Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-10
Alexandria uazette for 1879

che ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE began Jan. IL! its
EsGaTIErH ANNUAL VOLUME,
newspaper that he's won its long life BY tho
suryiys! OF the ft.ssr' amid hundreds OF lourn-
ola tbs, have bson its contemporaries from time
to time during the four score years that lis CO.
umns have shswn "the sge aud body 0! tbs
times"
Tho Gazette siras 10 ba a journa! Of high c! n.
sc!er-oarly in ia, receip! OF nsHs "ad pr'a'it
in giving to j., readers the atss. aivice1 foreign
aud domestic
lls policy is TO do Justice witdou! foAr, favor
O. affection; TO give homes. judgments OF public
measures and public mea; bu. TO trencn Oh tho
sacred privacy Of 10 mars hoarths!one.
ite1pccts to rondar faithful setvics TO ci!i
the state and the country py candid crlLlc.m
of men and event, in the ntefes! OF the paop!c
Of the Commonwealth Of Virgins.
With tho coming year all the long l'lot I'D
| improved methods of making standard Rows
paper will be continual with such additional
facilities ss past experience justiao' tho pt1pr''
tor in believing will add 10 tho cIpA;ity d !aa
| Gazette 10 servo is readers.
Tho news Of tho National Capital will bg care
| fully looked af:e.. THO year 1879 will 500 t..
control Of both branches of Congress reLarnel!o
| the Democratic Conservative party, sni sh;'
section Of the country, 50 uajus:ly dealt with to'
many years, may look TO sec fsirer measures m
sugurstcd. Since tho seat Of the Federal gov
eminent WAS established in Washington tue
Gazette has nevor been without full represent.
alton in the corps Of correspondents there, AL
especial pains will be taken this year that every
thing of interest, especially such matters as have
special reference to Virginia. shall be PROMPT
u and fully reported. The proceedings OF toe
Legislative, Executive or Judicial Departments
Of the Government will find their earliest record
in the columns of the Gazette.
Its Richmond correspondence will be UNJUST
ally pttrac!ive-full in everything that concerns
cur local intares:s, faithful in all things, trench
an! aad graphic
The record Of events in tho State of Virginia
will be fully kept up. out TO the intelligence o!
that section Of the Commonwealth which NATURE
has bound 10 Alexandria by the curvature Of
its mountains or the courses Of it's rivers IS we'll
IS that portion linkod to us by tho ron bands OF
railways, the Gazette will be especially and as
siduously devoted.
The Business and Commercial columns of the
Gazette will be filed with tho earliest and most
exact commercial news, edited With such pains
taking care as will render an error, where even
slight errors are dangerous impossible.
The Csttlo 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 Alexandria salea
of cattle will appear
The Flour, Grain and Produce movements
will Re noted daily, and the sales OF the Alez.n-
sndria aud neighboring markets given with &C.
curacy and dispatch. The Grocery and ether
markets will receive constant attention, and the
money or stack markets Of the country optic
mizsd for its columns, full details being given a.
to all stocks, &C., which find investors in this
section OF the country.
To advertise in The Gazette means addiLions
trade. This, experience has proved.