Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-18
Alexandra Gazette for 1879.

Tie ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE began Jan. lst it,
EIGHTIEFH ANNUAL VOLUME,
newspaper ths. has won its long life by "tho
survival OF the ft.est" smid hundreds Of journ.
sla that have boen its contemporaries from tim
to time during the four score years tha! its Col.
unns have shown "sha age and body Of TIE
times"
Tho Gazette sias to be journal Of high ciar~
scter-sarly in tn, receip: Of nsw5 and prompt
in giving to its readers tho lssos: sdvicss foreign
and domestic.
lta policy ia TO DO justice wthou! fear. favor
or affection; TO give honest judgments of public
measures and public man, bu: 10 trencn on the
sacred privacy Of no mans hes.ths.ore.
II expects to ronde. faithful service to the city
the state and the country by candid criticism
Of men and events in tho in:eres. Of the people
of the Commonwealth Of Virginia.
With the coming yoar oil The long tried AID
improved methods of making a standard ncws.
PAPER Will be continued with such additional
facilities as pas: experience justice; the propre"
tor in believing will aid 10 the capacity of the
Gazette 10 aerve its readers.
The news Of tho National Capital will DO caro-.
fully looked after. The year 1879 will see tn:
control of both branches of Congress returned TO
the Democratic Conservative party, and this
section Of the country, 80 unju8.ly dealt with for
many years, may look to see fairer measures in.
augurated. Since the seat Of the Federal gov
eminent was established in Washington the
Gazette has never been without full represent
alton in the corps Of correspondents there, and
thing of interest," especially such matters as have
q special reference TO Virginia, shall be prompt.
ly and fully reported. The proceedings Of the
Legislative, Executive or Judicial Departments
of the Government will find their earliest record
in the columns Of the Gazette.
It's Richmond correspondence will be unusu.
ally attractive-full in everything that concerns
our local Interests, faithful in al things. trench
ant aad graphic.
The record of events in tho State Of Virginia
will be fully kept up, but TO The intelligence OF
has bound 10 Alexandra by the curvature Of
its mountains or the course5 Of its rivers as well
IS that portion linked to US by the iron bands OF
railways, the Gazette will be especially and 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 pains.
taking caro- as will render an error, where even
slight errors arc dangerous, impossible
The Cattle Markets of sill the leading points of
The world whose rates affect thi. market will be
quoted, and regular statements of the Baltimore,
Georgetown, Washington and Ale1andris sales
Of cattle will appear.
The Flour, Grain and Produce movements
will he noted daily, and the sales Of The Alexsn-
.ndris and neigh boring markets given with &C.
'uracy and dispatch. The Grocery aad 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 fnd investors in this
ection of the country. -
To advertise in the Gazette means additional
'ade. This, experience has proved.