Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-29
NEW YORK.
Death of Gerritt Smith Yesterday
Boss Tweed's Progress Toward
the Supreme Court.
That Pesky Bill of Particulars
Again.

New YORK, Dec. 2S.-Gerritt Smith
died at about 1890 o'clock p. NJ. to-day at
the residence OF Gen. John Cochrane. Mr..
Smith, in company withhis wife, arrived in
town Thursday for the purpose of spending
the holidays among his friends. He was in
remarkably good health; his cheeks as ruddy,
his eye clear, his voice as firm, his step as
elastic as it had been for many years. He
had made arrangements to meet Chas.
OConnor, Saturday; he arose early and
said to Mis-. Smith he had slept uncom-
monty well, stating that he had not spent
so merry Christmas for a long time as on
the day before. While dressing, his utter
ance suddenly became indistinct, and he
was gently borne to bed, barely able to
say in faint tone: ''Very weak" He i'm
mediately became unconscious and re-
mained so up to his death. He seemed
to be suffering under a combined attack of
apOplexy and paralysis.
Boss Tweed's Case.
The return to VIM. Tweed's writ OF
certiOrari, consisting Of the record Of the
bill of exceptions and all the proceedings
on the writ of habeas corpus, was settled
to-day by Judge Barrett in Oyer and Ter
miner. 1t now only remains TO be signed
by the clerk in order to be laid before the
Supreme Court in general term on the 3lst
inst.
That Bill of Particulars.
The argument on the appeal from the
order of Judge McCue, granting bill of
particulars in the Tilton-Beecher case, was
made to-day before Judges Nelson and
Reynolds. Judge Nelson said they would
take the papers and decide { e case to
morrow. They were satisfied that the
order in the form now presented would
require correction and modification.
A Ferry-Boat Disaster.
During a heavy fog this afternoon, as the
Williamsburg ferry-boat Alaska was leay-
ing her slip, on this side of the river, she
collided with the ferry-boat Golden, killing
one man and fatally injuring three others.
The boats were badly damaged.
A Prominent Physicians Horrible
Crime.
Two females, whose names and address
the police authorities define to give, made
afidavits to-day, duplicating a prominent
physician of this city in the murder Of his
| illegitimate child. The Doctor is now con
| fined at police headquarters, but declines
| as they say, under instructions, to give his
name. Que of the women is supposed tC
be the mother of the murdered child.
A Card from TemPest-TOssed TIL ton
Theodore Tilton issues card in responst
to the editorial of Beecher in the las
| Christian Union. Tilton says he only
wants to prove the charges Of seduction il
the courts. TiltOn says his suit agains
Beecher is continually thwarted by strang'
and unexampled demands for a catalogue
of particulars which, Tilton contends, is t.
try Beecher for adultery with the adulter
carefully forbidden to be proved by limit
ing such proof to two days, while the act
extended from 1868 to 1870. TiltOn als'
says that Beecher can bring up his (Beech
er's) case against him at any time, an
Tilton challenges Beecher to bring it u
Immediately. Tilton says he would no
accept penny if he won million in tn
suit against Beecher, but contends thl
the real issue is, whether Beecher is guilt
of seduction apd adultery. Ii tOl
saws he will not trouble Beecher for pal
ticulars in his case against him. II
is advised and believes that Beeeher