Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-12-26
PROSPECTUS OF
Besancon's Annual Registar
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

VI The STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
INOR l838.--To contain an Altman,
calculated for the meridian orNa,S
ez; Sketches Of the early history Of 4
State; the State Constitution; the Man,
Of all county and State officers; ipco,n.
rated banks, with their official boards r
pitfalls, &C.; population Of the counties a.,
county towns, with their distances 6oa
Jackson; public buildings, churches Ia
tells, stores and manufactures OF the N.Y.
cipal or county towns; incorporated N
road companies, with their official bnS,
amount of stock, and the localities ofAs,
rail roads, whether commenced or in coS
temptation; list Of colleges, academcsasi
Summaries, with the date Of their inCo,nn
ration, annual income, names Of presdeD,
professors or principals, and number \
students or pupils; names Of the electm
precincts, post offices, rivers, creeE'
lakes, bayous; description of natura !
artificial curiosities; list of churches 4
various denominations, with the name, !.
the clergymen and the number Of mem,
bers belonging to each; tables of the pn
ducts Of cotton in various years; en-.
rected photography of the Indian name,
of counties, towns and rivers in the Chick
asaw and Choctaw cessions, with mas
Of valuable statistics relating 10 the soil
agriculture, resources and productions d
the new counties, as we'll as the State A
large To which will be added, com.
plete sectional map Of the State, shown,
the divisions, course of streams and lOc,,
ton of county seats in the new counties.
The necessity of an annual volume In.
this, as book Of reference to every Gil,
zen engaged in business, as well as to ira
velers and spectators, will be apparenta
all. It is needed to develope the resources
of the State; to give useful information 70
the emgrant, and to embody, in an acces
sible compass, such valuable statistics
can be obtained from no other source,
Laying aside the considerations Of utl
Ity, the feeling Of State pride woults
sufficient motive to sustain publlate
SO well calculated to show, at vev,a
population, agricultural wealth and y
most boundless resources of the Stae-
The annual publication Of the Regis
| (the continuation of which depends up
the patronage of the first Year, will Cd
the publisher ample opportunity 10 key
up with the improvements of the SaT
and make his volumes the annual rec
of the advance of society in mcrcaD
pursuits, in he arts, in education, and 4
that embellishes life.
The publisher has been at the cxPna
Of sending an agent into every county
the State to obtain accurate statistics d
which he could rely. He has also mad
arrangements TO have the State map f
the Register engraved by distinguish
artist in an eastern city. He has only q
look to a generous public for rcimburs
ment of these heavy expenses, and d
sufficient patronage to make ii an obectt
continue the publication in future; but
the same time, he would scorn to askap
| favor that may not be fully earned by d
intrinsic merit and value of the Regse%
He commends his enterprise to all cla1
es of his lellow-citizens, to Judges, cou
ty clerks, registers, and those State o
GERS who may have valuable informab
for such a compilation, and whose 'nte
est it may be to communicate the sane
publication.
All matter for compilation which tho1
who are DESTROYS Of forwarding the ene'
prise may furnish, should be transmltts
previous TO the first day Of NovemeI
next.
The Register will be printed with ney
type, on fine paper, in the duodecmo 'o'Iy
with more than two hundred pageS--'O 81
bound like the American Almanac, aal
other ANIMALS of the class.
The price of the Register, including
sectional map of the State, to subscriOn
will be FIVE DOLLARS, payable on deliy "
Of the volume. Large discounts wiz
made to agents who become RESPONSE
for a number of volumes, or who purcH'
it to sell again.
A limited number of advertising PS
will be appended to the Register lOf -
advantage of friends who may desire NV
advertisements to penetrate every pun n
the State. Terms Of advertising, O@D'
lar per line. So
All orders for the work, and all cOm1
nications containing special lniormaa
to be incorporated in the Register, may
addressed to the compiler and puDlllsoHNS"
l.. A. BESANCON
Free Trader Office, Matches.
LOST OR MlSLAlD.
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