Last House Of Gerret Smith

From the New York World, Dec. 29. Gerrit Sinith died in this city yester rlay afternoon at the residence of his nephuw, General John Cochrane, No. 60 Clinton Place, betwean University Place and Fifth avenue. He carne to this city to spend the holidays with his nephews and neico, and was accorupaniod by his wifoand his grand-nephow, HarryBarkl(.y, a practicing lawyer in Madison County. Mr. Srxiith seemed in perfect hoilth and chattel pleasantly of the holidnys. He rotired about 10 o'clock, slept Boundly, and awoku at 6 Christmas raorning. At breakfast he read his mail and wrote some 20 lottors, among them one to Thurlow Weud, bis life-long assooiate and friond, and another to Chas. O'Cooor, proiuising to visit both noxt afternoon. At 4 o'clock he ato a hoarty Christmas dinnor, and afterwards wrote a few more letters and dictated others to his niece, Mrs. Walter. In the evening ho was unusirally communicative, and talked with muo.h vigor of the events through which he had passed during his long and busy life. He spoko of the Christmas festival and the needs of the poor at such a time. His niece happening to remark playfully that he ought to do soinething tor the Northern poor instead of doing everything for the impoverished in the South, a shade passod over his face, and with toues a littlo saddened he replied that the South needed assistance the worst. lts poor ignorant blacks were in a pitiable coudition, and he was repeatudly being called on to aid them. After giving an hour or two to rerniniscences of Horace Greeley, Mr. Weed, and to planning his calis for the next day, Mr. Sinith retired. Mr. Cochrane says that ho had rarely seen him in such excellent humor and seemingly in such robust health. Mr. Sinith awoke at 6 o'clock Saturday morning after a sound sleep. He had nearly dressed and was looking out into Washington square, when he sudden ly turned to his wife and in a matter of fact way said, " I'm a lit.tle weak, dear ; help me to bed. He laid himself down and never moved again, passing at once into a comatoso state. He seemed to be 8uffering under a combined attack of apoplexy and paralysis.