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shall, from any cause, fail in or refuse protec-
ton OF the people in such rights, such facts
shall be deemed denial of such State of the
equal protection of the laws to which they are
entitled under the Constitution Of the United
States; and In all such cases or whenever any
such lnsurrection, violence, unlawful combina-
tlon or conspiracy shall oppose or obstruct the
laws of the United States, or the due execu-
/ ton thereof, or impede or ohstruct the due
course OF justice under the same, it shall be
lawful for the President, and it shall be his du-
ty to take such measures. by the employment
OF the militia or the land and naval forces of
| the United States, or OF either, or by other
| MEANS as he may deem necessary, for the sup
preston of such insurrection, domestic violence,
| or combinations; and any person who shall be
arrested under the provisions of this and the
preceding section shall be delivered to the mar
shal of the proper DISTRICT to be dealt with ac-
cording to law.
Sec 4. That whenever in any State or part
OF State the lawful combinations named In
the preceding section of this act shall be organ
| lied and armed and SO numerous and powerful
as to be able, by violence, to either overthrow
or set at defiance the constituted authorities of
such State, and of the United States within
such State, or when the constituted authorities
are in completely with, or shall connive at the
unlawful purposes Of such powerful and armed
| combinations; and whenever, by reason of Ell
ther or all of the causes aforesaid, the convic-
ton of such offenders and the preservation of
| the public safety shall become in such district
impracticable, in every such case such combi-
nations shall be deemed rebellion against the
Government Of the United States, and during
the continuance Of such rebellion, and within
the limits of the district which shall be so un-
der the sway thereof such limits to be preseri-
hoIb by,r choll bo 10
the President of the United States, when in
his judgment the public safety shall require it,
to suspend the privileges of the writ of habeos
corpus, to the end that such rebellion may be
overthrown; Provided, That all the provisions
of the second section of an act entitled can
act relating to Adbeds corpus, and regulating
judicial proceedings in certain cases, approved
March 3, 1868, which relate to the discharge
of prisoners other than prisoners of war, and
to the penalty for refusing to obey the order OF
the court, shall be in full force, so far as the
same are applicable to the provisions of this
section; Provided, further, That the President
shall first have made proclamation, as now pro-
vided by law. commanding such insurgents to
disperse; And prouided also, That the provis-
ions OF this section shall not be in force after
the end of the next regular session Of Con-
gress.
Sec. 5. That no person shall be grand or
petit juror in any court of the United States
upon any inquiry, hearing, or trial of any suit,
proceeding, or prosecution based upon or ari-
sing under the provisions of this act who shall,
in the judgment of the court, be in completely
with any such combination or conspiracy; and
every such juror shall, before entering upon
any such inquiry, hearing, or trial, take and
subscribe an oath In open court that he has
never, directly or indirectly, counseled, advised
or voluntarily aided any such combination or
conspiracy; and each and every person who
shall take this oath, and shall therein swear
falsely, shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be
subject to the pains and penalties declared
against that crime, and the first section of the
act entitled AN act defining additional causes
of challenge and prescribing an additional oath
for grand and petit jurors in the United States
courts, J" approved June seventeenth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, be, and the same is
hereby repealed.
Sec 6. That any person or persons having
knowledge that any of the wrongs conspired to
be done, and mentioned in the second section
Of this act, are about to be committed, and,
having power to prevent or aid in preventing
the same, shall neglect or refuse so to do, and
such wrongful act shall be committed, such
person or persons shall be liable to the person
injured, OR his legal represe utatives, for all
damages caused by any such wrongful act,
which such first named person or persons, by
reasonable diligence, could have prevented
and such damages may be recovered in an ac-
tion on the case in the proper circuit court of
the United States, and any number of per-
sons guilty of such wrongful neglect or
refusal may be joined as defendants in
such action; Povided, That such actor. shall
be commenced within one year after such cause
of action shall have occurred and if the death
of any person shall be caused by any such
wrongful act and neglect, the legal representa-
tives of such deceased person shall have such
action therefor, aud may recover, not exceed
ing FIVE thousand dollars damages thereon, for
the benefit Of the widow of such deceased per-
son, if any there be, or if there be no widow,
for the benefit Of the next of kin of such de-
ceased person.
Sec. 7. That nothing herein contained shall
be construed to supersede or repeal any former
act or law except SO far as the same may be
repugnant thereto and any offences hereto
fore committed against the tenor Of any former
act shall be prosecuted, and any proceeding al
ready commenced for the prosecution thereof
shall be continued and completed, the same as
if this act had not been passed, except so far
as the provisions of this act may go to sustain
and validate such proceedings.
The Louise Home
l0ttcF u tHS ItoW IUTk HOTtU, OateU
Washington, April Goth, says:
It was an impulse as beautiful as noble which
inspired Mr. w. w. Corcoran, of this city, to
found the Louise Home as a memorial to
his wife and daughter. In the carrying out of
this impulse Mr.. Corcoran has from first to
last striven to make this noble charity worthy
of the memories of the beloved ones whose
loss he has so sincerely mourned. The title of
"Louise Home" is given that the Christian
name of his wife and daughter may be pre-
served In connection with an eminently Chris
tian charity. The object of the charity is to
provide real home for ladies, or, as the deed
of bequest phrases it, for 'gentlewomen" who
have become impoverished by some misfor-
tune. 1t is not limited to women of any par
ticular age, Or from any particular section of
the country that they shall 'have been de-
women of education and refinement is all that
is required. A similar charity, believe, does
not exist in this country, but the necessity for
such one will be evident at once to any per-
son who has an extensive acquaintance, and
has witnessed the hopeless struggle of woman
accustomed In her youth to ease and comfort,
| to maintain herself if thrown upon her own
resources when advanced In life. The inten-
tions of the founder of the Home and his feel
| ings in regard to it are best conveyed by the
| subjoined correspondence and synopsis of the
| deed:
WASHINGTON, December 10, 1870.
Gentlemen deed which I now deliver
to you is for the establishment of an institu-
ton which, from my long and intimate knowl-
edge of you all, doubt not will meet with
the ready concurrence and sympathy of you,
| minds and hearts II is in this confidenoa tha