ULYSSES S. GRANT'S SUFFERINGS. HIS PHYSICIANS SUMMONED EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PATIENT SEIZED WITH A VIOLENT FIT OF COUGHING. MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY CALLED

After Dr. Douglas left General Grant last evening the patient sufferer did not fall asleep. He lay quietly for an hour or two, when his breathing suddenly became difficult. His servants gave him a glass of water in the hope of affording him some relief, but the effort at swallowing was unsuccessful, and resulted in choking the patient, whose coughing fit became so violent as to to alarm Colonel Grant. A carriage was dispatched in haste for Dr. Douglas and Dr. Shrady. The members of the family were also summoned to the General's room. The throat trouble had become painful and alarming. The physicians reached the house shortly after two o'clock. They stayed with the General until the early dawn hours. The General's throat was cleared and the fit of coughing checked.

The Reverend Doctor Newman has spent a good deal of time at General Grant's the past week. He said this morning, "The General has implicit faith in his doctors. I've never seen a patient so anxious as to follow every direction left by the doctors. He does precisely as they want him to do. He obeys them like a soldier. He pays no attention to the letters he gets in which are contained so-called "cures." They all go to the doctor and only after they have passed the doctor's judgment are they even shown to him. He keeps track of the hours when the medicines must be taken, never failing to take them promptly. There has been no noticeable change in his appearance. He suffers very much. Last night he was in truly intense pain. The doctor called and looked in his throat and the General said nothing about feeling worse. the doctor's comment was, as usual, the throat looked pretty well. When the doctor had gone, the General said to me, "He doesn't know how I am suffering." I repeated this to the doctor.

I mention this to show how he bears pain. No one knows it unless by asking, and the repines to a question if he is suffering much, the General will say "Yes" as calmly and quietly as if the question was about someone else. Last night he suffered terribly at the base of the tongue and the throat ached and was very sore. He was in agonizing pain. Yet he sat, even with his pain, and even took part in conversation. We talked among other things about the prospect of war between Britain and Russia. Someone said, "We want no foreign wars on our hands." "Nor a domestic one," the General added significantly. That shows the peaceful disposition of his mind, which is as clear and broad as ever. He was always a man of peace. Even during the war, when others were seeking fame or glory, he was always peaceful. He pounded the nation's enemies only to make them peaceful. It will be his chief military glory that he was the conspicuous embodiment in our war of the idea of fighting for peace.

The General is fully conscious of his condition. It would be useless to keep it from him. His mind is like lightning in detecting changes. He says little about the end, but is prepared for it." At about 2 o'clock yesterday morning the carriage was ordered,and with Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Sartoris and Mrs. Fred Grant, he rode in the park for an hour. The neuralgia pains in his head have returned somewhat and an electric cap has been substituted for the knit skull cap to relieve them. Drs. Douglas, Shrady and Sands will meet in consultation tonight regarding the General's condition.