Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-24
THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AN L
Il VIRGINIA ADV ERTlSER will soon eel.

THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
Il VIRGINIA ADV ERTlSER will soon GEL
brste its centennial year. More than three
qusrters 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 dsily chronicle Its fortunes
have been their fortunes; 1t 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 IL
located, and its own prosperity is, as 1t has been
purposely made inseparable from that Of the
community it aims 10 represent. when they
grow rich it hopes TO. j reward commensurate
with it's labors While they are poor it expects
to work with them and Tor them, expecting to
make their success the measure OF Its own.
The past ot 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 snd more extended e x;
FEATURES will be added.
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPERS OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nish daily complete account, with superhultles
only Topped away, Of all the current news OF the
world.
As the interests of the people mainly centre al
home, no pains will be spared to chronicle all
matters occurring in the city and neighborhood,
carefully excluding unsee1nly EXPRESSIONS or
gross narrative rs unit for q journal that IS
treasured at many thousand hearthstones of
Virginia.
Especial attention will be devoted to present.
ing, IS well from original sources of information
as from its exchanges, the news OF Virginia, es-
peciaily such as relate to the development OF the
resources of the State.
It's contiguity to Washington gives the Ga
zetse an early precedence over all the 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 succlnct form
for it's columns but all matters OF especial inter
esl in Virginia will be given in detail, and the
full text of al bills Of local interest will be given.
From the State Capital it will receive early
ana accurate accounts Of the proceedings OF the
General Assem- bly, 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 p1omptness and accuracy. The
farmers, droyels 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 ana position Of the stocks, which
ars the subjects Of business transactions in this
ection OF the country, carefully quoted
The contlnuAt tayors o. IT, se VINO have once
used tne GaZet as an advertising medium is a
warrant for saying that il pays to advertise Units
Columns. Never before did it pay SO well TO tell
tn public what Is for sale.