Southern telegraph., 1837-10-17
PROSPECTUS
BESANCON'S ANNUAL REGISTER
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
FoR 1873


FOR 1888.
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.; Popula-
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 1.-THE
localities Of their railroads, whether com
menccd or in contemplation, List of Collie
ges, Academies and Seminaries, with the
date ofther incorporation, annual income,
names of President. Professors of Principal
Colleges, and number of students or pupils;
Names of the Election Presincts, Post Off
ces, Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Bayous, De-
scription Of natural or artificial Curiosilies;
List of Churches various denominations,
with the names of the Clergvmen and the
numbes of members belonging to each;
Tables of the product of Cotton in various
years; A corrected photography of the In
dian names of counties, Towns and Rivers
in the Chickasaw and Choctaw Ccssions,
with a 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, courso of steams and
location OF county seats in the new coun-
ties.
The necessity Of an ANIMAL volume like
this, as book of reference to every citizen
engaged in business, ms we'll as to travellers
and SPECTATORS will be apparent to all.
1t is needed TO develope the resources of
the State; to give useful information to the
emgrant, and TO cmbody, in an accessible
compass, such valuable statistics, as can be
obtained from no other source.
| Laying aside the considerations of utiIiiy,
the feeling ofState pride would be su6i.
clent motive to sustain publication so well
calculated to show, at view, The population,
agricultural wealth and almost boundIess
resources of the State. The annual pub
LECTION of the Register (the continuation of
which depends upon the patronage of the
first year. will give the publisher ample
opportunity 10 keep up with the improve
menis OF The State, and make his volumes the
annual records Of The advance cf 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 mo every county in |
the State to obtain accurate statistics on
which he could rely. He has also made
arrangements to have the State map for the
Register engraved by a distinguished artist
IN an eastern city. lie has only to look TO
a generous public for reimbursement of
these heavy expenses and for sufficient
patronage TO mike 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.
lie commends his enterprise TO all classes
Dt his tellow-ctizens, TO Judges, County I
Clerks, Registers, and those State officers
who may have valuable information for
such compilation, and whose interest il
my be to communicate the same for pub
ication
HAh Hd'Sl IoI CoIililliauon which those Il
who arc DESTROYS of forwarding the enter .
rise may furnish, should be transmitted !,
'rcvio.s TO the first day of November next
The Register will be printed with new n
ypc, on fine paper in the duodecimo q
orm, with more than two hundred papes-
, be bound like the American Almanac y
nd other ANNALS ofthe class. n
The price Of the Register. including the r
ec:ional Map Of the State, to Subscribers
Ill be FIVE DOLLARS, PAYABLE on de- n
very of the volume. Large discounts win
made 10 agents who become responsible .
a number of volumes, or WHO purchase st
, sell aylin
a limited number of advertising pages Oh
Ill be appended TO the Register for the
Vantage of friends who may desire their Ga
lvertisomcnis to penetrate every parr of VI
c State. Terms Of advertising, One Dol u
= a line. Al
All orders for the work, and all commu-
cations containing special information to IL
Incorporated in the Register, may be adj ii
essed to the compiler and publisher. ID
l.. A. BESANCON. m,
Free Trader office, Nafchcs.
n Is. Those Editors who shall sec #,
publish the Prospectus of the Register. un
III receive the thanks Of the publisher. as va