Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-17
Alexandria Gazette for 1879.

TIE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE began j sn. Let i!s
EiGHTAETA ANNUAL VOLUME,
q newspaper Tat h4a won its long life by 1.-THE
survival Of tao Et.est" amid hundreds of journ.
sls that hsye been it; contemporaries from tim,
to time during the four sco'e years that its CO..
umns have saevn "the age snd body Of tic
times"
The Gazette aims to DO q jolrna! Of nigh chat
ac.er-aarly in The receipt OF news and .promp!
in giving to It's readers he latest sdvce5 foreign
and domestic.
Its policy is to co justice w;thou! fear, favor
or affection; to give honest judgments Of public
measures end public men but TO trench on The
| sacred privacy Of no mans hesrthstone.
It expects to render faithful service 70 tho city
the stste sud the country by candid criticism
Of men end events in tho i1teres. of the people
Of the Comm nweath Of Virginia.
With the coming yesr sil tho long tried ard
improved methods OF making standard news.
paper Will be continued with such additional
facilities ss past experience jus.iles the prJprie-
tor in believing will sid % tho capacity of tas
Gazette TO serve its readers.
The news Of tho National Capital vii! be care.
fully looked after. The year 1879 will $50 !lt
control of both branches of Congress re!urnedto
the Democratic Conservative party, and this
many years, may LOOK to see tsirer measures in-
sugursted. Sace the seat Of The Federal gov
eminent was es.sbllshst in Washington the
Gazette has never been without full represent
alton in the corps of correspondents there, and
especial pains will be taken this year that every
thing of interest. especially such matters as have
special reference to Virginia, shall be prompt
~ aud fully reported. The proceedings of the
Legislative, Executive or Judicial Departments
ofthe Government will find their earliest record
in the columns of tho Gazette.
Its Richmond correspondence will be unusu.
ally attrsc;ive-tull in everything that concerns
our local interes.a, faithful in all things, trench.
an! and graphic.
The record of events in the State Of Virginia
will be fully kept up, but to the intelligence of
hat section Of the Commonwealth which nature
aas bound 10 Alexandria By the curvature Of
Is mountains or the cou:ses OF its rivers rs well
as that portion linked to US by tho iron bands Of
ALWAYS. the Gazette will be especially and as.
iduously devoted.
The Business and Commercial columns of the
iszstte will be filed with the earliest and mos!
xact commercial newa edited with such pains.
skiDg care as will render 81 error, whero even
light errors are dangerous, impossible.
The Cattle Markets Of al the leading points OF
DO world whose rates affect thi: market will be
uo:ed, and regular statements OF the Baltimore,
Georgetown, Washington and Alexandria sales
cattle will appear.
The Flour, Grain and Produce movements
i'll be noted daily. and the sales of the Alexan.
adris and neighboring markets given with &C.
Tracy and depstcb. The Grocery aad other
srkets Will receive constant attention, and tho
oney or stock markets of the country epito.
lied for its columns, full details being given as
all etocka, &C., which find investors in this
ction of the country.
To advertise in the Gazette means additions:
ade- This, experience has proved.