Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-12-12
PROSPECTUS OF
Besancon's Annual Register
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OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
ENOR 1838.-To contain an Alma,
calculated for the meridian Of Nh
ez; Sketches Of the early history &c y
State; the State Constitution; the nam. "
Of all county and State officers: inco,s
rated banks, with their official boards r.
pitfalls, &C.; population Of the counties !,
county towns, with their distances i,a~
Jackson; public buildings, churches l.
tells, stores and manufactures of the min
cipal or county towns; incorporated VII
road companies, with their official board.
amount of stock, and the localities Of tbs;,
rail roads, whether commenced or in con
temptation; list Of colleges, academies ana
seminaries, with the date Of their ncorDS
ration, annual'income, names of presdeDt
professors or principals, and number 4
students or pupils; names Of the eectlm
precincts, post Offices, rivers, creek,
lakes, bayous; description of natural d
artificial curiosities; list of churches ii
various denominations, with the namesS
the clergymen and the number Of mem
bers belonging to each; tables Of the um.
ducts Of cotton in various years; cor.
rected photography Of the Indian name,
of counties, towns and rivers in the Chick.
asaw and Choctaw cessions, with a mass
of valuable statistics relating TO the SOIL
agriculture, resources and productions d
the new counties. as well as the State Al
large:-To which will be added, a com.
plete sectional map of the State, showing
the divisions, course Of streams and Ioca.
ton of county seats in the new counties.
The necessity of an annual volume like
this, as book of reference to every cili.
zen engaged in business, as well as to ira.
vellers and spectators, will be apparentto
all. 1t is needed to deveIope the resources
of the State; to give useful information to
the emigrant, and to embody, in an aces
sible compass, such valuable statistics IS
can be obtained from no other source,
Laying aside the considerations Of udE.
ty, the feeling of State pride would be.
sufficient motive to sustain a pubicata
so we'll calculated to show, at view, tie +
population, agricultural wealth ana d,
most boundless resources of the State
The annual publication of the Register
(the continuation of which depends upon
the patronage Of the first yeaO will give
the publisher ample Opportunity to keep
up with the Improvements OF the State
and make his volumes the Annual records
of the advance of society in mercantile
pursuits, in the arts, in education, and all
that embellishes life.
The publisher has been at the expena
of sending an agent into 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 distinguishes
artist in an eastern city. He has only 10
look toa generous public for Reimburse
ment of these heavy expenses, and for
patronage to make it an objectto
continue the publication in future; but, at
Lhesame time, he would scorn to ask any
fafor that may not be fully earned by the
Intrinsic merit and value Of the Register,
He commends his enterprise to all class
IS of his lellow-citizens, to judges, coun-
y clerks, registers, and those State Off
,ers who may have valuable information
or such a compilation, and whose inter
,st it may be to communicate the same for
publication. N
All matter for compilation which those
Who are DESTROYS Of forwarding the enter.
rise may furnish, should be transmitted
PREVIOUS to the first day Of November
lext.
The Register will be printed with new
ype, on fine paper, in the duodecimo form,
With more than two hundred pages--toh
ound like the American Almanac, and
ther ANIMALS Of the class.
The price of the Register, including the
ectional map of the State, to subscribers
,ill be FIVE DOLLARS, payable on delivery
+ the volume. Large discounts VIII DC
lade to agents who become responsible
Dr. a number of volumes, or who purchase
to sell again. ElH
A limited number Of advertising pages
i'll be appended to the Register for inc
dvantage Of friends who may desire thelt
tvertisements to penetrate every parL y
10 State. Terms ofadvertising, One D0F
r. perline. n 4itina y'"s
All orders for the work, and all comlnu
cations containing special information
be Incorporated in the Register, may "
dressed to the compiler and publisher
H a"t L. A. BESANCON.
Free Trader Office, Matches.
r II. CRAWFORD will, in future, continue