Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-22

The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE bogus JauuaTT
| its EIGIITIETH ANNUAL VOLUME,
newspaper that has won its long life by 'lhv
survival OF the GLtest' amid hIndreds Of iourn
sls ths! have baon iLs contemporaries from tim
70 time during tho four score years that ia CO.
umns have shswn "Lho ago and body OF the
tines"
The Gnxelta aims to be journ. Of high char
acLer-early in lho receip! OF nows and prompt
in giving to its rosdors tho latest sdviccs foreign
and domestic
It's policy is TO do justice without fear, favor
| or affection; TO give honest judgments OF public
measures and public men; but 10 trench on tho
sacred privacy Of no mans hesrths!ons.
1t expects to render faithful service 10 the city
the state and the country By candid criticism
Of men and events in the in!orosL Of the peopl0
Of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
With the coming year oil tho long tried nd
improved methods Of making standard news.
rsper will DO continued with such additional
facilities as past experionc jus!ida, tho proprio-
Tor in believing will add ID tho ~ icLy of ths
Gazo!ts 10 servo its readers,
The nows of the National Capital will bs care.
fully looked after. Tho year 1879 will 500 the
control of both branches OF Congress ratarnelto
the Democratic Conservative party, and this
section Of the country, 50 unjusty dealt with for
many years may look TO SEQ fsirer measures in.
augurstod. Since the sea. of The Federal gov
eminent was established in Washington ths
Gazette has never boon without full represent
alton in the corps Of correspondents there. aat
especial pains will DO taken this year that every
thing of interest," especially such matters as have
special reference TO Virginia, shall be prompt
ly and fully reported. The proceedings of the
Legislative, Executive or Judicial Department.
ofthe Government will find their earliest rscord
in the columns OF the Gazette.
Its Richmond correspondence will BIO unusu.
ally attrsctive-full in everything that concerns
cur local interests, faithful in all things trench
an! and graphic
The record of events in the State Of Virginia
will be fully kept up, but to tho intelligence of
that section of the Commonwealth which nature
has bound 10 Alexandria by the curvature of
its mountains or the courses OF its rivers as we'll
as that portion linked to us by the iron banda Of
the Gazette will be especially aud 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 psins-
taking care as will render an erro., where even
slight errors are dangerous. impossible
The Cattle Markets of all the leading points OF
The world whose rates affect this market will DO
quoted, and regular statements of the Baltimore.
Georgetown, Washington, and Alexandra sales
If cattle will appear
Tho Flour, Grain and Produce movements
will DO noted daily, and tho sales of the Alexan.
'ndria and neighboring markets given With &C.
'uracy and dispatch. The Grocery and other
markets will receive constant attention. and the
money or stock markets of the country epto
nized for its columns full details being given IS
o all stocks, &C., which find inventors in this
ection of the country.
To advertise in the Gazette meane additions
'sde. This, experience has proved.