Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-26
THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
1 VIRGINIA ADV ERTISER will soon cell

THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
l VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon cell
brste its centennial year. More than three
quarters of a century ago it grew into lie Gre
ation of wants and needs OF the people u Luis
section Of Virginia
Uuring sill 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; 1t has shared tnelr
I,rosnerity and suffered in their disasters. Its
insuiration has been the desire to forward the
bes, interests OF the community IN which 1t is
located and its own prosperity is, rs II has oeen
purposely made, inseparable from that of the
community it aims to represent. when they
grow rich it hopes tor / reward commensurate
with its labors w bile they are poor 1t expects
to work with them aud for them, expecting to
make their success the measure Of it's 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 eX-
perience of journalism. Every year NEW
FEATURES will be added. mn c ,rn
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPER OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nish daily complete account with supernuities
only Topped away, OF oil the current news OF the
world.
AS the interests of the people mainly ceDtre al
home no pains will be spared to chronicle all
matters occurring in the city sld neighborhood,
carefully excluding unseemly expressions or
QrCSS narrative be lllGt IT, o Jooi AoA eA1@e ~
Treasured ut many thousand hearlnstoneS OF
Virginia. .
Especial attention will be devoted to present.
ing as well from original sources OF lntormatlol
rs from its exchanges, the news OF Virginia, es-
peciaily such as relate to the development OF the
resources of the State.
It's contiguty to Washington gives the Ga
zette an esrly precedence over all the Journals
of the State in intelligence of the operations OF
the General Government now VI such vital lm-
portance to the people of the South. The pro-
ceedings OF Congress, seldom 80 interesting as
now, will be regularly reported in succlnct 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 begiven
From the State Capital 1t 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-
pie.
In its Commercial columns the especial fea-
ture will be plomptne ss and accuracy. The
farmers, drovers and commerclsl people OF tic
State know they MAY DEPEND upon the
Gazette.
EARLY and reliable reports of the GRAIN Cattle,
Grocery and other Markets will be furnished,
and tho prices and position OF the stocks, which
are the subjects OF business transactions in this
ecton OF the country, carefully quoted
The continual tarors OF IL ose who have once
usei tue Gazette as advertising medium is u
warrant for saying that il pay to advertise its
columns Never before did il pay SO well to tell
tn public VIVA. is for sale.
DENLY.