Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-08
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.

THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon cele.
brste 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 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 has shared their
nrosperity and suffered in their disasters. It's
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 it has been
purposeiy made, insepsrsble from that Of the
community it aims to represent. When they
grow rich it hopes for reward commensurate
with its labors. While they are poor it expects
to work with them and for them, expecting
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 avail itself
promptly of all the mprovem ents which come
with the greater growth and moro extended e1-
perience of journalism. Every year NEW
FEATURES will be added.
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPER OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nish daily complete account with superhuilies
| only Topped away, of all 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 neighborhood,
| carefully excluding unseemly expressions or
gross narrative as unfit for q journal that 10
| treasured at many thousand hesrthstones 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-
pecally such ss relate to the development OF the
| resources of the State.
Its contguity to Washington gives the Ga
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
portance to the people of the South. The pro-
ceedings OF Congress, seldom so interesting ~
now, will be regularly reported in succinctiorm
for it's columns but all matters of especial inter-
| est in Virginia will be given in detail, and the
full text of all bills of locslinteres 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-
| Pile.
In its Commercial columns the especial fes-
ture will be p1omptness and accuracy. The
| farmers drovers 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 favors of those who have once
| used the Gazette as an advertising medium is a
warrant for saying that it pays to advertise IN Its
| columns Never before did it pay so well to tell
the public what is for sale.
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