Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-05-26
PROSPECTUS OF
Besancon's Annual Register,
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
ENOR 1838.-To contain an Almanac,
calculated for the meridian Of Match
ez; Sketches of the early history Of tho
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, 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 curiosities; list of churches of
various denominations, with the names of
the cergymen and the number of men,
bers belonging to each; tables of the pro-
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-
ton 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 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-
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 well 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 all
that embellishes 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
arrangements to have the State map for
the Register engraved by distinguished
artist in an eastern city. He has only to
look to generous public for reimburse
ment of these heavy expenses, and for
sufficient patronage to make il 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 lellow-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 i may be to communicate the same for
publication.
All matter for compilation which those I
who are DESTROYS Of forwarding the enter {
prise may furnish, should be Transmitted t
previous to the first day ofNovember next q
The Register will be printed with new
type, on fine paper, in the duodecimo form,
with more than two hundred pages--to be t
bound like the American Almanac, and '
other ANNALS of the class. 5
The price Of the Register, including the I
sectional map of the State, to subscribers, +
will be So, payable on delivery Of the vol $
lime. Largedlscounts will be made 10 agents a
who become responsible for number Of n
volumes, or who purchase il to sell again.
Admitted number Of advertising pages