ULYSSES S. GRANT'S CONDITION. NOT ABLE TO SLEEP UNLESS GIVEN A NARCOTIC. INCLINED TO BE DESPONDENT

General Grant demonstrated to his physicians yesterday that it doesn't do yet to experiment with him. They thought he might be able to sleep without morphine for the entire night, but the result was that he couldn't sleep and worked himself into such a state that his throat became irritated and painful. Cocaine deadened the pain, but did not quiet him, nor was he calm at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. An injection of morphine forced him to sleep. The night then passed without further event. The doctor and the nurse stayed with him, but no alarming symptoms appeared and no occasion to rouse any of the family.

When the General woke at the breakfast hour he seemed dazed and looked about him wonderingly. It was the effect of the drugs. As though realizing his condition he closed his eyes and waited for his faculties to clear up, which happened in a few minutes. Two or three times the General has given evidence on waking to a wandering mind, and on several occasions, unintelligible sentences have escaped his lips at such times. Moreover, the General was informed of his mind wandering, and although constantly under morphine, he has ever since been sufficiently conscious on waking to know that his tongue is not to be trusted for a few minutes, and always he is under enough self command to keep it quiet.

The General was wakeful in the morning. Members of the family found him disposed to talk. The doctors cautioned them not to indulge him. He was accordingly left alone and between 8 and 10 o'clock docile. Then he roused himself and seemed perfectly awake. Senator Chaffee and Senor Romero called at about this time and the callers found him talkative but depressed. While not despondent, he is far from cheerful. "He is resigned to the inevitable," said Senator Chaffee. "He has come to the point where he thinks of death a great deal of the time; not with dread - rather as a blessed relief from his terrible pain. This has been his constant feeling for two weeks. His chief regret is leaving his family and friends. Another source of regret is what he calls the crowing work of his life - work on his book, he feels that must be left uncompleted. Otherwise he feels he has fulfilled his mission." Senator Chaffee also said that the General is morbidly inclined.

A gentleman who had not previously seen the General in his sickness was admitted to the sick room today. "Having gone into the house," he exclaimed, "in expectation of finding General Grant in extreme weakness, I was surprised to see him quite strong. he talked with little effort. When I was there a servant brought in a bowl of broth. he handed it to Senator Chaffee, who passed it to the General. He raised it to his mouth without a sign of weakness. For all that I could see he is far from a dying man, if I am any judge."

The orders of the doctors that they alone should be the only sources of information to the public has irritated some of the General's friends. One of them told reporters last night: "The secrecy of the sick room has been obeyed to the letter by he family and nearly all of the General's most intimate friends. Some of these people are no longer satisfied to observe the secrecy with which the case has been shrouded. A couple of them have become so independent of medical control as to express the wisdom of continuing with the present mode of treatment. At least one family member entertains the same notion. The bulletin issued today stated that the General was 'comfortable.' The impression is that he is always or frequently comfortable, but he is not. The fact is, the General is much worse this morning and his condition today is not 'comfortable.' Colonel Fred understands his condition better than anyone else."

The gentleman continued, "The family believed that too much morphine has been given to ease to the pain and now the General has a constant craving for the drug. Now the drugs have begun to lose their effect, and as a natural consequence, he is beginning to fall. The doctors began to realize what they have done. They don't communicate his actual condition to the public. They retain many incidents which would put a different spin on the matter. The bulletins failed to mention the condition of General Grant's mind this morning. The General is existing on morphine and I think a protest should be raised against keeping him in such a state. He sleeps nine hours at a stretch.

Sometimes I go into his room and talk to him and he never even hears me. He looks at someone who speaks to him at times in an unconscious state, and closes his eyes without uttering a word. For hours he will sit in his chair without saying a word. He talks to himself constantly. His talk is generally about the war. Almost every battle he directed is refereed to while he has been in a semi-delirious state. He calls his staff around him just as if it were 20 years ago. His work on the war has probably brought these incidents to mind, and keeps his thoughts upon them. In short, the General is in a bad way, and when it is said he is comfortable, it only in a very limited way."

Visitors who left the house last evening made the usual report, that the General was "comfortable."