The Ripley transcript. (Ripley, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1837-11-09
Prospectus
OF
BEsAScoN's ANNUAL REGISTER.
or THE STATE OF MISS. OR 1895:


- for the meridian Of ratchez; Sketches of
the early History of the Stltc the State consti-
tuition; the names all Csnty and State Officers;
incorporated Banks, with their official DO lrds, ca
lptal; &C.; Population Of the counties ard county
towns, with thof distances from jackson: Public
Buildings, Churches, Hotels, Stores and Manufac-
tories ofthe principal or county towns; Incorpo-
rated Railroad Companies, with theh official boards
amount of stock, and the localities OF their rail-
roads, whether commenced or in contemplation;
List of Colleges, Academies andSeminaries, with
the date of their incorporation, annual income,
names of President, Professors, or Principals, and
number ofstudents or principals; Names of the, Il
lection Precincts, Post Offices, Rivers, Creeks
Lakes, Bayous; Descriptions of natural or Artif-
cial Crriosties; List Of Churches of various demo
limitations, with the names of the Cergymcn and
the number of members belonging to each; Tables
OF the products of Cotton in various years; cor
rected photography of the Indian names of Coun-
tiles, Towns and Rivers in the Chickasaw and
tChoctaw Cessions, with mass of valuable Sta
tistcs relating to the soil, agriculture, resources
and productonsof the new countless as well as the
State at large. To which will be added, a COM
Iplete sectional Map of the State, showing the di-
visions, course of streams, and location of county
seats in the new counties.
The necessity of an annual volume like this, as
book of reference to every citizen engaged in bu-
Isness, as well as to travellers and spectators,
will be apparent to all. 1t is needed to devellope
the resources of the State; to give useful nforma-
ton to the emigrant, and to embody, in an Access
slble compass, such valuable statistics as can be
obtained from no other source.
Laying aside the considerations of utility, the
feeling of State pride would be sufficient motive
ito sustalna publication so well calculated to show
at view, the population, agricultural wealth, and
almost boundess resources of the State. The an
nual publication the Register the continuation
of which depends upon the patronage the 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 adj
vance OF Society in mercantile pursuits in the arts
in education, and all that embellishes life.
The publisher LAS been at the expense of send
ing an agent into every county in the State to OBJ
tain accurate statistics on which he could reley.
lie has also made arrangements to have the State
map Tor the Register engraved by distinguished
artist IN an eastern city. He has only to look to
a generous public for reimbursement of these hea-
Wy expenses, and for sufficient patronage to make
1t an object to continue the publication in future;
but, at the same time, he would scorn to ask any
favor that may not be fully earned by the intrinsic
merit and value of the Register.
lie commends his enterprise to all classes of his
fellow citizens, to Judges, County Clerks, Regis
tiers, and State officers who may have valuable in
formation for such compilation, and whose inter-
est it may be to communicate the same for publ
cation,
All matter for compilation which those who are
deslrous of forwarding the enterprise may furnish
should be transmitted previous to the first day off
November next.
The register will be printed with new type, on
hne paper IN the duodecimo form, with smore than
TWO hundred pages-to be bound like the Ameri-
can Almanac, and other ANNALS of the class,
The price of the Register, including the section
al Map Of the State, to subscribers, will be FIVE
DOLLARS, payableon delivery ofthe volume. LARGE
discounts will be made to agents who become re-
sponsibe for a number of volumes, or who pur-
chase it to sell again.
limited number of advertising pages will he
appended to the Register for the advantage OF
friends who may desire their advertisements to ne
letrate every part of the State. Terms of adyer-
Using, One Dolla,. line.
All orders for the work, and all communications
containing special information to be Incorporated
n the Register, may be Addressed to the COMPILER
md publisher. L. "A. BESANCON.
Free Trader Office Matches.
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