Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-27
Tg1HE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
i VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon cell
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TTNHE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
i VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon cell
brate its centennial year. More than three
quarters of century ago II grew into lite Gre
slon of wants and needs Of tho people o. 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 Its fortunes
have been their fortunes; 1t has shared Ihelr
prosperity and suffered in their disasters. LIS
inspration has been the desire to forward the
best interests OF the community IN which II IL
iocsted and its own prosperity is. as It has been
purposey made, inseparable from that OF the
community it aims to represent When they
grow rich it hopes 70, reward COMMENSURATE
With its labors While they are poor 1t expects
to work with them aud tor them, expecting 10
make their success the measure OF It's own.
The psst OF the Gazette is offered rs all index
# it's future. 1t hiss never failed to avail itself
promptly Of ali the improvements which come
with the greater growth and more extended e *
uerienae of journalism. Every year NEW
FEATURES will be added.
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE TIE
NEWSPAPER OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nish daily y complete account, with superhultles
only Topped away, of sill the current news OF the
world.
As the interests of the people mainly centre 8!
home no pains will be spared to chronicle ali
matters occurring in the city u I'd nelghborhood
carefully excluding unsecinly eXpl esslons or
pross narrative us unit fc: journal that is
treasured ut many thousand hearthslones OF
Virginia. -
Especial attention will DO devoted 70 present.
ing rs we'll from original sources Of information
rs from its exchanges, the news OF Virginia, es-
pecally such as relate to the development OF the
resources of the State.
Its contiguity to Washington gives the Ga
zetle an early precedence over all the Journals
of the State in Intelligence OF the operations OF
the General Government now ot such Vital I'M
portance to the people Of the south. The pro-
ceedings OF Congress, seldom so Interesting IS
now, will be regularly reported IN succinct form
for its columns, but ali matters OF especial inter-
est in Virginia will be given in detail, and the
full text of a bills OF local interest will given
From the State Capital it will receive early
and accurate accounts of the proceedings OF the
General Assembly and Of ali the operations OF
the State government likely TO interest the peo-
pie,
In its Commercials, columns the especial fea-
tire will be p1omptne ss and accuracy. Tue
farmers. drove1s and commercial people of tie
State know they MAY DEPEND upon the
Gazette.
E.riy 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
ection of the country, carefully quoted
The continual tavors OF tEose who nave once
used the Gazette as an advertising medium is q
warrant for saying that pays to advertise III It's
columns. Never before did it pay so we'll to tell
tn public what is for sale.
DAILY