Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-12
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FOR 1880

1ho Alexandria Gazette, begun in l19]. is The
oldest newspaper in Virginia. md it has survived,
with TOW cxccptlcrs MI tho public presses in
America which SAW with it the dawn Of The
nineteenth century. II lives too. not in decay
or duc:cpi: bat full Of life and youthful vieor,
giving all tho new7, telling tho truth without!
fear, favor CT affection, .rcnching on the privacy
Of no mans home, bu. fell 10 tho brim with all
pubic information. snd giving daily honest
Judgments OF public men and pubic mcasuros.
II furnishes Tho news kilograms oi the New
York Associated fross and Cf Reuters Euro
pean agency, being, with but two exceptions,
tho Only paper between Baltimore and Rich.
mond that is thus connected with the great
fountains Of tho World's neWs.
With the coming year al tho long tried and
improved methods cf making standard Hcws-
paper will DO continued, with such additional
facilities as past experience ;ustiGos the propre-
tor in believing will aGd TO tho capacity of tho
Gazette to sorve its readers. II expects to rem
dor faithful service to tho city, the state and tho
country By csndi criticism OF men and events
in the interest ofthc people Of the Commonwealth
of Virgins
Tho yoar 1880 will be period Of critical in
terest in both the Union and the Common wealth.
Tho election OF the eighteenth President Of the
United States will take place. with all tho com.
biratioHs precedent end counts consequences
and settlomcEt5 subsequent, will call for record
in the coming Volume. The developments OF
the financial siuatiCn which may pOriond flu
chco cid comfort or poverty and priva.ion TO
thousands, arc low in progress, and tho columns
Ct tho Gazette will note each step rs well Gs
chronicle Tho result. a new and striking foreign
policy is among likely events, and tho abso! bing
interest oi i! csuuo. 10 overostmatod. In Vir-
giAja there il political chaos and industrial and
COE!mt rcial depression. Tho Way out Of this
Guasniro viii gil mary CT those paragraphs
with n!oruhtlon Of rsro interest
70 meet Ill lne dcmards upon it in an oZcep-
tonal year. the Ge&stto will be made WASH.
lNGTDN ard RICHMOND NEWSPAPER,
as well as IN ALEXAN DRlA JOURNAL.
The Richmond aid Washington nows Of tho
past va: has left little to improve, but yot
greater effort will 30 made to insnrn absolute
perfection in these departments.
The city Of Alcx.ndria will ind AS usual its
daily history in eac: evenings issue, and tho
Intelligence Of tha.scction OF tho Commonwealth
which nature he's bonui TO Alexandria by the
curvature OF is mountains or tho courses Of its
rivers Us wei! e. that portion linked to lis by tho
iron bsnis .; ailways. will be as-iduollsly
chronicle!.
Tie Business LGd Commercial columns of tho
Gazette will 30 Oiled with tho earliest and most
exact commercial nows. oditeI with such pains
tskirg caro- as will render an error, whore oven
slight errors aro dangerous. impossible.
The Cattle Markets Of sll the loading points OF
the world whose rates sloct this market will be
quoted, and regular statements of the Baltimore,
Georgetown, Washington and Alexandria salcs
of cattle will appear.
Tho Flour, Grain AMI Produce movements
will be noted daily, and the sales of tho Aloxsn-
drls and neighboring markets given with accu.
racy and dispatch. The Grocery and other mar
kcts will receive constant attention, and the
money or stock narkots OF tho country epito-
mixed for its columns, full details being eiVen
to all stocks, &c, which find investors in this
section Of the country.
The advertising columns Of the Gazette offer
Inducements which experience has shown TO sf-
ford greater returns for q small investment than
my other which can be made.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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this case marks the advent of another decade Of
the worlds progress, is doomed tit time for
new features, so that from this date the Gazette
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