Liberty advocate., 1838-07-28
PROSPECTUS OF
Besancon's Annual Register,
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

BesanCOn'S AnnudA neSlsCoiS
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
TNOR 1838.-To contain an Almanac
calculated for the meridian ofNatch-
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
pitals, &C.; population of the counties and
county towns, with their distances from
Jackson; public buildings, churches, ho-
tells, stores and manufactures of the prln-
cipal 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 lncorpo-
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; escription of natural or
artificial curiosities; list of churches OF
various denominations, with the names OF
the clergymen and the number Of mem
bers belonging to each; tables Of the pro-
ducts of cotton in various years; cor
rected orthography of the Indian names
of counties, towns and rivers in the Chick
asaw and Choctaw cessions, with mass
of valuable statistics relating TO the soil,
agriculture, resources and productions OF
the new counties, as we'll 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 ofan annual volume like
this, as book of preference to every citi-
zen engaged in business, as well 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 acces-
: sibe 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 a
sufficient motive to sustain a publication
so we'll 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 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 al
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 foI
the Register engraved by distinguished
8 artist in an eastern city. He has only tc
look to a generous public for reimburse
ment of these heavy expenses, and fol
! sufficient patronage to make il an object tc
continue the publication in future; but, al
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 fellow-citizens, to judges, coun.
, ty clerks, registers, and those State Off
: 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 desirous 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 nepaper, in the duodecimo form,
with more than two hundred pages--to be
bound like the American Almanac, and
other ANNALS Of the class
: The price of the Register, including the
! sectional map of the State, to subscribers,
;, ! will be $5, payable on delivery Of the VOL
ume. Large discounts will be made toagents
who become responsible for a number Of
volumes, or who purchase it to sell again.
/. A limited number Of advertising pages
) will be appended to the Register for the ad-
vantage Of friends who may desire their ad-
vertisements to penetrate every part Of the
State. Terms of advertising, 81 per line.
All orders fol the work, and all commu-
nications containing special information
to be Incorporated in the Register, may be
addressed to the compiler and publisher.
L. A. BESANCON.
Free Trader Office, Matches.