Southern telegraph., 1837-08-29
PROSPECTUS
OF
BESANCON'S ANNUAL REGISTER
OF TIE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
ron 1899.
To contain an Annual Almanac, calcu-
lated for the meridian of Natchez; Sketches
Of the early History of the State; the State
Constitution; the names Of county and
State Officers; Incorporated Banks, with
their official boards, capitals, &c. PopuIa-
ton of the counties and county towns, with
their distances from jackson; Public Build
ings, Churches, Hotels, Stores and Manu-
factories Of the principal of county towns;
incorporated Railroad Companies with their
official boards, amount Of stock, and the
localities Of their railroads, whether com
mcnced or in contemplation, List of Collie
ges, Academies and Semnaries, with the
date oftheir incorporation, annual income,
names Of President, Professors Of Principal
Colleges, aud number Of students or pupils;
Names Of the Election PresinctS, Post Off
ccs, Rivers, Greeks, Lakes, Bavous, De
scription of natural or artificial Curiosities :;
List of Churches various denomin }tons,
with the names of the CIergvmcn and the
numbes of members belonging to each;
! Tables of the product of Cotton in various
wears; 4 corrected photography Of the In
dian names Of counties, Towns and Rivers
! in the ChIckasaw and Choctaw Cessions,
with mass Of valuable Statistics relating
TO the soil, agriculture, resources and pro-
! ductions Of the new counties, as we'll as the
State at large To which will be added,
a complete Sectional Map of the State,
showing the divisions, course of steams and
location Of county seats in the new coun-
ties.
The necessity Of an ANIMAL volume like
this, as a book Of reference to every citizen
engaged 10 business, as well as to travellers
and SPECTATORS, will be apparent to all.
II is needed to dovelope the resources of
the State; to give useful infjrmation to the
emigrant, and TO embody, in an accessible
compass, such valuable statistics, as can be
obtained from no other source.
Laying aside the considerations ofutiIiiy,
the feeling ofStato pride would be a sufi-
cient motive to sustain publication so well
calculated to show, at n view, the population.
agricultural wealth and almost boundess |
resources Of the State. The annual pub
LECTION of the Register (thc continuation OIL
which depends upon the patronage Of the |
first year, will give the publisher ample |
opportunity to keep up with the improve
ments ofihe State, and mike his volumes the
annual records Of the advance Of society in
mercantile pursuits, in the arts in education,
and all that embelishes life.
The publisher had been at the expense
OF sending an agent into every county in |
the State to obtain accurate statistics on
which he could rely. lie has also made |
arrangements to have the State map for the |
Register engraved by a distinguished artist
IN an eastern city. He has only to look to
a generous public for reimbursement of
these heavy expenses and for sufficient
patronage to make it 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.
He commends bis enterprise to all classes
of his fellow-citizens, to Judges, County
Clerks, Registers, and those State officers
who may have valuable information for
such compilation, and whose interest it
may be 10 communicate the same for pub
LEGATION.
All matter for compilation which those
who are DESTROYS of forwarding the enter
prise may furnish, should be transmitted
previous to the first day of November next.
The Register will be printed with new
type, on fine paper in the duodecmo
form, with more than two hundred pages
to be bound like the American Almanac
md other ANIMALS ofthe class.
The price ofthe Register. including the
sectional Map of the State, to subscribers
will be FIVE DOLLARS, payable on de-
livery of the volume. Large discounts will
,e made 10 agents who become responsible
or number of volumes, or who purchase !
t to sell again
A limited number Of advertising pages i
vii be appended to the Register for the S
dyantage Of friends who may desire their f
dvertisements to penetrate every part Of \
le State. Terms of advertising, one Dol c
Ir line II
All orders for the work, and all commu- a
cations containing special information to fl
, Incorporated in the Register, may be adj u
essed to the compiler and publisher. II
l.. A. BESANCON.
Free ITader office, Ndtc6e.. q,