~ ths o9etrIhet o.
States Rirfitato The y0licg ofthe country IL viii
cndeavorjto eMplain the mission Of TIE CnHiederaey,
which is 10 denonstrate liberty regulated By laws
10 exhibit system Of States each supreme With
| in It's foundation, and only bound by voluntary
4 alicneten ofpowefs IT will yindicate those ee-
ments Of National Independence, V iich are seeur-
ed by high standard Of nteliiee nce and refine
meDt, by accrmulated capital, varied Industry
and by abundant facilities INSTRUMENTATION.
will DTonigte The adoption Olaf ttIose measures
in which the Contederate states are nor eef'stent
I Ard, whilst the Constitution of the Confederate
States forbids the General Government to organ
ixeand operate enterprises Of nature calculated
toattan these resus. the projectors viii consider
1T their duty to urge upon the states the aeYeloP
ment ofinterests 80 Indispensable To the national
welfare. 1t ie thus that, through the agsDgate
ability Of the separate States, the power OF the
Confederate States will be made manifest, IT is
thus that the collision of sectional interest and the
oppressonof common head will be avoided.
The various departments ofilterature TO which
The Magazine will be devoted may pc named as
follows:
l. Essays, original and selected. politfcat, hit
eracy and Scientific, and Biographical Sketches.
2. Novels, Tales and Sketches, original and Sc
| lected.
3. Reviews Of books
4. Educational Essays and Views.
| 5, Notices Of the progress of Sciencc md Art.
In the fourth section, it is the design to afford to
Teachers information needed in their profession,
and field for the terchaage ideas on that sub
ject, to which end, their assistance and colaoora-
tionis invited; Southern School Books Will be no.
ticed and reTiewed and the Southern system Of
Education as opposed to New England empiricsIn
and praeticalism, upheld, developed and defended
TERMS.-Each nuInper, 81 so For three
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Chief Editor.
Ernest lAGR4nE.
Associate Editor
January 2, 1864.