Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-08-18
PROSPECTUS OFe
Besancon's Annual Register,
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

h OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
ENOR l838.-To contain an Almanac
! calculated lor the meridian Of Match
CO; Sketches Of the carly history ol the
State; the State Constitutions; the names
oil all county and Stale 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 oil the prln-
cipai or county towns; Incorporated rail
road companies, with their oIhclal boards,
amount OF sock, and the localities OF their
rail roads, whether commenced Or in con
temptation; list OF colleges, academies and
SeppnarleS, with the dale OF their lncorpo-
ration, annual income, names OF president,
professors or principals, and number OF
students or pupils; names OF the election
precincts, post offices, rivers, creeks,
lakes, bayous; description OF natural or
artificial curloSltIcS; list OF churches vi
various ACCOMMODATIONS, win the names oil
the clergymen and The number OF meih-
OerS belonging to each; taDtes OF the pro-
ducts OF cotton IN various years; cor
rected photography OF the Indian names
oi counties, towns and rivers III the Chick
aSaw and ChOctaW CesSions, with mass
vi valuable statistics relating 10 the soil,
agriculture, resources and productions oil
Inc new countless, as wei aS the STATE at
large:-Io which Will be added, COM
ple,e SECTIONAL map oi the State, showing
tue divisions, course OF streams and loca-
ton OF county seats IN the new counties.
The necessity Vi an annual volume like
this, as book oil reference 10 every CHI
zen engaged IN business, as we'll as 10 ira
veIIers and SPECTATORS, will be apparent to
all. II is needed 70 deveope the resources
Of the State; to give useful Information TO
the emlgrant, aud TO embody, in an Access
Slble compass, such valuable statistics as
can he obtained from no other source.
Laying aside the considerations OF utiii-
ty, the leenng oil State pride would be a
sufficient motive to sustain a publication
50 well calculated to show, at view, the
population, agricultural wealth anu 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 10 keep
up with The improvements oil the State,
and make MS volumes the annual records
OF the advance OF society in mercantile
pursuits, in the arts, IN education, and all
that embellishes lie.
The publisher has been at the expense
OF sending an agent into every county in
lhe State 10 obtain accurate statistics on
which he could rely. lie has also made
arrangements to have the State map for
the Register engraved by distinguished
artist III an eastern city. He has only to
look to generous public tor reimburse
ment of these heavy expenses, and for
sufficient patronage to 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.
lie commends his enterprise to all class
es Of his lellow-cltlzens, TO Judges, coun-
y NiSIhoJ IOSiobCio1 anu kluoC CtdlC OlIi-
GERS who may have valuable information
for such compilation, and whose inter.
est it may be to communicate the same for
publication.
All matter for compilation which those
who are DESTROYS Of forwarding the enter
prise may furnish, should be transmitted
previous to the first day ofNovember next
The Register will be printed with new
type, on fine paper, ir the duodecimo form,
with more than Two hundred pages--to be
bound like the American Almanac, and
other ANIMALS of the class
The price Of the Register, including the
map of the State, to subscribers,
will be SIS, payable on delivery of the vol
hme. Large discounts will be made to agents /,
who become responsible for number Of :
volumes, or who purchase itto sell again. :
A limited number Of advertising pages
will beappended tothe Register for the ad- !,
vantage of friends who may desire their adj :
refreshments to penetrate every part ofthe :
State. Terms Of advertising, 81 per line. !.
All orders fol the work, and all commu- :
'ications containing special information =
o be incorporated in the Register, may be q
addressed to the compiler and publisher. !
L. A. BESANCON.
Free Trader Office, Matches.