ident of Conference Convention._

DEAR SIR:--I grieve to communicate to you the fact, that the
delegate from Ohio to this Conference Convention, the Hon.
JOHN C. WRIGHT, departed this life this day, the 13th
February, at half-past one o'clock.

Judge WRIGHT came to this Convention with a heart filled
with fear for the safety of the Union. Though at an advanced
age and nearly blind, he was filled with an earnest desire
to add his efforts to that of others of the Convention
called by the State of Virginia, and seek to agree on some
measures honorable to each and all, to effect the object.
Since the arrival of my father in Washington, he has been
constant in his efforts to effect the end in view, and he
has had his heart cheered with the belief that the object
would be accomplished. Almost the last words that he uttered
were, that he believed the Union would be preserved. He
desired me to say, if the Union were preserved, he would die
content. He called me to read to him, at 12 o'clock, the
sections in the Constitution in regard to counting the
votes, and this request, and this reading, terminated his
knowledge on earth. In this desire of my father to do what
he could, he pressed me to accompany him on account of his
blindness. Since the Convention honored me with the
appointment of Secretary, he required of me a promise that I
would not leave the position. When I read the section of the
Constitution to him, he required me then to leave him for
the Convention. Whatever my personal feelings may be, I deem
the pledge made sacred. I therefore ask that I may have
leave of absence, until I carry the remains home to Ohio,
and return to my duty.

Respectfully,

CRAFTS J. WRIGHT.

P.S.--J. HENRY PULESTON will act for me in my absence.

The PRESIDENT informed the Convention that the request of the
Secretary had been complied with. The PRESIDENT asked what action the
Convention proposed to take on the subject for which they had been
specially assembled.

The Hon. SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio, then said:--Mr. PRESIDENT, since we
assembled yesterday in this Hall, it has pleased God to remove one of
our number from all participation in the concerns of earth. It is my
painful duty to announce to the Convention that JOHN C. WRIGHT, one of
the Commissioners from Ohio, is no