Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-08-25
PROSPECTUS OF
cBesancon's Annual Register,
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
ENOR 1870 contain an Almanac
, calculated Tor the meridian OF Match
, ca; Sketches ol the early history vi the
, State; the State Constitution; the names
, Vi all county and Stale officers; lncorPo-
, rated banks, with their official boards, Ca
pila,S, &C.; population OF the counties and
county towns, with their distances from
jackson, public buildings, churches, no
tells, stores and manufactures ol the prin-
cipui or county towns; Incorporated ran
road companies, win their oinclai boards,
amount OF $ ock, aud the localities oil their
rail- roads, whether commenced or in con
SennnarieS, with the daie vi their lncorpo-
ration, annual income, names vi president,
professors or principals, ana nuniber oi
isIudenIs or pupils; NAMES oi The election
precincts, post oltces, rivers, creeks,
lakes, bayous; description Of natural or
~rtIhcai curloSltles; list OF churches Of
various denominations, with the names OF
the clUrgyInen aud line number vi mem
berS belonging 10 each; tables OF the pro-
ducts ol cotton IN various years; cor
rected photography oil the Indian names
Of counties, towns and rivers III the Chick
aSaw ana Choctaw ceS5lonS, with mass
OF valuable statistics relating 10 the soil,
agriculture, resources and productions oi
the new counties, us well as the Stale al
large:--fo which will be added, com
plele sectional map vi the State, showing
the divisions, course OF streams and loca-
ton OF county seats IN the new counties.
/ LIE necessity Ol an annual volume like
this, as a book oi reference 10 every CHI
zen engaged IN business, as we'll as TO ira
VeIlers aud SPECTATORS, viii be apparent to
all. 1t IS needed 10 deVeIope The resources
vi the Late; tOglVe uSeiul Information To
The emlgfant, a.ld 10 enbody, III an acceS-
s,O,e Compass, such vaiuaDe statistics as
eau be outained from no other source.
Laying aside the considerations OF ulIi.
\ ~, Inc leeuEg Ol STATE PRIDE would be Il
Sulllcent motne 10 sustain publication
50 wen calculated TO show, al u view, the
population, agricultural wealth and al
most bUundieSs resources OF the State
The annual pubIcatlon o. the Register
(the continuation OF which depends upon
The patronage ol the nrst Year, will give
The publisher ample opportunity 10 keep
up with me improvements OF the State,
aud make his volumes the annual records
OF the advance OF society IN mercantile
pursuits, III he arts, IN education, and all
that embeiisheS lie.
The publisher has been at the expense
OF sending an agent into every county in
The state ~ obtain accurate statistics OIL
which he could rely. lie has also made
arrangements ~ have the State map for
the Register engraved by distinguished
arms, IA an eastern city. He has only to
look 10 generous puoiic i0f reimburse
mcnt OF these heavy expenses, and for
Suinclent patronage to make tan object to
continue The publication in future; bat, ut
the same time, he would scorn 10 ask any
favor that may not he fully earned by The
intrinsic merit and value oi the Register
he comlnendS his enterprise to all class
es ot his ieIiow-clIlzens, 10 Judges, coun-
~ clerks, registers, and those SIate oil
GERS who may have valuable information
for such compilation, and whose inter
est II 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 20 the first day Of November ne xt
The Register will be printed with new
type, on fine paper, in the duodecimo form,
with more than two hundred pages--to be
bound like the American Almanac, and
other ANIMALS Of the class
The price Of the Register, including he
sectional map Of the State, to subscribe RS,
will be SIS, payable on delivery of the vol.
nme Large discounts will be made TO agents
who become responsible for number OF
volumes, or who purchase it 10 sell agai n.
A limited number Of advertising pages
will be appended to the Register for the a d.
vantage Of friends who may desire their d.
ver;isements TO penetrate every part Of tile
State. Terms Of advertising, Sl per line.
All orders fol the work, and all conmrl-
nlcalions containing special information
o be Incorporated in the Register, may l,e
addressed to the compiler and publisher.
L. A. BESANCON.
Free Trader Office, Natchez.