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QUINN, copies of Orville Colege, by Mrs. HENRY WOOD, author of East Lyme, and The Rebel Chief, by GUSTAVE AIMARD, authorof thr Prairie Flower, and other works. The Rebel Chief is a tale of guerilla life, and will prove interesting to those who have some experience in this mode of warfare. Both of these Books are well gotten up, and from a cursory glance at thoir contents, will well repay the time spent in their perusal. Mr. QUINN has a large and full supply of modern literature at his King Street Stand, and can accommodate his customers with the latest novels and periodicals. DECREE OF THE COURT OF EQUITY ANNULLED. HEADQ'ES. SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT, CHARLESTON, S. C., August 7, 1867. [SPECIAL ORDERS, NO. 119.] (EXTRACT.) 1. Whereas, upon a bill of complaint filed in Equity in the Court of Chancery of South Carolina, by the Bank of Charleston 0S. James Tupper and the President and Directors of the Bank of the State of South Carolina, to which bill the Merchants' Bank of South Carolina at Cheraw and John T. Sloane were afterwards, upon their respective petitions, admitted to answer as defendants; a decree was made and entered by H. D. Lesesne, a Chancellor or said State, on the 5th day of March, A. D. 1867 ordering and directing James W. Gray, Master in Chancery, to pay to the Bank of Charleston the sum of five thousand two hundred and twentythree dollars ($5223) in specie, and to the Bank of Charleston and the Bank of Cheraw, jointly, the sum of five hundred and seventy-four dollars ($574) in specie, and to Hayne & Son, solicitors, representing John T. Sloan, and certain claimants on account of horses sold for the use of the Confederate army, the sum of three thousand dollars and thirty cents ($3,000 after deducting costs of suit, and giving certain directions in respect thereof; and it appearing by the statements and sworn answers of the parties above named, that the monies so ordered to be distributed constituted the balance of a fund created by a loan or advance made by certain banks of the State of South Carolina, in the early part of the year 1865, to aid the so-called Confederate government to remount a certain portion of the cavalry force with which it was endeavoring to resist the military forces of the United States, which balance, amounting to the sum of eight thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty cents ($8,797 30) in gold at the time of the military occupation of the State aforesaid, and at the time of the surrender of the Confederate armies, remained unexpended in the hands of the Bank of the State of South Carolina, deposited to the credit of James Tupper, Auditor of the said State and it appearing that said decree was procured to be made by consent and connivance of James Tupper, Auditor of the State and the Bank of the State of South Carolina, the general fiscal agent of said State and it further appearing that neither the United State government nor the State of South Carolina appeared in said proceedings in Equity, or submittedtheirrespectiveright to the determination of the court-that the United States authorities had not notice of the proceedings aforesaid- that irregular and unusual means were employed to prevent knowledge of the said suit, and of the existence of said fund from coming to the United States authorities, of which it is alleged the said Chancellor and the parties before the court and their counsel were cognizant; and it further appearing that the said sum of eight thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty cents ($8797 30), was the property of the United States at the time of the proceedings aforesaid, and that the Chancellor had no jurisdiction or authority to warrant his disposing of or interfering in any way with said monies, the same being a part of the funds of the United States: Therefore it is ordered, that the said decree in Equity be reversed and annulled as without jurisdiction, erroneous, irregular, and a fraud upon the rights of the United States. 1. It is further ordered, that the Bank of Charleston and James Tupper, Porter & Conner. the Bank of Cheraw, Simonton & Barker, J. L. Gantt, Register, Hayne & Son, and James W, Gray, and John T. Sloane, and such other person or persons, or claimants as have received any portion of the said sum of eight thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty cents ($8,797.30), do forthwith pay over and refund the sums by them respectively, as received in specie, into the hands of A. J. Willard, at the office of the Bureau of Civil Affairs for the Second Military District, at the Citadel, Charleston; and the said A. J. Willard is hereby designated and appointed receiver thereof for the United States. 2. It is further ordered, that the said receiver have authority to take proofs, and ascertain and determine all persons to whom any portion of said funds has been paid, whether claiming through the said John T. Sloane or otherwise; and for that purpose to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and take. depositions; and that he report without unnecessary delay any person or persons, or corporate body in default for non-compliance with the terms of this order. 3. It is further ordered, that any deficiency that shall remain of the said sum of eight thousand seven hundred and ninetyseven dollars and thirty cents ($8,797 30) in gold, in consequence of the respective distributees thereof failing to pay over and refund, as ordered, shall be made good and paid by the Bank of the State of South Carolina and James Tupper, upon their being notified of said deficiency by said receiver. 4. And it is further ordered, that the said receiver take proofs as to the means employed by any person or persons to conceal from the proper civil and military officers of the United States, knowledge of the existence of said fund, or of the said suit, or of the decree therein pronounced, or of the proceedings under said decree, and whether the United States have been prejudiced thereby, and what person or persons have rendered themselves amenable to the United States by reason thereof, and the nature and extent of such responsibility and that said receiver report thereon with all convenient dispatch. By command of Major-General D. E. SICKLES J. W. CLOUS, Capt. 38th U. S. Infantry, A. D. C. and A. A. A. G. Official J. W. CLOUS, Capt. 38th Infantry, A. D. C. and A.A. A. G. THE FAIRIES OUTDONE.-The Princess, in the Fairy Tale, dropt pearls from her mouth when she opened it, but whoever uses that tajisman of science, SOZODONT, will have a mouthful of pearls wf2 that will never drop out, darken or decay.
