We had a quiet trip and found ourselves at day break fast nearing New York. The day was drizzly. And we rode up to the Astor House in the rain, to breakfast. Found Sidney Brooks and his Wife very well and passed the greater part of the day with them excepting when I was out making a few purchases. The City looked dull under the clouds and I think I felt more depressed than I know well how to account for. The society of Mrs. Brooks is to me always fatiguing from the want of natural impressions derived from it. She is a fine woman without the feelings which you prize more in one than all the acquirement. Davis and I had a sumptuous dinner given to us, and wine of which we drank quite enough. I felt so fatigued afterwards that I soon retired.