D uring 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.
T here 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.