Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-04-22

TNHE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
l. VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon cell
brate its centennial year. More than three
quarters of century ago it grew into life ere
a,ion of wants and needs of the people OF TINS
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; It mas shared tnels
prosperity and suffered in their disasters. Its
inspiration has been the desire TO forward tne
best Interests Of the community IN which 1t Ii
located, and its own prosperity Is. as 1t has been
purposely made, inseparable from that OF the
community it aims to represent. when tney
grow rich it hopes for reward commensurate
with its labors. While they are poor it expects
to work with them aud ior them, expecting to
make their success the measure OF Its own.
The past of the Gazette is offered as an index
of its future: It has never failed to svsl ltseli
promptly of all the Improvements which come
with the greater growth and more extended ex.
pcrenee of Journalism. Every year NE
FEATURES will be added.
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPER OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nish daily complete account, with superhuites
only Topped away, OF all the current news OF tne
world.
As the interests of the people mainly ceDtre at
home, no pains will be spared to chronicle all
matters occurring in the city and neighbornood,
carefully excluding unseemly expressions or
gross narrative rs unfit for IS 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
pecially such IS relate to the development Of the
resources of the State.
It's contiguity to Washington gives the Ca
zette 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
nortance to the people of the South. The pro-
ceedings of Congress, seldom so interesting as
now, will be regularly reported IN succinct form
for its columns, but all matters Of especial inter-
est in Virginia will be given in detail, and the
full text Of a 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 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, drovers and commercial people of tie
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 tt ose who have once
used the Gazette as advertising medium is =
warrant for saying that it pays to advertise nits
columns. Never before did it pay so well to tell
the public what is for sale.
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