Year: 1866

Full OF importance TO all OF rs, both as
individuals and ~ people, have been the
events which have thickly crowded upon NJ
during the year which has 90 nearly end
ed; and at this time, the commence
ment ofa most eventful session Of Congress,
one that will have marked influence spsa
all the future ofour couatry, and which is in.
timately connected with the late great CON-
test of arms that 80 convulsed the Nation,
it has become imperative that those who
stand for liberty and loyalty, for the right of
the Union to exist and man to be free, must
avail themselves of every opportunity to gain
the needed political information and guild
ance.


The purpose of forcing representatives Of
the Rebel States into Congress, in defiance
Of the loyal oath, BY Presidential fat and
Military power, is openly avowed, with
threats that those who resist it shall be treat
ed as rebels, and civil war thus be k,ndled
throughout the North and West





and the Copperheads that revolutions 90
not bsckward-that Emancipation is an un.
changeable fact-that the glorious Civil
Rights Act, can never be repealed; that
the rights of the humblest American are
henceforth guaranteed and shielded by the
Federal Constitution, and must be main
taiHed against all gainsayers - that the
days wherein blacks had no rhl,s whhA
whites we're bound to respec, have passed
away forever.


The coming year is to be an important one
in the hfsry Of Lee county and the State OF
Iowa Our railroad prospects should be
known abroad that we may secure large i'm
migration here, so that our great State may
continue TO grow and prosper even more rap>
IDLY than in the past.


To this end and thai light and truth may
be Systematically diffused to every neighbor-
hood and fireside. and that we may aid, as
far as in us lies, in the enlightening the pub
lie mind upon the real character and bear
ings OF the political issues of the day, we of
fer the GAra CRY at the cheap rates found
below for the year 1867.


THE GATE CRY is one of the Oldest pa
pers in the State, is published in the
Gate City of Iowa, the entrepot of the Des
MONIES Valley to Eastern and Southern trade
and travel. With these and multiplying ia
eilties for interconmunication with all the
markets toward which the commerce Of our
State tends, we shall il our full Commercial
and Financial Reports make the GArs val
uable to Merchants, Farmers. Manufactu.
rers, and all classes. Our News Repor-
tory will be full and constantly up to
the latest dates and no proper expense
will be spared in extending our telegraph
facilities for general and commercial
Intelligence.


In its editorial management il will still sd-
vocate the fundamental Republican and
Union principles il has so long and zealously
maintained. and be q constant and ardent de-
fender OF Union, Liberty and Justice. Mr.
Howell, so long and widely known as the
former editor Of this paper, under whose able
administration it for years Tough, bravely the
battle Of freedom and human rights, will
contribute, over bis own signature to its
columns.


Our Literary department We shall aim
TO keep filled with choice matter. To
this end we shall lay under contribution
Sketches, Essays, Art and Science,
Poetry, and occasional Tales.


For the benefit of our Farmers we shall
devote portion of our space to AgricuItu-
raj Items, and matters of interest to each
ard every tiller of the soil, thus making the
GAZE CRY in every respect a frs. class fami>
" Newspaper-a paper that should bs In
every household in Southern Iowa and
the adjacent counties of the neighborine
States.


Every citizen of Iowa should feel ar
interes, and take pride in sustaining State
paper in preference 10 one from abroad. and
We believe that most Of our intelligent far
mers. manufacturers and mechanics agree
with rs in this respect, and only require So
lcitalien to subscribe for such a paper as We
endeavor to make the GATE CRY.


As in the past, it will be our endeavor tt
make il essential to he prosperity and growth
of our city. county and State, and in this ef
ftrt we look to be cordially and generousl.
supported By the people. in order that it n a.
fully and sufficiently second their efforts ant
enterprises.


We are making arrangements as rapidly a
possible TO introduce steam power into ou
Office, and new Hse press capable Q
pr,ntiug ten column sheet has been or
dered from the manufacturer. When thi
arrives the Weekly will be enlarged to a te
column sheet, making it the largest an
cheapest paper published in the Northwes
and both editions will be greatly improve
in appearance.


simultaneously with this We shall con
mence the publication Of SEMI WEEKLY, fc
the benefit Of those who cannot get the Dali
until day or two after its publication, an
who desire te receive the news oftener tha
nee q week.


Our facilities for working of . larl
and rapidly increasing circulation have hitl
erto been rather limited, but with . stea
press, which can, with ease, ran of fro
hree to FIVE thousand copies per hour, '
will experience no difficulty in keeping pa
With the increasing circulation a~ard'
us by discriminating public, while
will be enabled to deliver our pap
at an earlier hour than any Of our cotemp
raries.


We trust that our friends in all parts Of Il
and the adjoining States will do all in th'
power to aid us in extending our circulatio
thus giving all an opportunity to keep the'
selves fully posted in regard 70 the polite
results of the coming year, and see that u
people are provided With The proper kind
political food, ss it is during this time to
decided whether the fruits Of the victo
won by the defenders Of the Union. are to
sacrificed BY an apostate President,
quetting with rebels, traitors, and coppt
heads, or whether they shall be wisely u