Mr. WADE, the Senate, as in ComWhole, proceeded to consider the bill (S.No.184) to define more clearly the jurisdiction and powers of the supreme court of the DistCol. It provides that the justices of the supreme court of the DistCol shal hold a common law court, an equity court, an admiralty and maritime court, and a criminal court; that they shall hold sessions in bane at such times as they shall designate in their minutes; and at the sessions in bane they shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to allot the courts among themselves, as they see fit, by orders to be entered of record in their minutes, but so as to assign each of the courts to be held by one justice; to make all appointments assigned to the court by law; to remove officers appointed by it in sue manner as may be prescribed by law to hear and de cide all questions of law which may be reserved at the trial of any cause in either of the courts; to hear and decide all such issues of law, de murrers to evidence, questions of law arising on special verdict, or special or agreed case, motions in arrest of judgnient, motions for new trial, or other motions as may be adjourned to the court in bane, by an order on the minutes of the court in which such matter arises; to hear and decide all a peals from the final de cisions of either of the courts; to hear and decide all appeals from the orphans court, and from justices of the peace; to fix the times of holding the stated and special sessions or terms of the courts; to cause jurors to be summoned to serve in the common law and criminal courts whenever jurors are required by the exigency of the business therein; to make all such rules of procedure as they may deem best adapted to a fair and speedy administration of justice. In the common law court there are to be monthly sittings for the trial of issues of law, and for taking judgments by default, and all other matters not involving or requiring a trial by jury, which sittings shall commence on the 1st Tuesday of ever month, except.during the stated terms or the recesses of the court. For the trial of issues of fact, there are to be at least 3 terms every year, at times fixed by the justices at their sessions in banc to be entered in their minutes. The equity court and the admiralty and mar itime court are to be deemed always open for filing libels. bills, petitions, answers, pleas, and other pleadings; for issuin and returnin all process and commissions; for making an directing all interlocutory motions, orders, rules, and other proceedings whatever, preparatory to the hearing of all causes ending therein; and also for the trial and naldecision of causes, in case the parties consent to such trial, or the time of preparation has elapsed, and the cause has been set, and has stood for trial ten days. writs of attachment and arnishtnents are to be issued by the clerk of the supreme court of the District, without any authority or war rant from any judge or justice, whenever the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, shall file in the clerks office, whether at the commencement or during the pendency of the suit, an affidavit, setting forth that the plaintiff has a "net right to recover against the defendant what e claims in the declaration, and also stating either, 1st, that the defendant is a non-resident of the District; or, 2nd, that the defendant evades the service of ordinary process by concealing himself or by withdrawing from the District tem orarily; or, 3rd, that he has removed or is about to remove some of his property from the District, so as todefeat just emands inst. him; and shall also file his (the plaint i 5) undertaking, with sufficient surety or lureties to make good all costs and damages which t a defendant may sustain by reason of the wrongful suing out of the attachment. The thing attached is not to be discharged from the custody of the officer seizmg it until the defendant shall deliver, either to the officer or to the clerk, to be filed in the cause, his undertaking, with sufficient surety or sureties, to satisfy and pay the final judgment of the court against him; and in case the defendant be found liable to the plaintiffse lnim, in whole or in part, the final judgment is to be that the plaintiff recover against the defendant and his surety or sureties; and if the defendant fail to execute such undertaking, the court may sell the thing attached whenever it is satisfied that it is the interest of the parties that it should be sold before final judgment. The 1st amendment reported by the ComDistCol was in section 5, line 6, after the word “affidaVit” to insert “supported by the testimony of one or more witnesses, showing the grounds upon which he bases his affidavit, and also; " so that the clause ivill read: That writs of attachment and gamishments shall be issued by the clerk of the supreme court of the District. without any authority or warrant from any judge or justice. wheneverthe plaintiff. his agentor attorneymhall file in the clerks office.whether at the commencement or during the pendency of the suit. an affidavit, supported b the testimony of one or more witnesses.s iowin: t ie grounds upon which he bases his afliilavit and also setting forth that the laintiff has a just right to recover against the de setant dinangte withhcait, he claims in the declaration and also 1st. that the defendantis a non-resrdent of the District. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was in section 5, line 20, after the word “attachment” to insert: Provided, llmccver, That ifthe defendant.his agent or attorney shall file an affidavit traversing the said affidavit, the court shall determinewhether the facts setforth in said plaintiffs affidavit aretrue and that there wasjiist ground for issuingsaid writ or warrant of attachment; and if the court shall deem the facts do not sustain the affidavit. he shall quash the writ of nttachment or garnishment: and this issuemaybe tried by ajudge at chamberson 3 daysnotice. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendmeutwas to add the following as a new section: Sec. 6. Abife: That from and after the passageof this actthe annual salariesof the chief Justice and associatejustices of the supreme court of the DistCol instead of the amount now fixed bylaw shall be as follows: for the chief justice. $4.500 and for each of the associate Justices. $4.000.