Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-16
AleXa. Gazette.

THE ALEXANDRIA, GAZETTE AND
VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon cele-
brate 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 Virginia.
During all this period its prominent object mas
been to advance the interests of the people of
whose life it is the daily chronicle It's fortunes
have been their fortunes; it has shared their
prosperity and suffered in their disasters. Its
inspiration has been the desire to forward the
best interests of the community in which it is
located and its own prosperity is. as it has been
purposey made inseparsb!e from that OF the
community it aims to represent. When they
grow rich it hopes for 8 reward commensurate
with its labors While they are poor it exp ects
to work with them arc for them, expecting
make their success tha measure of its own.
The past of the Gazette is offered as an index
of its future It has never failed to avail itself
promptly of all the improvements which come
with the greater growth and more extended ex
perience Of journalism. Every yesr NEW
FEATURES will be added.
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPER OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nish daily q complete account, with super6uites
only Topped away, of all the current news of the
world.
AS the interests of the people mainly centre at
home no pains will be spared to chronicle all
matters occurring in the city and neigh borhood,
carefully excluding unseemly EXPIRE sions or
gross narrative as unfit for q journal that Is
treasured at many thousand hearthstones of
Virginia
Especial attention will be devoted to present
ing, as we'll from original sources of information
az from its exchanges, the news of Virginia, es-
pecially such as relate to the development of the
resources of the State.
Its contiguty to Washington gives the Ca
zette an early precedence over all tho journals
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 as
now, will be regularly reported in succinct form
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 sll the operations of
the State government likely to interest the peo-
pie.
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 thi:
section Of the country, carefully quoted
The continual favors of those who have once
used the Gazette as an advertising medium is a
warrant for saying that it pays to advertise in its
columns Never before did it pay 30 we'll to tell
the public what is for sale.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
DAILY.
One year. w
Inree montnS...... w
RI-WEEkLY.
one year
SlI months oo
Ihree montns..... 20
Payable in advance
HOLIDAY GOODS-Malags Grapes, cheap,
IL Figs in baskets, layer do. in 8 ID and Id
boxes, layer, Valencia and loose Muscatel Rals-