Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-16
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FOR 1880.

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oldest newspaper in Virginia, and it has survived,
with few exceptioEs, eli the public presses in
America which saw with it the dawn Of the
nineteenth century. L. lives too, not in decay
or 6ec.epit, but full Of life and youthful vigor
giving all the news, telling the truth without
fear, favor or Affection !renching on the privacy
Of no mans homo, but full, 10 tho bri:n With all
pubic information, snd giving daily honest
judgments OF public men and public measures.
1t furnishes the news telegrams Of The New
York Associsted Press and Of Reuters Euro
pean agency, being, with but two exceptions,
tho only paper between Baltimore and Rich
mond tina. s thus connected with the great
fountains Of the worlds news.
With the coming year all tho long tried and
improved methods of making standard news
paper will be continued, with such additional
facilities IS past experience justifes the propre-
tor in believing will add TO tho capacity Of the
Gazette TO servo it's readers. II expects to rem
der faithful! service TO the city, tho state and the
country by y candid criticism Of mon and events
in The interest fthe people Of the Com mon wealth
Of Virgins.
The year 1850 will DO ported Of critical in.
L6res! in both tho Union and tho Common wealth.
The election Of the eighteenth President of the
United States will take place. with all the com"
blnstioEs precedent and counts; consequences
and settlements subsequent, will call for record
in the coming volume. Inc developments OF
the fnaacisl si!uat!on which may portend stllu.
ence snd comfort Or poverty and privston to
thouEsnds, aro now in progress and the columns
of the Gazette will note zach step as we'll as
chronicle the result. A now and striking foreign
policy is among likely events, and the absorbing
| interest of it cannot DO overestimated. In Vir-
glnia there is political chaos and industrial and
commercial depression. Tho way out of this
quegmiro Will fill many CT those paragraphs
with information Of rlre interest.
To meet all tho demands upon ii in an eycep-
| tonal year, tho OazaLte will be made WASH
| INGTON and RICHMOND NEWSPAPER
as we'll as EN- ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL.
The Richmond ard Washington news of the
past year hss loft l!!lo to improve but yet
greater effort will DO made TO insure absolute
iSi'SNs'Su ia InCSO SCHsI
The city Of Alexandria will find as usual IFS
daily history in each evenings issue, and the
Intelligence Of that section Of the Commonwealth
which nature has bound 10 Alexandria by the
curvature Of It's mountains or the courses of its
riVora as we'll that portion linked to us by tho
iron banda Of railways, will be assiduously
chroniclcd.
Tho Business ard Com ncrcial columns of tho
Gazette will be filed with the earliest and most
c3ac! COMMERCIAL news, edited with such pains
taking care as will render Al error, whoro oven
slight errors arc dangerous, impossible.
The Cattle Markets of nil tho leading points OF
tho world whose rates affect this market will be
quoted, ard regular statements of the Baltimore
Georgetown, WGshi ngton aud Alezaadris sales
OF cattle will appear
The Flour, Urai!l IA! Produce movements
viii pe noted daily, :I:. &c e&!eg Of the Aiexan-
dria md 2elghSc-ins markets given with accu
rscy atG dispatch. The Grocery and other msr-
Ects WI! receive constant attention ard the
tno1ey or stock markets ct tho country epito-
i:ized for ia co!u1nns, full "details being siyon
10 ell CLOCKS, SC, which Ind investors in this
section Of The county.
Tho advertising columns CT Tie GaZotto cGer
Inducements which experience has shown TO nj
!o!d greater returns for small inYestmo.t th al
any ether which Can DO made.
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