Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-21
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FOR 1880

Tha Alexandria Gazette begun in 1iG9. is The
oldest newspaper in Virginia and it has survived.
with fe1 exceptions, al tho public presses IN
1ne rica which saw with IL the dsWn Of the
nineteeDih century. 1t lives too, not in decay
Or dcc:erit but full Of life and youthful vigor,
giving al tho news, telling the truth without
fear, favor or affection, !renchng on the privacy
Of no mains home but full to the brim with all
pubic Information. ind giving daily honest
judgments Of public men and public mnssuros.
1t furnishos tho nows kilograms Of tho Now
York Associated Hross and of K"u.:r's Euro
poGn agency, being, with but two exceptions,
tho oaly paper between Baltimore and Rich
mond that is thus connected with the great
fountsins Of the worlds news.
With tho Coming year MI tho long tried and
| improved methods Of making standard news-
| paper will DO continued, with such additional
fscilit"s as past experience justiGos tho proprie-
| tor in believing VIII odd 10 the capacity of the
Gs@otto to servo lis rosdcrs. IL expects to rem
der faithful service TO tho city tho state and tho
country by p candid criticism of mon and ovents
| in tho interest oftho people o! tho Commonwealth
| Of Virginia.
| Tho year 1880 will DO period OF critical in.
| terest IN both tho Union and tho Commonwealth.
| The election OF the eightooEth President Of tho
United States will tako place, with all tho COM
binatioHs precedent. and counts; consequences
and settlements subsequent, will call for record
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the lnsncisl situation, which may portond sflu.
enco and comfort or poverty and privation 10
| Thousands arc now il progress, and tho columns
| Of tho Gazette will noto Zach step as we'll as
| chronicle tho result. A new and striking foreign
policy is among likely events, and tho absorbing
interest Of il cannot DO ovcrcstimated. In Vir-
giniG thora is political cha0s ard industrial and
| commercial depression. The way out of this
| quagmiro will I'LL many Of tEoso paragraphs
| with Information OF rsru interest.
To moot al tao demands upon it in an eyccp.
tionsl year. tho Gazette will be 1nado WASH.
| lNGTON and RICHMOND NEWSPAPER
as well as an ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL.
Tho Richmond ard Washington ncws of tho
past year hGs loft little to improve, but yot
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| perfection in these departments,
| The city Of Alexsndris. will find as usual its
daily history in each evenings issue, and the
intelligence Of thatsection of tho Commonwealth
which nature has bound to Alcxsndris by tho
| curvature Of lis mountains or tho courses Of its
rivers as woll As tha! portion lnkod to US by the
iron bands of railways. will DO assiducusly
| chroniccd.
The Business sni Commercial columns Of tho
GszoLto will ba filled with the earliest and most
exact commercial Rows, oditod with such psins-
taking cara rs will rondor an error whore oven
! Slight errors aro dangerous. Impossible.
| The Cattle m.rkcs Of nj the leading points Of
Tho world whose rates .llnct this market will DO
p;otod, and regular statements or tho Baltimore
GcorEetnWn, Washington and i lexsadris sales
Of csttlo will arr0ar.
| The Flour. Grsin Al: Produce movements
will hn noted dAlly, and tho ISLES Of The Alexan-
dris and ncighhorng markets pivon with accu
| race and Dis patch. The Grocery and other mar
Ecl9 vii! receive constant attention, sna the
|
Iul2ei FIR lis columns, fun details bang sivon
10 Ill stocks. &c, which Gnt invcstcrs in this
| oeclI3n OF tbs c2Hairy.
Tho advertising co!uinna oG tho Gaztits offer
| Inducements whrh experience has rho.an to al
"rd greater returns inr :, srn&li Investment th an
say other which Can ho rnaho,
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! Tins case marks tho advent Of smother decade Of
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