Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-04-13
HNHE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon CO.

II NHE ALEAANDh1 OaLE1 u HA'b
i VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon CO.
brate its centennial year. More than three
quarters OF century ago it grew into lie Gre
a.!on 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. 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 Is
located and it's own prosperity is. as 1t has been
purposely made, inseparable from that OF the
community it aims to represent W hen they
grow rich it hopes for q reward commensurate
with its l,lbors While they are poor II expects
to work with them and tor them, expecting TO
make their success the measure OF Its own.
The past Of the Gazette is offered IS an lnoeX
Of its future. 1t has never failed to avail itself
promptly of all the improvements which come
with the greater growth and more extended e1 z,
pcrience of Journalism Every year NE W
FEATURES will be added.
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPER OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nish daily complete account, with superhu!tes
only Topped away, of all the current news OF Inc
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 expl esslons or
gross narrative rs unfit for journal that Is
treasured 81 many Inousauu Hes'i 'ns1on03 ~
Virginia.
Especial attention will be devoted to present
ing as well from original sources OF information
as from its exchanges the news OF Virginia, es-
pecialy such as relate to the development OF the
resources of The State.
Its contiguity to Washington gives the Ca
zette an early precedence over all the Journsls
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. Inc pro-
ceedings OF Congress, seldom so interesting as
now, will be regularly reported 10 succinctior
for it's columns, but all matters of especial inter-
est in Virginia will be given in detail, and the
full text Of oil 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 all the operations OF
the State government likely to interest the peo-
pie.
In its Commercisl columns the especial fea-
ture will be promptness and accuracy. The
farmers, drove1s 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 atd~pcsition Of the stocks, which
are the subjects Of business transactions in this
section of the country, carefully quoted.
The continual favors of tEose who have once
used the Gazet.e IS an advertising medium is 3
warrant tor saying that it pays to advertise IN its
columns Never before did it pay SO we'll to tell
the public what is for sale.