It was established by Daniel K. Whitaker and James Ritchie, both from Massachusetts. Established in New Orleans, it was relocated to Charleston during its first year. It continued there until 1854, relocated to Baltimore in 1855, and returned to South Carolina where it was published in Columbia from 1856 to 1857. According to the
South Carolina Encyclopedia, "it survived longer than any other important magazine except the
Southern Literary Messenger." It advocated
classicism in literature,
agrarianism, was pro-slavery in economy, and
Protestant in religion. Editors included Daniel K. Whitaker from 1842–1847, a transplant from New England; and South Carolinian William Gilmore Simms from 1849–1854.
George Frederick Holmes and
Jacob Cardozo had articles published in it. Other contributors included
William J. Grayson,
Robert Barnwell Rhett,
James Warley Miles,
Frederick A. Porcher,
Beverly Tucker, and
J. D. B. De Bow. ==See also==