Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-05
THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE aud
VIRGINIA ADVERTISER, already read

BY 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 demanded more than
now sound, thoughtful Journalism Seldom
nave the people had deeper interests at stake.
Never did the events of the hour, rs they un-
fold themselves surpass In personal interest TO
every citizen those which are now TRANSPORTING.
Never has the Importance of early, auth entlc
intelligence of public matters been OF greater
importance to every one.
10 moet this new era in journalism, the GA
ZETTE will put forth its utmost endeavor, and
its success during this entire century in catering
to the wants and meeting the wishes OF the peo-
ple, guarantees that with this paper promise
means performance
Washington now the point to which all
ewes look and all ears are directed Almost at
the base of the Capital, and yet in Virginia
town, amid community which has proved its
faithfulness to Virginia in more than one fiery
trial surrounded by the traditions and hopes Of
the Commonwealth the GAzETTE has position
unique among journals and promises to be
worthy of it. Its contiguity to Washington gives
it 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 ss
now, will BIZ regularly reported in succinct iorm
for its columns, but all matters OF especial inter-
est in Virginia will be given IN detail. Two
gentlemen connected with the paper are con
stantly ut the Federal capital, and the Wash
ington news of the Gazette has for long time
been the fountain of Washington news for the
State.
AS the interests of the people mainly centre y,
home no pains will be spared to chronicle al:
matters occurring in the city and neighborhood,
carefully excluding unseemly expressions or
gross narrative as unit for q journal that Is
treasured at many thousand hearthstonss Of
Virginia
From the State Csp,ts. it will receive early
and accurate accounts of the proceedings of the
General Assembly and of all the operations OF
the State gov ernment likely to interest the peo-
pie.
Especial attention will be devoted to present.
ing MS VOL from original sources of information
as from its exchanges the news of Virginia.
Conclsely and completely it will gives the
news of the world.
In its Commercial columns the especial fea-
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 Wi! be furnished,
and the prices and position Of tho stocks, which
are the subjects of business transactions IN this
section of the country, carefully quoted.
The continual tavors OF tn Ose who nave once
used the Gazette rs an advertising medium is a
warrant for saying that itpays to advertise lnits
columns
The Gazette came into existence before the
opening Of the present century. Few news
papers in the 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
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
Iocated and its own prOsDeritV is, as it has been
purposely made, insepsrable 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.