Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-01-20
PROSPECTUS OE
lesancons AnnualsRegister,

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y 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; lncorpo-
rated banks, with their official boards, ca
pitfalls. &C.; population of the counties and
county towns, with their distances from
jackson; public buildings, churches, no.
tells, stores and manufactures of the prln-
cipa or county towns; Incorporated rail
road companies, with their official boards,
amount of ock, and the localities OF their
rail roads, whether commenced or in con-
temptation; list Of colleges, academies and
Summaries, 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; description of natural or
artificial curiosities; list of churches Of
various denominations, with the names oil
the cIergymen and the number of mem
4 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 a mass
of valuable statistics relating 10 the soil,
agriculture, resources and productions of
the new counties, as well 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 preference TO every citl
zen engaged in business, as well as to ira
: vellers and spectators, will be apparent to
all 1t is needed to deyelope 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 well calculated 10 show, al a 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 embelishes 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. lie 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 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 lellow-citlzens, 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
4 publication.
All matter for compilation which those
r who are DESTROYS Of forwarding the enter
Z prise may furnish, should be transmitted
previous to the first day Of November
/ next.
The Register will be printed with new
J type, on fine paper, 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 FIVE DOLLARS, payable on delivery
of the volume. Large discounts will be
: made to agents 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
, advantage ofCriends who may desire their
advertisements to penetrate every part of
, the Stale. Terms Of advertising, one Dol
: lar per tine.
Ailorders for the work, and all commu-
nicalions containing special information
to be incorporated in the Register, may be
addressed to the compiler and publisher.
L. A., BESANCON.
! Free Trader Office, Natchez.