Mr. MORRILL. I wish to say a word upon the question of attachment which has been adverted to by the Senfrom may land. It will be found thatthe bill is particular y guarded on that. subject. The committee had in view somewhat the method of proceedingin several of the States. What is the practice there. particularly in NewEngland, has never obtained here, but it will be found on comparison that this bill is vastly mere guarded than anything that obtains in any of the NewEngland States. It will be seen lhatin order to enable the party to issue a writ of attachment and hold property it is not an attachment against the person, but an attachment of property there must, in the 1st place, be an affidavit of the plaintilf, and that aliidavit must be supported y the testimony of one or more witnesses. showing the grounds upon which he bases his claim, that he has aright to recoveragainstthe defendant, and then it must show, in addition, that the defendant is either a non-resident of the District, or, 2nd. that the defendant evades the service of ordinary process, by concealing himself, or, in the 3rd)place, that he has removed, or is about to remove, some of his property from the District to defeat the collection of the debt. I submit, therefore, that the terms upon which the process is to be issued seem to preclude the possibility, or, at least, the probability of injustice toward the defendant. But to put it still further beyond the reach of danger, the defendant is allowed to come in with a counter aili davit traversing these allegations, or any of them, if he chooses to do so, and that fact may be submitted at once to the court. who shall confirm or dismiss the processaccording to the facts. I think if the process is to be given at all and the proriely of that I suppose will not be questiouc it could hardly be better uarded than it seems to have been by this bill. concur entirely and I believe the committee were unanimous in their concurrence that the salaries of these judges ought to be increased at least to the amountproposed.