Liberty advocate., 1838-05-05
PROSPECTUS OF
Besancon's Annual Register,
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

| VI lHE STATE VI MlSSlSSIFPls
INOR l838.--To contain an Almanac,
calculated for 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
pitals, &C.; population of the counties and
county towns, with their distances from
Jackson; public buildings, churches, ho-
tells, stores and manufactures of the prin-
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 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 curiosties; 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 photography 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.
tion 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 well as 10 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-
sible compass, such valuable statistics as
can be obtained from no other source
Laying aside the considerations of utili-
", the feeling Of State pride would be
sufficient motive to sustain publication
80 we'll calculated to show, at view, the
agricultural wealth and al
most boundless resources of the State
The annual publication Of the Register
the continuation Of which depends upon
he patronage of the first Year, will give
he publisher ample opportunity TO keepi
Up with the improvements of the State,
md make his volumes the annual records
IF the advance Of society in mercantile
pursuits, in the arts, in education, and all
hat embellishes life.
The publisher has been at the expense
If sending an agent into every county in
he State to obtain accurate statistics on
which he could rely. He has also made
to have the State map for
he Register engraved by distinguished !
artist in an eastern city. He has only to {
ook to generous public for reimburse 6
nent Of these heavy expenses, and for t
patronage to make il an object to /
continue the publication in future; but, at '
he same time, he would scorn to ask any I
avor that may not be fully earned by the /
intrinsic merit and value Of the Register.
v He commends his enterprise to all class b
Is Of his lellow-citizens, TO judges, coun- '
y clerks, registers, and those State Off G
,ers who may have valuable information s
or such compilation, and whose inter. c
'st It may be to communicate the same for n
publication. q
All matter for compilation which those n
Who are desirous Of forwarding the enter d
rise may furnish, should be transmitted tc
revious TO the first day ofNovember next G,
The Register will be printed with new fl
ype, on fine paper, in the duodecimo form,
nth more than two hundred pages--to be II
ound like the American Almanac, and W
ther ANIMALS Of the class. &c
The price Of the Register, including the ia
'ctonaf map Of the State, to subscribers, FL
i'll be $5, payable on delivery Of the vol 81
me. Large discounts will be made to agents al
no become responsible for number Of m
olumes, or who purchase il to sell again.
A limited number Of advertising pages