Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-10
ALEXANDRIA GAZGTTE FOR 1890

The Alezsndris Gazette, begun in 1899, is the
oldest newspaper in Virginia and i! has survived,
with few exceptions. ~ the public presses in
Amcrics which SAW With it the dawn Of tho
nineteenth century. Il lives too, not in decay
or dcc:epit bu, full Of lie and youthful vigoc,
giving al the news telling the truth without
fear, favor or affection, .renching Oh the privscy
Of no mans homo, but fQll to the brm with ali
public Information. and giving daily honest
judgments OF public men and public measures.
II furnishes the news kilograms Of the New
Iork Associated Press and of Reuters Euro
pesn ageLcv, being, with but two exceptions,
mona that IL thus connected viii the gtest
tJun.alns Of the worlds news.
With the coming yosr eli the long tried and
improved methods Of Masking Standard news
paper will DC continued, With such additional
fsciities as past experience justice: the pr0pre.
tor IN believing will add 10 the capacity of the
Gazette 10 serve its readers. 1t expects to ran
der faithful service TO the city, the state and the
country by candid criticism 0! Ken and events
IN thelnterosL of!de peopie Of the Com wealth
OF Virginia,
THIS year 1850 will % :. psriod Of critical in.
tereat IN both The Union snd the Comm Oh wealth
The election Of the eighteenth President OF tbs
United States will laEe place, with 81! the COM
biHstions precedent, aud counts consequences
and settlements aubsGqlcnt, will call for record
in the coming volume. The developments Of
the financial :itust'cr, which msy por,end STA
erce and comfort or poverty aud ptivation TO
thousands. ere nov ii progress. and the columns
OF the Gszette will note each step rs we'll as
chronicle the result. a new and striking foreign
policy is among likely events, and the absorbing
Interest OF il cannot DO overestimated. In Vir-
ginis there is politics! chaos and industrial and
commercial depression, The way on. Of .his
qusgmire vii! Eli many OF those paragraphs
with iniormstlon Of rLce interest.
To meet al tie demands upon it il an eycop-
tionsl year. the Gazgttc will be made WASH.
INGTON and RICHMOND NEW>pApER,
SO we'll So 80 ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL.
The Richmond and Washington news Of the
past year hiss LETT little TO improve, tut yet
greater effort viii be made to nau70 absolute
perfection in tEese departments.
The city of Alexandria will End as usual ils
daily history in each evenings issue sid the
intelligence Of thstsecton OF the Conn onveslth
which nature has bound 70 Alexandria by the
curvature Of liz mountains Or tho courses Of ia
rivers as well Us that portion linked t. Us by tae
iron bsnds Of railways. vii! be asaiduouaIy
chr0n,clca.
The Business and Com ncc9ial columns OF the
Gazette will be flied with The car lost snd most
exact commercial rows, edited with such pains
taking csr, rs VII TouGc7 81 error, where even
slight errors arc dsugeI GUS impossible
The Cattle Markets 0G all .ae leading points Of
the world whose retes siloct tbs market will be
quoted, and regular statements of The Baltimore
GeorsetoR a, Washington and Alexandria sales
Of cattle will appear.
The Flour Grain Az Produce movements
will be noted daily, and tho sales OF the Alexan-
IA 40 o'ii ONA SlfCH Will ACCu-
racy and dispatch. The Grocery and other mar
keLs will receive constant attention, aad the
money or stock markets OF the country ep;to-
mixed for its columns, full details being given
to all stocks, &c, which find in es.ors in this
section OF the county
The advertising columns Of the Gazetta offer
inducements which experience has shown to af
ford greater returns for small investment than
any other which can bo ,nsde.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The beginning OF the New Year, which in
this case marks the advent of smother decade OF
the worlds progress, is deemed u Fl. time for
new features, so TIA. G;om this date Tie Gazette
for the country (tri-weekiy) will be supplied CT
FUU 4 DOLLARS per nnluin, il advance.
TIE NEW RATES.
Alexandria paiiy Gszatte.........-$ Sc per arnam
Alexandria TIL Weekly Gazg.te.. "
Always cash in sdvance
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