Southern telegraph., 1837-07-18
PROSPECTUS
BESANCON'S ANNUAL REGISTER
OF TnE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

ron 1888.
To contain an Annual Amannc, calcu.
lated for tho meridian Of NaicheZ; Sketches
of tho carly History of the State; the State
Constitution; tho names Of county and
State Officers; Incorporated Banks, with
their official boards, capitals, &c; PopHla-
ton of the counties aud county towns. with
their distances from Jacksoni Public Bald
ines, Churches, uoicls, Slnres and Alanll-
factories Of the principal Of county towns;
Incorporated Railroad Companies withiheit
official boards, amount Of stock, and ithc
localities oflheir railroads, whether com
menced or in contemplation, List Df Cole
ges. Academies and SenlinaEics, With Ihe
date oftheir incorporation. annual mea1ie.
namesof President. Professors IF Kflass|
Colleges, and usanheF 8 siadea
Names of he lilc6iida E en-
ces, Rivers, Creehs. s
scription of NATURE
List Of Church
wiihthc names a
numbes If nefahe
Tables Of the product lib
years; A corrected orIha s. lh I
dian names Of counties e safs
in the Chickasaw and
with mass Of valuable ting
to the soil, agriculture, reaoae aad hIo.
ductions of the new counties i|
State at large:-To which viii
complete Sectional Map of tE6 State
showing the divisions, course Of nIs Ahd
location Of county seats IN The new iii.
tiles.
The necessity Of an annal volllme Ike
This, as II hook Of reference to every citizen
engaged in business, as woll as 10 travellers
and spcculators,, will be apparent II all
1t is needed TO develope the resources ol
the State; to give useful information to the
emigrant, and 10 embOdy, in an accessible
compass, such valuable statistics, as can be
obtained from no other source.
LAYING aside the considerations ofutilty
the feeling ofState pride would he sufli
cient motive to sustain publication sowel
calculated to show, at view, the population
agricultural wealth and almost boundcs'
resources Of the State. The annual pub
1iiction of the Register (lhe continuation o
which depends upon the patronage of the
first YEAR, will give the publisher ample
opportunity to keep up with the improve
mcnts the State, and make his volumes the
annual records of the advance Of society il
mercantile pursuits, in the arts in education
and all that embeIlishes life.
The publisher had been at the expense
of sending an agent in'o every county il
The State to obtain accurate statistics OF
which he could rely. lie has also made
arrangements to have the State map for the
Register engraved by a distinguished arts
in an eastern city. He has only to look L
a generous public for reimbursement o
these heavy expenses and for sutficien
patronage to make it an object to continue
the publication in future; but; at the SAINT
time, he would scorn TO ask any favor that
may no! be fully earned by the intrinsic
merit and value Of the Registe".
He commends his enterprise to all classe.
of his felow-citzens, to Judges, Count,
Clerks, Registers, and those State officer.
who may have valuable information fol
such compilation, and whose interest i
may be to communicate the same for pub
ication.
u All matter for compilation which those
who are desirous of forwarding the enter
prise may furnish, should be Transmitted
prevoes to the first day of November next
The Register will be printed with new
| type, on fine paper in the duodccimc
form, with moro than two hundred pages
to he bound like the American Almanac
and other ANIMALS ofthe class.
The price the Register. including the
sectional Map Of the State, to subscriber.
will be FIVE DOLLARS, payable on de-
t:rS'', oe tlro rolvss,o, I.,,,,Se discounts ,,il
be made 10 agents who become responsible
for a number of volumes, or who purchase
it TO sell again.
A limited number of advertising pages
will be appended to the Register for the
advantage Of friends who may desire theii
advertisement to penetrate every part ot
the State. Terms Of advertising, One Dol
lar a line.
! All orders for the work, and all commu.
nications containing special information to
be Incorporated in the Register, may be adj
| dressed to the compiler and publisher.
L. A. BESANCON.
Free Trader office, Natches.
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i N. B. Those Editors who shall sec I'll
to publish the Prospectus Of the Register.