Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-14
Alexandria Gazette for 1879,
The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE began Jan. Is! il.


EIGHTIETH ANNUAL VOLUME,
| d newspaper tha. has won its long life By ''!h,
| survival of the dt.es" amid hundreds OF ioura.
ais tbs! have been its contemporaries from tin
to time during the four score years thst its Co.
umns have shown "tha age and body Of tie
| times"
Tho Gaz o!,s aims to BIO Il journa! OF hga car.
sc.er-esrly in tn receip: Of avs and :prcmlt
in giving to ts readers the latest sdvices foreign
and domestic.
Its policy is to do Justice without! tosr, favor
or affection; to give honest lgmen.s OF public
measures and public mon; bu. 10 trenca on Toe
sacred privacy of ~ mans hsar.hstone.
Ite1pects 10 rende. faithful service 10 the city
the stk.e and the country By a candid criticism
of men and events in the interest OF Tho people
of the Commonwealth Of Virginia.
With the coming yesr all the long !rs,! aid
| improved methods OF making standard news.
| Taper will be continued with such adlit!oas
facilities as past exper.eac, jus!as, the pr1pre-
tor in believing will add - the capacity OF tae
Gazette TO serve its ro.ders
The news Of tho National Capital will bs Care.
fully looked aftcr. The year 1879 will SEQ t.
control of both branches of Congress relurnein
the Democratic Conservative party. and hi.
section of the cour!ry, SO unus.ly deslt with for
many years. may look to SEQ fairer measures in.
augurste1. Since tho scat of tho Federal gov
eminent was established in Wsshinsto the
Gazette has never been without full represent.
alton in tho corps Of correspondents there. and
especial pains will DO taken this year that every
thing of interest," especially such alters Is have
u special reference to Virginia, shall be prompt
~ and fully reported. The proceedings Of tho
Of the Government will Gud their esrliest record
in the columns of the Gazette.
Its Richmond correspondence will be unusu.
ally st!racLivo-full in every thing that concerns
cur local Interests, faithful in all things, trench
ant and graphic.
The record Of events in the State of Virgins
will be fully kept up. but to the intelligence OF
that section of the Commonwealth which nature
has bound TO Alexandria by The curvature Of
it's mountains or the courses of its rivers, SO wv
SIS that portion linked to US by the iron bania oi
railways. the Gazette will be especially and as
siduousy devoted.
The Business and Commercial columns of the
Gazette will be filed with the earliest and most
exact commercial news, edited with such pains.
taking care ss Will render an error, whore even
slight errors are dangerous. impossible.
The Cattle Markets of all the leading points OF
The world whose rates affect this market will be
quoted, and regular statements Of the Baltimore,
Georgetown, Washington and Alexandra sales
of cattle will appear
The Flour, Grain and Produce movements
will be noted daily, and the sales Of The Alexsn.
andris and neighboring markets given with ac-
curscy and dispatch. The Grocery and other
markets will receive constant attention, and the
money or stsck markets Of the country epito.
nized for i!s columns, full details being given SIS
10 ell Stocks &C., which find investors in this
section Of the country.
To advertise in the Gazette means additional
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