will amount to $35 each. It is for the
Conference to decide in what manner the assessment shall be made.

Mr. BROWNE:--I offer the following resolution:

_Resolved_, That the report of the committee be received and
accepted; that the committee be continued, and requested to
make the necessary disbursements; and that the States now
pay over the sum assessed to the chairman.

And the resolution was unanimously adopted.

Mr. LOOMIS:--I take great pleasure in presenting to the Conference the
following letter, which has been addressed by the proprietors of the
hall to the Secretary. I ask that the letter may be read, and I also
offer the following resolution.

The letter was read, as follows:

CRAFTS J. WRIGHT, ESQ.,
_Secretary Conference Convention_:

SIR:--Please inform the Convention that we have tendered,
free of charge, the use of our Hall and lights, which they
have occupied. We hope the use may be sanctified by
restoring peace to the Union.

We are, respectfully, &c.,

J.C. & H.A. WILLARD.

_February 23d, 1861._

And the resolution, which was unanimously adopted, was as follows:

_Resolved_, That the thanks of this Convention are justly
due, and are hereby given, to the Messrs. Willard, for the
liberal and generous tender, free of charge, of the use of
the Hall and the lights, for the purposes expressed in their
letter to the Secretary; and that the Secretary be requested
to communicate to them a copy of this resolution.

Mr. DODGE offered the following resolution, and that, too, was
unanimously agreed to:

_Resolved_, That the thanks of this Convention are justly
due and hereby given to the Mayor and Council of the city of
Washington, for their kindness and liberality to the members
of this Convention, in defraying so large an amount of their
expenses for printing and stationery, and also for the
officers to protect this hall and the members from intrusion
whilst in session, and that the Secretary be requested to
communicate the same to said parties.

On motion of Mr. RANDOLPH, the thanks of the Conference were tendered
to the clergymen of the city for their services during the Conference.

The thanks of the Conference were also presented to the Secretary and
his assistants.

Mr. EWING:--I move the adoption of the following:

_Resolved_, That the thank