Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-24

oldest newspaper IN Slrginlf ,1;+h.-.,,.-;-,,4
with few EXCEPTIONS MI cha ,.,,hi;o .a.s.. -
america which saw ,,h :. go sa,nr - ,.a
't".| ~, 1t lives tno, not in decay
or aec'eP,'' D1' ~ of life pad youthful vigor
giving sill the n .ws ta,l;ne tho ,rn.b ,vi,bnr,
i'ht' 4"'0' ~ lection, !rcnCnipg on the privacy
o. 40 n'h'' lone, but fell TO the brim with all
pup'0 it' Jrmsiion, snd giving daily honest
uosniep IS Of public men snd public measures
" furnishes the news kilograms Of the New
o-k Associated Pres and Of Reuters Euro
r'esu agency, being with but two EXCEPTIONS
me only paper between Baltimore and Rich
mond that Is thus connected with Che great
fountains Of the worlds pewe.
With the Gaming year ali the long tried and
improved methods CT making standard news
paper will be continued, With such additional
facilities IS past experience ;uatfes the proprie-
tor in believing will sdd to the capacity OF the
Gazette to servo lis readers II expects 10 rem
der faithful service to the city, the state and the
country By csndid criticism of men and events
Ia thointorest ofthe people of the Common wealth
of Virginia.
The year 1880 will be period of critical in.
terest in both The Union and the Common weslth.
The election Of the eighteenth President of the
United States will take place. with ell the com.
biEatons precedent and counts consequences
and settlements subsequent, vii! csl for record
| in the coming volume. the developments OF
| the financial tuition which may portend tiu-
ence snd comfort or poverty ard priyation to
thousands, are now il progress, and the columns
Of the Gazette will nots each step as wei! as
chronicle the result. Z new and striking foreign
policy is among likely events and the sbsor bing
| Interest OF it cannot be oTorcstm.ted. in Yir-
| GINA there is pulitica! chaos AID industrial and
commercial depression. The way on: of this
qusgmire will I'll many OF thoso paragraphs
| with information Of rare Interest.
! To meet all tbs demands upon il in an eGcep-
| tionsl year, the GszsLte will be made WASH.
INGTON ard RICHMOND NEWSPAPER,
| as well IS an ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL.
The Richmond sid Washington news Of the
past year has left little to improve, but ye,
greater effort will be made TO insure absolute
pSIASNtIoA III LAcsc UcpAI
The city Of Alexsndris will fad as u.usl liz
daily history in each evenings issue, and the
Intelligence Of thstsec!ion Of the Conn. OF wealth
which nature has bound to Alexsndris by tho
curvsture of its mountains or the courses Of It's
rivers ss we'll rs that portion linked to us by the
iron bands Of railways will be assiduously
chronioled.
The Business and Com uercal columns Of the
Gazette will be filed with the lest aad most
exact commercial ne1s, edited with such pains
taking CARD as will render an error, where even
slight errors are Dangerous i'm possible.
The Cattle Markets Of all the leading points Of
the world whose rates affect this market viii BIO
quoted, and regular statements Of tho Baltimore,
Georgetown, Washington and Alezsadria sslea
OF cattle will appear.
The Flour, Grain and Produce movements
will be noted daily, and the sales of the AIexan-
dria snd neigh boring markets given with sccu-
| rscy snd dispatch. The Grocery snd other mar.
Kets will receive constant attention, and the
money or stock rasrEets OF the country epito-
mixed for its columns, full details being eivei
to sll stocks &c, which fed in cs!crs in this
s.c;iJn Of the country.
The advertising columns Of the Gszct.s oiier
Inducements which experience has shown TO Gf-
ford greater returns for small Investment than
sny other which Can be made.
TERMS OF DESCRIPTION.
The beginning of the New Year, which in
this case marks the advent Of smother decade of
the worlds progress, is deemed fit time for
new features so tina! from this date the Gszette
for the country (r-weekIy) will be supplied al
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