Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-04
Argxan6tia Mazette.

THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon cee-
brate its centennial year. More than three
quarters Of century ago it grew into life cre-
alton of wants and needs of the people of this
section of Virginia.
During sll 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. Its
| inspiration has been the desire to forward the
| best interests of the community in which it is
located, and it's prosperity Is as it has been
| purposely made inseparsbe from that Of the
| community it aims to represent. When they
grow rich it hopes for reward commensurate
with its lsbors. While they are poor it expects
to work with them and for them, expecting TO
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 ey-
perience of journalism. Every year NEW
FEATURES will be added
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPER OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nish daily a complete account, with superauites\
only Topped away, of ali 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 neighborhocd,
carefully excluding unseemly expressions or
gross narrative rs unfit for II 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
rs from its exchanges the news Of Virginia, es-
pecially such as relate to the development Of the
resources of the State
Its contiguity to Washington gives the Ga
zotte 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
portancc to the people Of the South. The pro-
ceedings of Congress, seldom SO interesting rs
now. will be regularly reported in succinct form
for it's columns but al matters of especial inter-
est 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
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 Commercial columns the especial fea-
ture will be pIomptness and accuracy. The
farmers, droyers 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 tavors of those VINO have once
used the Gazet.e as an advertising medium is
warrant for saying that it pays to advertise nlls
columns. Mover before did it pay so we'll to tell
the public what is for sale
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