Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-22

oldest newspaper in Virginia. and it hes survived,
with few oxcept,ors, all the public presses in
America which SAW with It the dswn Of tho
ninetcenth century. It lives too, not il decay
or deceepi., bat full of life and youthful vigor,
giving sll the news, telling Inc truth without
fear favor or affection, .renchng on the privacy
of no msL's home, bu: fall 10 the brm with all
pubic information. snd giving dsity honest
judgments Of public men and public ncaGu.es
Il furnishes the news kilograms OF the New
York Associated Press snd of Reuters Euro.
pesn agency, being with but two exceptions,
the only paper between Baltimore aud Rich
mond that ia thus connected with tire greet
fountains Of the worlds Ieva.
With the coming yea. al the long tried snd
improved methods OF making g standard news
paper will be continued, With such additional
fsclltiee ss past experience justfes the pr0p7ie-
tor In believing will add &c the capacity of The
Gazette to serve its readers. II expects to rom
der faithful sarvice to the city, tho state and the
country by a candid criticism o. men aud events
in The interest Cfthe people ofthe Commonwealth
Of Virginia.
| The year 1880 viii DC period Of critical in.
terest in both The Union and the Con n on wealth.
The election OF thu eighteenth President OF the
United States will :ake place, with all the com"
| binslions precedent and counts cops4auonces
and settlements subsequent, viii cail f2r record
| in the coming volume The Developments Of
! the financial situstioI which may porLend I'll u
enco and comfort or poverty AID priyatien TO
| thouasnda, are now il progress Ind the columns
| OF the Gazette will Tote each step rs wail as
| chronicle the result. & new and striking foraign
policy is among likely events, and the absorbing
| interest OF it cannot DO oVecestmaLcd. In Yir-
gina there is political chaos ard industrial and
commercial depression. The way out OF this
| quagmire will fiji many OF thc46 paragraphs
with information Of rare interest.
To meet ell the demands upon il il i'll axcap.
tiorAl year, tbs Gszettc will DO made WASH
1NGTON and RICHMOND NEWSPAPER,
| as we'll IS an ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL.
The Eichmond ard Washington news Of the
| psft year haa left little TO improve, but yet
greater effort will &c made to insure sbsoiu.o
perfection II these departments.
The city Of Alexandria will h1t IS ususi ita
dsi!y history in each evsriug's issue, and tho
intelligence of th It section Of the Comm onwaa!h
which nsture hiss bound to Aloxsndri. by the
curvature of lis mountains or the courses Of its
rivers we'll tha. portion linked to us by the
iron bands Of railways, will be as:iduous;y
chron!cled
The Business aid Commcrcisl columns Of tho
Gazette will ba filed With tho earliest and most
sxacL corrntrcsl news. edited with such pains
taking Cara az will render an error, where even
slight errors ore dangerous. i'm posslb!e.
Tbs Ca!tls Markets of all the Leading points of
the world whose ratea sfsct this market will be
quoted, and rogulsr ssatemcnts OF the Baltimore,
Georgetown, Washington aid hioxaadris aeic:
of csttle will appear.
The Flour, Grain end Produce movements
Will De noted daily, snd tho Gales OF tho A!exan-
dris snd noighhorng markets given With sccu-
Tscy and dispatch. The Grocery and other u1sr-
kets will receive constant attention, and the
money or stock markets OF the country epi!o-
i-i'HSS i'A ISo IulI ucySll5 DclEG SlECH
to al stocks, &c, which find in es.ors in this
section Of the country.
The advertising columns of the Gazct.o offer
inducements which xIercnce has shown to If
ford greater returns for small Investment than
any other which can be made.
TEENS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The beginning Of the New Yesr, which in
this case marks the advent of smother decaSe of
the worlds progress, is deemed Il: tine Tor
new fasturee. so ths! from this date the Gazette
for the country (tri-weekly) will be supplied ST
FOUR DOLLARS per annum, il advance.
THE NEW MATES.
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Always cash in advance
WINES ANEs LEasUNgsS.
GEORGE STEUERsAGEE.,s
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