The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-11

no such welcome as the swelling of millions
of hearts with pride and joy at our success
would give to every soldier Of the army
Homes, firesides, and domestic affairs are
involved.
.'The army has fought we'll heretofore. It
is believed that it viii fight moie desper-
ately and bravely than ever, if it is address,
ed In fitting terms. Corps and other COM
manders are authorized TO order the Instant
death OF any soldier who fails to do his duty
at this hour.
By command of Mai. Gen. Meade.
S. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant General"
BLACK SoLpIERs.-The policy of en-
ploying colored men as soldiers-so long
and so violently resisted-seems at last to
be fairly adopted by the Government, and
heartily acquiesced in by the people. 1t is
no longer question whether the negro
will fight, or whether the white man viii
Hudson and Milliken's Bend have settled
the first point, and Adjutant- General
Ihomas's emphatic testimony has stopped
all debate on the second. 81 was sent"
| said Gen. Thomas, the other day, to a gen.
| ileman in Philadelphia, Shy the President
10 organize the blacks of the Southwest
INTO regiments, and l performed my mis-
sion without difficulty. The army made
no opposition, and the blacks enlisted with
alacrlty. The able-bedied of entire PLAN
tatlons came e1, n,asse ..and asked to be en-
rolled. And" added the General, s'they
make flrst-rate soldiers; in some respects
| better even than the whites. They are adj
mirably adapted for picket duty. Howev-
er sleepy negro may be in day time and
| in the sun, make sentinel of him and his
vigilance can't be exceeded. ehears and
sees everything that may be going on
| around him. He is equally good as q
scout. He knows where to look for the
guerrillas, and how to deal with them
when found"
This is strong, and, coming from the
source it does, conclusive testimony. Gen.
Thomas, as all know, little while ago was
bitter opponent of the policy he now adj
vocates. He had all the preiudices of a.
Southerner by birth and a West Point off,
Ger by education. But being an honest
man, and reasonable withal, he has yield
ed to argument and experience, and re-
| versed his position.
1t is hardly enough to say that the peo-
pie acquiesce in this measure. They heart
| lily approve of it. The fact is, it is becom-
| ing positively popular. The number of
applications for commissions in the black
regiments-many of them being from
white officers now in the field-it is said
exceed $500, and is daily increasing. In
lphla-cautious, conservative Phil
adelphia-the business of black enlist
ments has been undertaken with zeal
that quite takes the wind out of the sails
OF Massachusetts. Leading men in that
city are the pronounced friends of the
| measure, and gentlemen of the highest So
cial and political distinction are giving lib
orally and working earnestly for its sue
cess. A card from the Supervisory Com
mittee," published in another column, il
Illustrates by its statements and the sigma
lures attached to it the truth of what we
| say. If any one still doubts whether the
world moves, let him note the old array
| as it would have once been considered-of
names appended to that document. Con-
sentative and Radical, Old Line Wing and
late Buchanan Democrat, but all loyal and
| true, unite in pleasing harmony for the
advancement of measure which more
| than any other at this particular juncture
| is demanded by the exigencies of the
country. Philadelphia has done herself
do well to initiate her. ....-s-
REVENUE DECISION CONCERNING DoNA-
TONS BY Observation-Disclosures Lewis
has decided the following points:
When testator directs money to be laid
out in the purchase of land for the use of a
devisee, the money is, by force of the direc-
tons in the will, converted into land, and
that conversion takes place at the death of
| the testator. In such case no legal tax is
chargeable.
Where testator directs generally, land
| to be sold by executors or trustees for the
payment of debts, or for distribution, the
land is converted into money from the date
of the testator's death. In such case the le-
| gal tax is chargeable upon the shares of
legatees, as in other cases.
Where land is directed to be sold and the
money given to one or to several legatees,
and the legatees elect to take their legacies
/ - nj Il <I,o, 1c
sale, the legacies are subject to the legacy
tax to the same extent as if sale had actu-
ally been made; though in the general,
where land is directed to be sold, the con-
version takes place at the death of the tes-
tator, he may direct otherwise by his will,
and appoint time for the sale, in which
case the conversion is postponed till that
| time arrives, but no caprice or exercise of
discretion on the part of the executor or
! trustee authorized to sell, will prevent the
conversion from taking place at the date of
the testator's death where a general author
ity to sell is given.
NATIONAL DEBT.-The National debt OF
the LIST of July, 1868, is as follows, embrac-
ing everything:
Four per cent - Z. ----..
Temporary loan $23, SOC, 2os
| Five per cent
Bonds due 1855 90, 900
BONDS due 1911 7,OZZ, wv
Bonds due 1873 20,000,0O0
Temporary loan 71,244, 498
---1Ol, 7z7,.49s
Six per cent -
Bonds due 1868 $1S, $685. 9l
Bonds due 1881 81, 457, 500
Bonds due 1882 lo2, 44, 4Ol
| Treasury notes, 776,650
Certificates of indebt-
edness, 156, S35.21
---------47, SO7, 655
1910 BIDS, due Aug. 10 '64. Sc, 93I 900
1910 BIDS, due Oct. l, "a. 81, 1886, 500