Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-07
The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE began Jan. lst its
E.GHTEETH ANNUAL FlLUME,

EKGHTEETH ANECAE FlAGME,
q negspaper that has won its long life by "tho
survival of the fttesr' amid hundreds OF lourn'
sis that have been its cotemporsrles from I'm =
to time during tho four scoro years that Its col
umns hsvo shown "tho sge and body OF the
times
Tho Gazette aims TO be journal Of high cha!.
scter-esry in tho rcceip. Of naws and promp
in giving to its readers tho latest advices. foreign
and domestic.
lis policy is TO do Justice without fesr faye:
or affection; 10 give honest judgments Of public
measures and public men, but 10 trench on tn
sacred privacy of no mans hearthstonc.
It expects TO render faithful service to tho city
the state and the country by candid criticism
of men and events in the interest Of the people
of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
With the coming year ell tho long tired and
improved methods of mskinga standard news.
paper will be continued with such additional
facilities ss past experience jus.ihes the propre-
tor in believing will Gdd to tho capacity of the
Gazette 10 serve its readers.
The news Of The National Capital will BIO care
fully looked after. The year 1879 will soc the
control of both branches Of Congress returned TO
the Democratic Conservative party. and this
section of the country, SO uDJustly dealt Win tor
many years, may look TO see talrer measures IN
aucurateG. Since the sest OF the Federal gov
ernmcnt wGs established IN washington Inc
Gazette hiss never been without full represent
alton in the corps Of correspondents there, and
especial pains will be taken this year that every
thing Of ntcrast, especially such matters as have
q special reference TO Virginia, shall DO PROMPT
ly and fully reported. The proceedings OF the
Legislative, Executive or Judicial Departments
Of the Government will find thoIr earliest record
in the columns of the Gazette.
lis Richmond correspondence will be unGsu-
ally a.tractive-full in everything that concerns
our local interests, fshfu! in al things, trench
ant and graphic.
The record of events in the Ststc Of Virginia
will DO fully kept up, but to the intelligence OF
thst section Of the Commonwealth which nature
has bound 10 AlexaEdris by tho curvature OF
its mountains or tho courses o. its riVors, ss we'll
as that portion linked to us by tho iron bands OF
railways tho Gazette will DO especially aud AZ
siduousy devoted.
The Business and Commercial columns of the
Gazette will be Gllcd with tho earliest and most
exact commercial news. edited with such PAINS
taking carc rs will render &? error, where even
slight errors ere dangerous, Impossible.
Tho Cattle Markets uf ali the leading points OF
tho world whose rates aiiect this market will 10
quoted, and regular statements Of the Baltimore.
GEORGETOWN, Washington ard Alexandria salos
Of cattle will appear.
Tho Flour, Grain and Produce movements
will be noted daily, and tho sales of The Alexsn.
sndria md neighhorinE markets given with ac-
curacy and dispatch. Tho Grocery and other
markets will receive coTstsrt attention, and the
money or stock markets of the country optic
r1Zcd for its columns, full details being given IS
10 oil stocks, &c, which find Investors IN this
section OF tho country.
70 advertise in no Gazette means gddit!urs
trade This, experience hes proved.