Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-05
THE NEWSPAPER.

We copy, and adopt, from the Norfolk Jour
nal, the following article-which we hope our
friends and readers may fully appreciate -and
act accordingly gs4t;eas ~ I..s,...2-r 81 d: II:
Very few families and no business men in
This co-ahead age will consent to do without
the daily local newspaper.
This is indispensable, not only for the graft
Scation of the family at home, but especially
for the information Of the merchant and trad :;
ing man. 80, ,.ISts. :! ~,
and the prices for money, lands and merchan-
disc are so sensitively affected by the political
movements of the world, as to render quick
and constant communication with the great
commercial centres, matter of the first i'm
portance: .l.,lr.,. a., ri
would be expended If such information could
only be obtained by personal telegraphing.
What it would cost to send the smallest
/ message along the wires, would be sufficient
to furnish the. family with information for a
month. This excludes the vast amount OF
local, political and general news, served up to-
the subscribers TO a daily newspaper.
Bnt the above classes are not alone interest
ed in. the publication of daily papers, The
farmer and trucker may, from a. single para
graph, often CLEAN information which will re-
nav them in season ten.fold the price Of a
years subscription. The same remark applies
to the mechanic and Worklngman,, leaving out
of viIew,'th pleasure derived BY them from
having q comprehensive digest OF the news, OF
the day spread before them during the space o1
I, a week at a,less expenditure than would be
required to purchase a,tragrant Havana.
. There is another, and perhaps, the most In
teresing portion Of a daily to which we have
not adverted We allude TO- the aduertasanl
columns: In them will be found houses to-
rent; dry goods, groceries, and merchandise o
every descriptions as we'll as lands and tene
ments for sale; situations asked for; and la
borers wanted; the arrival and departures o
steamboats,, railway trains, and sailing vessels
In fact, complete budget ,of information
suited to every business and calling can b.
possessed by ten minutes perusal of the loca
paper, without which it would take an indi
yidual month to acquire. - -.
We have omitted to mention the influence
for good, of; q conservative and well conducted
is thus attracted to the point of publication
the advocacy Its local interests and improve
ments; the convenience it supplys of communl
eating important schemes to. remote and dis
tant points, and other sections of the Stats
with which our interest may be Identical. ~:
b Many persons overlook these facts, while some
coutent themselves with criticising the conduct
Of paper, which, perhaps, is daily borrowed
from poor but intelligent and liberal neigh
Dor, to the annoyance Of the entire family fol
which the paper is taken ;or, it may be, the!
fail 10 pay the carrier for what they themselve
acknowledge to be necessary to every wel-reg
.ulated household. t.T0
Notwithstanding the detection Of these tive
,casses--the borrowers and those who tail to pa.
the publisher-there is a large number OF per
sons, true friends of the press, who understand
its importance and give it a noble g? lea and gener
GUS support. .s;.,...l.ta ..s,. ,g5Aq i, Iio2
With many thanks to this class, and a. hop;
for the speedy amendment OF the others, "
shall continue our labors to make our pape
desirable to the whole community No5ol|
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