The weather continues cold, but pleasant to walk about. I felt slightly unwell with symptoms of an impending head ach. Went with the ladies to make some return visits prior to leaving and then to the Capitol where I was not however well rewarded for my walk; for in the Senate, Mr. Morris of Ohio was making an extreme Speech in the Radical way marked by little but its vehemence, and in the Senate,1 the debate on the Cherokee treaty was dragging slowly along. On the whole, the prospect seemed best in the Senate for the future, but after Mr. Morris finished, the question was taken first upon the motion made by him to repeal the act of 1816,2 which was lost by a large vote, and then upon the third reading of the amended Resolution of Mr. Clay which was carried. Home.

After dinner the ladies went to Mrs. Turunbull’s.3 Conversation with Mr. Gilpin who was there with his wife and members i.e. numbers of others. Some political hints to him, but nothing of interest. He is a politician of the democratic school much too mild for his business. And I judge his character is that of almost all the present managers of the Government. They are small men who look to the present, and to themselves. We had singing from Mr. Campbell and I. Hull and did not return until twelve.