The Ripley transcript. (Ripley, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1837-10-05
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BnsAscos's ANNUAL RI lister.
OF THE STATE OF Miss, FOR o9o


IYNVO contain an Annual Almanack, calculate
for the meridiaa of Natchez; Sketches {
the early History of the State; the State yonsti
tuition; the names ofall County and State OArcrs
Incorporated Banks, with ther official boards, Gu
pital; &C.; Population of the counties and count
, towns, with their distances from Jackson: Publ
Buildings, Churches, Hotels, Stores and ManufaC
tories ofthe principal or county towns; lncorpc
rated Railroad Companies, with their official board
amount of stock, and the localities of their rail
roads, whether commenced or in contemplation
, List of Colleges, Academesiand Seminaries, wit
the date Of their incorporation, annrd income
names Of President, Professors, or Principals, AM
number ofstudents or principals; Names of the, |
Lection Precincts, Pest Offices, Rivers, Greeks
Lakes, Bayous; Descriptions of natural or Artif
|ca Curosities; List Of Churches of various demo
limitations, with the names of the Clergymen ant
the number of members belonging to each; Table,
of the products of Cotton in various wears: q cor
rected Orthography OF the Indian names of Coup
ties, Towns and Rivers in the Chckasau dnd
IChoctaw Cessions. with mass of valuable Sta
tstcs relating to the soil, Agriculture, resources
and productions of the new counties, well as the
plete sectional Map of the State, showing the d.
visions, course Of streams and location Of county
seats in the new counties.
The necessity Of an annual volume like this, az
Ia book of reference to every citizen engaged in bu
siness, as well as to travellers and spectators,
Twill be apparent to all. Ii is needed to devellope
the resources of the State to give useful informa-
tion to the emigraht, and to embody, in an access
sible compass, such valuable statistics as con be
obtained from no other source.
Laying aslde Tile consiaSration, Of ,+:l:4,, tho
feeling Of State pride would Ia sufficient motive
Ito sustain publication so well calculated to show
at view, the population, agricultural wealtk, and
almost boundless resources of the State. The an
nual publication ofthe Register THE continuation
of which depends upon the patronage thei first
year, will give the publisher ample opportunity to
keep up with the improvements of the State and
make his volumes the annual records Of the ad-
vance of society in mercantile pursuits, in the arts
in education, and all that embellses kfa.
The publisher has been ut the expense Of send
ing an agent into every county in the State to oh
tain accurate statistics On which he could reley.
He has also made arrangements to have the State
map for the Register engraved by distinguished
artist in en- eastern city. He hus only to look to
a generous public for reimbursement of these hea-
Wy expenses, end Tor sufficient patronage to make
it an dbccJ to continue the publication in future
but, NJ the same time, he would scoln to ask any
favor nat may not be fully earned by the intrinsic
merit and value of the Register.
lie eommends his enterprise to all classe, of his
clio" citizens, to Judges, County Clerks, Regis
ers, and st g officers who may havc/,Iuable in
ormation for such a compilation, AZ nose inter-
cation.
All matter for compilation a these who arc
iesrous of forwarding the emu, Use may furnish,
should be transmitted prcSioyto the first day of
November next. |
The register will he pr'ned with new type, on
inc paper in the duodecimS form, with more than
wo hundred pages--to be bound like the Ameri-
IAN Almanac. and other ANIMALS of the class,
The price of the Register, Including the section
i Map of the State, to subscribers, will be FIVE
DOLLARS, payable on delivery ofthe volume. Large
discounts will be made to agents who become re-
ponsble for q number Of volumes, or who pur
hase it to sell again.
limited nurnber of advertising pages will be
ppended to the Register for the advantage O,
riends who may desire their advertisements to pc
citrate every part of the State. Terms of adyer-
ising, One Dollar q line.
All orders for the work, and all communications
obtaining special information to be incorporated
n the Register, may be addressed to the compiler
nd publisher. l.. A. BESANCON.
Free Trader Office Matches.
EStB.sa yS-TiasDah County