ULYSSES S. GRANT PASSING A COMFORTABLE DAY. GENERAL GRANT TAKING A RIDE AND RECOVERING FROM A VISIT FROM HIS LAWYERS

General Grant had another good day yesterday. It was passed much as he had passed Wednesday. He got up early, dozed during the morning and went riding in the afternoon. He enjoyed continuous sleep, after retiring on Wednesday night, until 4 o'clock yesterday morning, catching short naps after that until 7 o'clock, when he started the day with a cup of coffee. He did not return to bed until night, but was in no condition to move about and did not feel equal to going on with his book. After the doctors consultation in the afternoon, the General muffled himself up in his big fur coat and rode out with Dr. Douglas and Senor Romero, the Minister at Washington from Mexico, who has long been intimate with the General.

During the ride of about four miles in the park, the General had little to say. One window of the carriage was open and he seemed to relish the warm, pure air and brisk motion of the carriage, but as he could not easily make himself heard by both of his companions, he fell back into silence. He rested a little after the drive and at 5 o'clock received his lawyers, who talked to him about the Fish case. Dr. Douglas expected the lawyers to be mindful of the General's condition and they should take care not to tax or tire him. Besides the presence of the General's sons, Senor Romero was there to put an effectual check on anything that might threaten to fatigue the General. the examination of the lawyers barely lasted an hour and it was nothing more than a quiet and leisurely conversation. It did not seem to disturb the General mentally or physically, and he did not show any ill effect from it.

During the last week, General Grant has been in a comparatively comfortable condition. The insomnia with which he has been affected has continued, so that he obtains with the aide of drugs the normal amount of sleep. He has not lost flesh and his powers of assimilation are not further impaired. The disease is still in abeyance and the area of ulceration has not perceptively increased. The swelling under the right angle of the lower jaw is somewhat greater and the ulceration of the throat and tongue are covered with a yellowish exudation, to which alternate applications of lime water and a weak solution of permanganate of potash have been effectively made by Dr. Douglas.

There is no pain in swallowing. The General is able, without any other assistance than that of his cane, to walk about his rooms, ascending and descending the stairs and was strong enough the past week to enjoy an airing in his carriage, during the fine afternoon of Wednesday.