ULYSSES S. GRANT IN HIS COFFIN. HIS BODY RESTING AS IF IN PEACEFUL SLUMBER.

The electric lamp under the flag-draped canopy in the cottage parlor cast a soft light upon the body of General Grant in his coffin. It lies as if in peaceful sleep. The arms cross the breast in natural repose. Only the wasted hands recall his pain. The face is calm. It shows no signs of where the disease crept. There is fullness in the outline and nothing of the death pallor. The hair is combed so that the gray scarcely appears. Bunches of white are in the beard, but it is trimmed as of old. The lips are speaking lips, slightly parted, yet with no space between them. Death has made the face younger by ten years. The body is clothes in broadcloth. Above the buttons of the Prince Albert coat a gold stud glistens. There is a plain gold ring on the little finger of his left hand. The stud and the ring are the only jewelry. White stockings show above the tops of patent leather slippers.

The body lies quite flat, but the head is raised slightly by its pillow of satin, bringing the face into fine relief. The coffin rests in the middle of the room where the General's bed stood when he died. The General's sick chair stands in one corner of the room. The body was placed in the coffin about dusk. An hour's preparation was needed to make the transfer. Harrison, the General's servant, assisted in the work. When it was done a double glass top was placed over the body and sealed for the night. Then the lid was laid on and a flag draped over the lower part. Mrs. Grant did not leave her room tonight. She may look at the body tomorrow. In the morning the wreath of oak leaves gathered by the Colonel's daughter, Julia, will be placed on the General's breast. There it will be left when the coffin is placed in its vault.

It was arranged today that the ladies of the family will remain at the cottage on Tuesday next for about two hours after the body leaves it. The three sons will accompany the body. The ladies will have a special train to Saratoga at 3 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. Newman today spoke of the trials of General Grant. "I know nothing sadder," he said, "in all of history than the experiences of the General and his family during the last year. Fortune was lost, reputation assailed, property gone even to the home treasures, health broken, and at last, after a year of agony, death. No one can know what it cost the family when they lost the beautiful presents that the General received when abroad and the other family treasures. The General was never braver than when he went down into the parlor on the day the things were removed for a last look at his favorite picture - the family group that hung in the White House. He gave the order himself to have it taken from the wall. The house was almost stripped. All is gone. They have not even a uniform to put upon him or a sword of his to lay upon the coffin."