Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-05-12
PROSPECTUS OF
Besancon's Annual Register,
OF THE STATE OF MfssIssIppI.

OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
ENOR 1838.-To contain an Almanac
calculated for the meridian of Match
ez; Sketches Of the early history of the
State; the State Constitution; the name.
of all county and State officers; incorpo.
rated banks, with their official boards, ca.
pitfalls, &C.; population of the counties and
county towns, with their distances from
Jackson; public buildings, churches, no.
tells, stores and manufactures of the prin-
clpal or county towns; incorporated rail
road companies, with their official boards,
amount of stock, and The localities of their
rail roads, whether commenced or in con-
temptation; list of colleges, academies and
seminaries, with the date of their incorpo-
ration, annual income, names of president
professors or principals, and number of
fstudents or pupils; names of the election
precincts, post offices, rivers, creeks,
lakes, bayous; description of natural or
artificial curiosities; list of churches of
various denominations, with the names Of
the clergymen and the number of men,
bers belonging to each; tables Of the pro-
ducts Of cotton in various years; cor
rected photography of the Indian names
! of counties tou,,s~ - .i'vIS Ia the Chick.
asRw and Choctaw cessions, with a mass
OF valuable statistics relating to the soil,
agriculture, resources and productions of
the new counties, as well as the State at
large:-To which will be added, COM
plete sectional map of the State, showing
the divisions, course of streams and loca-
ton Of county seats in the new counties.
The necessity Of an annual volume like
this, as book of reference to every citi-
zen engaged in business, as we'll as to ira
vellers and spectators, will be apparent to
all. 1t is needed to develope the resources
of the State; to give useful information to
the emigrant, and to embody, in an access
sible compass, such valuable statistics as
can be obtained from no other source.
Laying aside the considerations of utili-
ty, the feeling of State pride would be
sufficient motive to sustain a publication
so well calculated to show, at view, the
population, agricultural wealth and al
most boundless resources of the State
The annual publication of the Register
(the continuation of which depends upon
the patronage of the first year, will give
the publisher ample opportunity TO keepi
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 expense
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 distinguished
artist in an eastern city. He has only to
look to a generous public for reimburse
ment of these heavy expenses, and for
sufficient Electromagnetic 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 his enterprise to all class
es of his lellow-citizens, to Judges, coun-
" clerks, registers, and those State off
GERS who may have valuable information
Tor such compilation, and whose inter.
sst it may be to communicate the same for l
publication. {
All matter for compilation which those I
who are DESTROYS Of iorwardingthe enter {
rise may furnish, should be transmitted t
previous to the first day ofNovember next C
The Register will be printed with new {
ype, on fine paper, in the duodecimo form,
With more than two hundred pages--to be 4
'ound like the American Almanac, and v
ther ANIMALS Of the class. s.
The price of the Register, including the Il
ectional map of the State, to subscribers, Fl
'ill be IS, payable on delivery Of the vol. 81
me. Large discounts will be made to agents a
Tho become responsible for number Of n
olumes, or who purchase il to sell again.
A limited number Of advertising pages