Morning clear but it afterwards was cloudy with a very raw wind from the Eastward. I went to market and from thence to the Office. Call in at a house in Otis place lately occupied by Mr. Bond and lost some time there. No furniture that I wanted. And the remainder of my morning was so dissipated in various ways that I have little account to give of it.

The news from Washington is of the defeat of Mr. Calhoun’s specie section in the Treasury bill, which seems to put the Administration in greater peril than before. I do not clearly see how it can sustain itself.

Home after a walk. Exercise is becoming absolutely necessary to me as my Spring feelings come in to act upon me. Sophocles. Afternoon, reading Condillac’s Commerce and Government. A tolerable summary of first principles. Evening. Went to a small party at Mrs. Parkman’s—rather dull. Talk with R. G. Shaw about Mr. Biddle.