Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-10-17
PROsPECT On
Besa ncon's Annual .Iana,. !.
OF THE STATE OF MIssIsS,gn''

OF THE STATE OF MISsIsSIpp,
n NOR l838.--To contain anal,t
IL calculated for the meridian &c a "
ez; Sketches Of the early histors = N y
State; the State Constitution !: ny y WI
OF all county and State officers; INV aa'as
rated banks, with their official bon rSy'
pitfalls, &c; population of the coun,as .
county towns, with their distances / y
Jackson; public buildings, church,. ''la
tells, stores and manufactures Of ths "
clpal or county towns; incorpora,ear s
road companies, with their official bo.' /
amount of stock, and the localities ~ "
rail roads, whether commenced IN; 'aY'
temptation; list Of colleges, academies \,
semlnarles, with the date oftheir inco''
ration, annual income, names Of presidIy
professors or principals, and numbe,
students or pupils; names of the eIece,
precincts, post offices, rivers. cres
lakes, bayous; description of natural J
artificial curiosities; list of churcbes y
various denominations, with the mama. ;,
the clergymen and the number Of mes
6ers belonging to each; tables of the N.Y.
ducts of cotton in various years; ~
rected photography Of the Indian mama,
OF counties, towns and rivers in the ChoE
asaw and Choctaw cessions, with mas,
OF valuable statistics relating 10 the soI
agriculture, resources and productions y
the new counties, as we'll as the STATE !,
Iarge:-To which will be added, 4 COM
pIete sectional map of the State, shownr
The divisions, course of streams and h.,
lon OF county seats in the new counties
The necessity ofan annual volume lks
his, as book Of reference to eyery eli,
zen engaged in business, as well as TO fra.
'elIers and spectators, will be apparentn
Ill., 1t is needed to develope the resource,
II the state; to give useful information 70
he emlgrant, and to,embody, in an aces.
lble compass, such '9aIuable statistics
an be obtained from no other source.
Laying aside the considerations of utit
y, the feeling of State pride would be
uiilcIent motive TO sustain a publicatm
well calculated to show, at a view. th
opulation, agricultural wealth and Al.
lost boundless resources of the State
he annual publication of the Register
he continuation Of which depends upon
he patronage of the first year will give
lie publisher ample opportunity to keen
with The improvements of the State
I'D make his volumes the annual records
the advance of society in mercantile
lrsults, in the arts, in education, and all
lat embellishes life.
The publisher has been at the expense
sending an agent into every county in
e State to obtain accurate statistics on
hich he could rely. He has also made
arrangements to have the State map for
e Register engraved by distinguished
list IN an eastern city, He has only 10
ok to a generous public for reimburse
ent OF these heavy expenses, and for
inclent patronage to make it an obiectto
ntlnue the publication in future; but, at
same time, he would scorn to ask any
'or that may not be fully earned by the
rInslc merit and value of the Reqister,
lie commends his enterprise to all class.
OF his iellow-citizens, to Judges, coun.
clerks, registers, and those State off.
s who may have valuable information
such a compilation, and whose inter.
1t may be to communicate the same for
1ication.
All matter for compilation which those
o are DESTROYS Of forwarding the enter.
Sc may furnish, should be transmitted
vIous to the first day of November
It.
The Register will be printed with new
g. on hne paper, in the duodecimo form.
more than two hundred pages--to be
nd IKE the American Almanac. and
or ANNALS of the class.
he price of the Register, including the
iona, map of the State, to subscribers,
be FIVE DOLLARS, payable on delivery
ne volume. Large discounts will be
: 9 10, TO agents who become responsible
sell again.
III limited number of advertising pages
DC appended to the Register for the
mage offriends who may desire their
rus. to penetrate every part of
lIuJG. 'InrTnc IF
YER line. o. O"' D''
orders for the work, and all commu..
IONS containing special information
incorporated in the Register, may bes
'SSed to the compiler and publisher.
L. A. BESANCON.,
&c Trader Office, Natchez.