Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-03-24
PROSPECTUS OF
Besancon's Annual Register,
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
TNOR 1838.-To contain an Almanac,
calculated for the meridian OF Match
e.; Sketches of the early history Of the
State. the State Constitution; the names
of all county and State officers; incorpo-
rated hanks, with their official boards, ca.
pitfalls. &C.; population OF the counties anu
county towns. with their distances from
Jackson; public buildings, churches, IN. no
tells, stores and nIanuiactories vi 'h0 pm
cipal or county towns; incorporated ran
road companies, with their othclal boards,
amount of stock, and the localities oil their
rail roads, whether commenced or in con,
temptation; list of colleges, academies and
semiuaries, with the date OF their lncorpo-
ration, annual income, names OF president,
professors or principals, and number oil
fstudents or pupils; names OF the election
precincts, post offices, rivers, CREEKS
i.l..s, L~yos.s, 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; a 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 10 the soil,
agriculture, resources and productions OF
the new counties, as we'll as the State at
large To which will be added, CON-
pleie 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 cltl-
zen engaged in business, as we'll as to ira
velers and spectators, will be apparent to
all. Il 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 a
sufficient motive to sustain publication
so we'll calculated to show, at q 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 ofthe 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 all
that embellishes life.
The publisher has been at the expense
of sending an agent into every county III
The State to obtain accurate STATISTICS on
which no could rely. He has also made
arrangements to have the State map for
the Register engraved by a 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 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.
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 a compilation, and whose inter-
est 1t may be to communicate the same for
publication. .Dt wEtt
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