Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-07
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.

THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon cele
brste its centennial year. More than three
quarters of century ago it grew into life Gre
alton of wants and needs of the people of this
section Of .ViIginia.
During all this period its prominent object mas
been to advance the interests of the people of
whose life it is the daily chronicle Its fortunes
have been their fortunes; it has shared their
prosperity and suffered in their disasters. It's
inspiration has been the desire to forward the
best interests of the community in which it is
ocsted, and its own prosperity is. as it has been
purposely made, inseparable from that Of the
community it aims to represent. When they
grow rich it hopes for reward commensurate
with its abors While they are poor it expects
to work with them and for them, expecting
make their success the measure Of its own.
The past of the Gazette is offered as An index
of its future. 1t has never failed to avail itself
promptly of all the Improvements which come
with the greater growth and more extended cx-
perience of journalism. Every year NEW
FEATURES will be added
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPER OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nish daily complete account, with suprrauit:rs
only Topped away, of sll tho current news OF the
world.
AS the interests of the people mainly centres:
home, no pains will be spared to chronicle al
matters occurring in the city and nrighborhood,
carefully excluding unscemly expI essons or
gross narrative rs unfit for n journal that Is
treasured ut many thousand hearthstones Of
| Virginia.
Especial attention will be devoted to present
ing, rs well from original sources OF utormston
as from its exchanges, the news OF Virgnis, eS-
pecally such Ms relate to the development of the
resources of the State
Its contiguity to Washington gives the Ga
zette an early precedence over all the jourllss
of the State in intelligence of the operations Of
the General Government, now of such vital I'M
| portance to the people Of the South. The pro-
ceedings OF Congress, seldom So interesting Ne
now, will be regularly reported in succlnctlorm
for its columns, but all matters Of especial inter
est in Virginia will be given in detail, and The
full text of all bills of local interest will be given
From the State Capital it will receive early
and accurate accounts of the proceedings OF the
| General Assembly and of all the operations Of
the State government likely to interest the peo-
Pile.
| In its Commercial columns the especial fea
ture will be promptness and accuracy. The
| farmers, drovers and commercial people of tie
State know they MAY DEPEND upon the
| Gazette
EARLY and reliable reports of the Grain, Cattle,
| Grocery and other Markets will be furnished,
| and the prices and position Of the stocks, which
are the subjects of business transactions in this
section of the country, carefully quoted
| The continual fsvors of those who have once
used the Gazette as an advertising medium is n
warrant for saying that it pays to advertise 'nIts
columns. Never before did it pay so well to tell
| the public what is for sale.
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