Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-26

Tho Alexandria Gazette, begun in liyJ, s the
oldes! lewspapcr in Virginia. ard i! has SURVIVED
with few EXCEPTIONS I'll lie public presses iii
America which saw with it tho dawn Of tic
nir:eteea.h century. Il lives. too, not in decay
or dec-tp!t, bat full Of life and youthful vigcr,
giving all the nows, telling tho truth without.
fear, favor CT affection, !renchi1g On the privacy
of no mans nome, bu: fall 10 Tho brm with all
public information. and giving dsily honest
Judgments Of public men md public measures.
1t furnishes the news telosrsms of the New
York Asrocisted Fress and Of Reuters Euro.
peGn agency, being, with but two exceptions,
the only paper between Baltimore and Rich
mond that is thus connected with tho 2.ost
fountains Of the worlds news.
With tho coming ye&1 ali Inc long tried and
improved methods Of making o standard Hews.
paper will be continued, with sucE additional
facilities as past experience juatics The proprie-
tor in believing will add 10 tho capacity OF tho
Gazette to serve lis readers. II expects TO rem
der faithful service TO tho city, the stste and the
country by candid criticism of rion and events
II theintorest ofthc people oftho Commonwealth
of Virginia.
The gear 1850 will be r3.iad Of critcs! in.
tercs. in both line Union and tho Commonwealth.
The election of the eighteenth President Of the
United States will take place, with sill tho COM
binstions precedent, and counts consequences
and settlements subsequent, will call for record
in tho coming volume. The developments Of
tho financial situation, which may po7tond SLID
eEce and comfort or poverty and privation TO
lboussnds, are now in progress. and tho columns
OF tho Gazette viii Eotp each step as we'll as
chronicle the result. 4 now and striking foreign
policy is among likely cvants art the absorbing
intorcs! o! IL Cannot 10 Grerestma!ed. In Vir-
ginin thoro is political chaos and Industrial and
commercial DEPRESSION Tho way cat of this
quagmire will I'LL inany ot thosn paragraphs
with inlormstlrn Of ra-c Interest.
TO meet all the demands upoa IL in in oycon.
tionsl year. tho Gazclto will be msdo WASH.
!NGTON srd RICHMOND NEWSPAPER,
as we'll as an A LKXANDElA JOURNAL.
Tho Richmond aEA Wa hingtcn rcws Of the
past year has left little to improve, Int 20.
grcstcr effort will be made to insrro ahsn!uic
perfection in these departments.
THO city Of AleEsn'ri. will Grl az usual its
daily history in cac!i oYoIing's Issue, ,nd tho
Intelligence Of Lhat section Of tho Commonwealth
which natuEa has bound - A}oxandeia by IN,
curvature of lis nluilnlaGs Or tho cu.lrsca Cf lis
rivers rs we'll "a tha: portion linked To iIs hy tlo
iron baHls 81 7niIways, will 10 additionally
chronclod.
Tho Business end Commercial! columns Of tho
daHc!o will ho filled with tho earliest and MOS.
oXac! commcrc!a! news, edited with such paiEs-
tskir2 Cars rs Will render III error wirrn cs al
slight CROPS arc dangerous. Impossible.
lhe Cattle Mathnts of AL tho leading points Of
the world whose rates Affect this market will Ia
quoted, and regular statements Of tho Baltimore,
Georgetown, Washington and flosaatlrin sales
of cattle will appear
Tho Flour, Grain AID Produce movements
will DO noted daily, end Tho Gales CT the Aloxan-
cria and ncighbCrinE markets given with accu-
racy and dispatch. l'ho Groctry snd other mnr.
kcts will rcceivO constant attention, and the
money or stool; markets OF tho country cpito-
mized Tor its columns full details being given
TO all stocks, &c, which find inTostor, in This
section of the COUNTRY.
The advertising columns cc the Gazette offer
inducements which experience hss shown to o.
ford greater returns for small Investment than
any other which csn be made
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this case marks the advent Of smother decade Of
tho worlds progress, is deemed fit time for
new fssiures, SO tina. from this date tho Gazette
for the country (Lri-wcokly) will be supplied st
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