Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-31
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FOR 1880

Tho hle1s n;:ria Gazette, begun in 100, is tho
Oldest newspaper in Virg!his hnd it hiss survived,
with few exceptions, all tho public presses in
America which ssV With il the dawn Of The
nineteenth century. 1t lives. too, not in decay
or dcc.lpi., bat full Of life and youthful vigor,
giving al tho news, telling tho truth without
fear, favor affection, !Tcnching on tie privacy
Of no mans home, but fill 10 the brlm with all
public information. and giving daily honest
Judgments of public men ana public measures.
II furnishes the nova kilograms ot the How
FORK Astociatsd FtesS aTid Of Rcat6t's Euro
pean agency, hoihg, with but two exceptions,
the only paper between Baltimore snd Rich-
no1d TINT is thGs Connected with the grHat
fountains al The worlds n5ws.
With thn Coming !nar all Tia long iriad End
impro?td methods of making :. standard nows-
paper will be continued, with such additional
facilities rs past experience iustiGcs tho prcpro-
tor in believing viii aad 10 Tho c"peri:y Of tho
der faithful service t. TIA city the state and tho
country By 8 candid Criticism o! men and events
in thein!cvcst cf!hn pnn!?n If tho Commonwealth
Of Virginia.
Tia yeAr 1850 VIII 10 :. period of critical in
laTaaL III both tho Union a0i .lie toNmo wealth.
The election or tho eighteenth i;Tesidcn. CT tbs
I,,Sf u :
bln"ll1Es PRECEDENT and counts; consequences
and sct.omc;1ts subsequent, Will Call for record
in the Coming yoluno THO G0velopmants Of
Inc financial situation. which may portond stiu-
enco and comfort o. poverty aud rriVs:ion to
Thousands are now in progress and tho columns
Oh tho GaZotse will noto each step rs we'll rs
Chronicle Tho rcLu!t. . now and striking foreign
policy Is among likely events, and the absorbing
interest Of it csnno. be oYo.ostimated. In Vir-
GINA thefe Is political chaos ard industrial and
commercial depression The way out Of This
quagmire will fill many Of thoso paragraphs
with information OF r1Te interest
To meet all the demands upon il il an crcep-
tlonsl yoaf, tho Gazette viii DO made WASH
lNGTON and RICHMOND NEWSPAPER
as vol as an ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL.
The Rich!nond srd Washington noys Of tho
past year las left litto 10 improve, but vet
greater effort will DO made TO insure sbcolute
perfection in these departments,
The city c. Alcxsndris will fad as ususl its
daily history in each evenings issue, and the
intelligence Of thstsec!ion of the Commonwealth
which nature has bound 10 Alexandria bv tho
curvature of is mountains Or the courses CT it,
rivers as well rs That pcrtiHn linked TO us by the
iron bands Of railways. will be ssaidrously
chroniclcd.
Iho Business end Commercial columns OF the
Gazette will BE- filled with the earliest and most
exact commercial news, edited with such pains
taklhg cara as will render an orror, where even
slight errorg are dangerous, impossible.
Inc Cattle Markets Of all tao leading points OF
Inc World whose rates siIsct this market will DO
quoted. and regular statements Of tho Baltimore.
GEORGETOWN, Washington End Alo1aadris sales
of cattle will appear.
The Flour. Grain and Produce movements
Will De noted daily, snd tho sales of the Alexan.
dris and neigh5oring ma,kn1s given with accu-
rscy and dispatch. Tho Grocery and Other mar.
kets will rCcoivo constant Attention, and the
money or stock msFkcta 81 The country opito-
mGed f'r It's cnlunns, full details bcirg siyca
to all stocks. &c, With Gnt inyusLors in this
Section nf the coudtry.
Tho ndvertdi5g cournns OF tho GaZstta offer
which oTyotic rce has shown to sf.
t"rf Efcnter returns for !, sn all Investment thRn
any Other which cau be lnad }.
TRIMS OF SUB5D KJrTiON.
TIC hnG;nning Of tho New Year, which in
lhla caSn marks the advent Of smother decade CT
lhn worlds Irogra:a, is dGr nis,! fl tine for
new l"atErcs, 50 ttnl from tnia dsto tue Gazettn
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