Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-26
1871.

THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE and
VIRGINIA ADVERTISER, already read
bv three generations, proposes to continue its
useful life, and now enters into another volume,
determined to be the newspaper OF the era in
Virginia.
Never have the times demarded more than
COW sound, thoughtful journalism. Seldom
nave the people had deeper interests at stake.
Never did the events of the hour. as they un-
,ola themselves, aurpsss in personal interest to
every citizen those which are now transpirng
Never has the, Importance Of early. authentic
intelligence Of public matters been of greater
importance to every one.
70 meet this new era in journalism. the GA
zsrTE will put forth its utmost ondesvor, and
its Success duribg this entire century in catering
N tha wants and meeting the wishes Of the poo
n)e guarantees thst With this papor promise
means performance
Washington is now the point to which all
eyes look and sll ears are directed Almost Az
the base of the Capital. and yet in a Virginia
town amid community which has proved its
fathfulness to Virginia il moro than one nery
trial. surrounded by the traditions and hopes of
the Commonwealth, the GAZETTE has position
unique among journals and promise. TO be
worthy of it. It's contiguity to Washington gives
it an esrIy precedence over sll the journals
Of the State in intelligence of tho operations of
the General Government. now Of such vital I'M
portauce to the people of the South. The pro-
ceedinps of Congress, seldot so interesting as
now will be regularly reported iu succinet form
for its columns, but all matters Of especial inter-
es, in Virginia will be given in detail. Two
peutlemen connected with the paper IRE con.
stsutly at the Federal capital, and tho Wssh-
inpton news of the Gazette has for a long time
been the fountain Of Washington COWS for the
State
As the interests of the people mainly ceDtrea
home, nc pains will be spared to chronicle ali
matters occurring in the city AID neghborhood, |
gross narrative as unfit lo- u journal that is |
treasured at many thousand hearthstones of
Virginia.
From the State Capita it will receive carly |
and accurate accountg Of the proceedings Of the |
General Assembly and of sll the operations of |
The State government likely to interest the peo-
ple
Especial attention will be devoted to present !
ing, as we'll from original sources Of information
as from its exchanges, the news Of Virginia.
Uoncisely and completely it will gives the
news Of the world
In its Commercial columns the especial fes-
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 and position of tho stocks, which
ara tho subjects of business transactions in this
section of the country, carefully quoted.
The continual fsvors of til ose who have once
used tho Gazette as an advertising medium is
warrant for saying that itpsys to advertise inits
columns.
The Gazette came into existence before the
opening of tho present century. Few news
papers in tho country are its seniors.
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
hsye 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 tho community in which it is
ocsted, and its own prosperity is. as it has been
purposey made, inseparable from that OF the
community it aims to represent. When tney