Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-05
Alexandria uazetLe for 1879.
Tho ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE began Jsa, is: Is

Tho ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE began Jsu ie; Is
EiGMTIETH ANNUAL VOLUME,
newspaper thst iss won is long lita by tho
survival Of inc d,tcst' amid hundreds Of iourr.
sls that have bsen il, contemporaries from tin
to timo during tho four scoss years tha! lie sol
unns h.vo shown ".he ago and body OF tbs
times"
The G4zat.a aims to bs L journal o! high cGa'-
sc.er-olrly 10 ~ receip! OF now! and prcmp!
in giving to it, ,e.dsrs the latest sdvees. toreigu
and domestic.
lts policy is TO d. ju:tcs withoa. tear, I,Vo;
or affection; to give honest judgments 0! pubic
measures and public mon; but to trench on u.
sacred pfivacS OF - mans hesrthstone
Ite1pccts to render faithful service 10 ID 9 city
the state and tao country By candid Criticism
Of tho Commonwealth OF Virginia.
With tho coming yoar all the long tried aui
improved methods Of making standard news
faciiites Us pa.t experience jus.idei the prJprs.
tor in believing will ADD - the capacity Of ;.a
Gszs!ts 10 serve It's resder1
The nega Of the National Capital will os care.
fully looked aftcr. The year 1879 viii! 81. Ia:
control Of both branches OF Congress rotarneilJ
tho Democratic Conservative party. and this
section Of The country 81 uDjustly deal! with for
many years may look To zee fsirer measures in-
sugurated. Since tho seat OF the Federal gov.
ernrnent wns established in Washington the
Gazette has never beoa without full represent
alton in tho corps OF correspondents there, and
especial pains will be taken this year that every.
thing of interest, especially such matters rs have
special reference to Virginia, shall DO PROMPT
~ and fully reported. The proceedings OF tue
Legislative, Executive or Judicial Department,
cfthe Government will find their earliest record
in the columns OF the Gazette.
Its Richmond correspondence will bo uuusu.
oil T,,1 tkaio
Cur locsl Interests, faithful in oil things, trench
ant aad graphic
The record OF events in The State of Virgins
will be fully kept up. but TO the intelligence OF
that aection Of tho Commonwealth which nature
has bound 10 Alexandria by the curvature OF
its mountains or the courses Of ils rivers, as vol
as that portion linked 10 us by the ion banda Of
railways, the Gazette will be especially and a.
siduousy devoted.
The Business and Commercial columns of the
Gazette will DO filed with the earliest and mos;
exact commercial news, edited with such paine.
taking caro- as will render an error, where even
slight errors a.e dangerous, Impossible.
The Cattle Markets of all the leading points OF
he world whose rates affect this marke. will bo
quoted, and regular statements of the Baltimore
Georgetown, Warrington and Alexandria sales
Of cattle will appear
The Flour, Grain and Produce movements
will be noted daily, and the sales of the Ale1sn.
sndria and neighboring markets given with &C.
'uracy and dispatch. Tho Grocery and other
markets will receive constant attention, and the
money or stack markets Of tho country epito
nized for its columns, full dotsls being given as
o all stocks, &c, which find investors in this
ection of the country.
To advertise in the Gazette means addiliona
rade. This, experience has proved