Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-28
Alexandra Gazette for 1879.
Tho ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE begins janus

The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE begins january
its EiGHTEETH ANNUAL VnE.UME,
a newspaper that has won its long life By tho
survival Of the ittest' amid hundreds Of journ-
ais tina! have been its contemporaries from. timc
to time during Inc four sco1e years thst its col-
urcns have shown "the age and body Ct tha
times"
The CT ,tta sims To be 6 journal Of high char
acter-ssrly in III receipt Of nswa snd prompt
in giving TO it, readers tha latss: advto= foreign
and domestic
Its policy is to DO justice without :ear. favor
or affection; 10 give honest judgments OF public
m essures and public mon; but TO trench OF tho
sacred privacy Of no mans hearihs.ore.
1t expects to render faithful service to Tbs city,
the state and the country by candid Criticism
of mon and svont, in the interest Of the people
OF tho OmlQnWohltn OF fTglhlA
With the coming year all tho long triai! snd
improved methods Of making standard news
Taper will be continued with such additional
facilities as past experience jus!6e7 tho proprle-
tor in believing will add to the capacity CT the
Gazetts to serve its rosder!.
The news of the National Capital will ba CARDS
fully looked SITTER. The year 1879 will SEQ the
control of both BRANCHES of Co npress returned TO
the Democratic Conservative party. and this
section of the country, 80 uDjustly dealt with for
many year5 may look to see fsiror measures in
augu7atsd. Since the seat of the Federal GOV
ernmsnt was established in Washington the
Gazette has never been without full represent
alton in the corps Of co7resp ondonts thoIe, and
especial pains will be taken this yesr that every
thing of interest," especially such matters as have
| special reference to Virginia. shall be prompt
| ly snd fully reported. The proceedings Of the
Legislative, Executive or judicial Departtn snt'
| oftha Government will find their esrlies! record
| in The columns of the Gazst!e
Its Richmond correspondence will DO unusu-
ally attractive-ful in everything that concerna
Gu. local ntares:s, faithful in all things, trench
on! aud graphic.
The record of events in tho State Of Virginia
will be fully kept up. but to the intelligence OF
that section of the Commonwealth which nature
has bound TO Alexandra by the curvature of
its mountains or the courses Of its rivers As well
as that portion linked to us By the iron bands OF
railways, The Gazette will be especially AID as'
siduously devoted.
Ths Business and Commercial columns Of the
Gazette will be filed with the earliest and most
exact commercial news, edited with such painc.
taking care az will render an error, where ever
slight errors are dangerous impossible
The Cattle Markets Of all the leading points G
tho world whose rates affect This market will b
quoted, and eeu!ar ztstem snts Of the Baltimore
Georgetown, Washington and Alexandria sale
Of cattle will appear.
The Flour, Grain and Produce movement
will le noted daily, and The sales Of the Ale1sn
andria and neghboring markets given with az
curacy and dispatch. The Grocsry and othf
markets will receive constant attention, and n
money or stock markets Of tho country epltt
mizsd for it, columns, full! details being given
10 all stocks, &c. which find investors IN tn
section Of the country.
. To advertise in the Gazette means addI!ion
ffrade This axnariencs he5 proved,