Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-09-08
PROSPECTUS OF
Besancon's Annual Register,
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

INOR l636.-Io contain an Almanac
! calculated Tor the meridian OF Match
} ez; Sketches Of the early history Of the
/, State; the State Constitution; the names
!, 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 prln-
clpal or county towns incorporated rail
road companies, with their olnclal boards,
amount OF ock, and the localities oil their
rail roads, whether commenced or in con
temptation; list Of colleges, academies and
Semlnarles, with the date OF their incorpo-
ration, annual income, names OF president,
professors or principals, and number OF
istudenlS or pupils; names ol the election
precincts, post Offices, rivers, creeks,
lakes, bayouS; description Of natural or
artificial curloStleS; list OF churches oil
various denominations, with the names OF
the cIcrgymen and the number of men,
bers belonging TO each; tables of the pro-
ducts oil cotton in various years; cor
rected photography OF the Indian names
OF counties, towns and rivers in the Chick
asaw and Choctaw ceSsons, with d 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, u 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 10 every citi
zen engaged IN business, as well as 10 ira
vellers and SPECTATORS, will be apparent to
all. II is needed 70 deyeope the resources
OF the state; toglve useful information to
the emlgrant, and TO embody, in an Access
slOle 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 publication !
so well calculated to show, at a view, the
population, agricultural wealth and al
most boundIeSs resources OF the State
The annual publication of the Register
Che continuation Of which depends upon
the patronage OF the first Year, will give
the publisher ample opportunity 10 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 cmbeIishes life.
The publisher has been at the expense
Of sending an agent into every county in
lhe State to obtain accurate statistics on
which he could rely. He has also made
to have the State map for
the Register engraved by distinguished
artist in an eastern city. lie has only to
look to generous public for reimburse
nent Of these heavy expenses, and for
sufficient patronage to make it an objectto
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
merit and value of the Register
He commends his enterprise to all class.
IS OF his leIIow-citizcns, TO Judges, coun-
" clerks, registers, and those State Off
GERS W no may have valuable information
Tor such a compilation, and whose inter. p.
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 10 the first day ofNovember next
The Register will be printed with new =
ype, on fine paper, in the duodecimo form.
With more than two hundred pages--to be {
pound like the American Almanac, and >
'thor ANNALS of the class c
The price Of the Register, including the n
ectlona map Of the Stale, to subscribers. c
vii be 50, payable on delivery of the vol. u y
me. Large discounts will be made to agents al
'ho become responsible for number Of 10
DUNES, or who purchase it to sell again. &C
A limited number Of advertising pages III
VII DC appended to the Register for the ad. K,
aht.aage OF friends who may desire their adj IN
erilsements TO penetrate every part orthe w
tate Terms of advertising, 81 pcr hue SC
All orders fol the work, and all comnu. Ia
containing special information ~
be incorporated in the Register, may be 81
ldressVI TO the compiler and publisher. az
l.. A. BESANCON. :"
Free Trader Office, Natckez.