The New York herald., 1877-10-13

tsrday mad been arranged, but Of them could be
induced 10 talk at length on the subject.
=. rALsADGs co.'s LossEa
one Of tho many parties defrAuded By Gilman, told
HERALD reporter yesterday that Gilman had been
uuder police surveillance fur several days that on
Thursday II was known thai he would make virtue
OF necessity aud surrender himself 10 the authoritcs
thus avoiding arrest ana securing for himself tho
tho criminal charges concerned, impossible,
and Messrs. Talmadgc h Co., having secured them
disposed 10 compromise for one cent less Than The
amount OF their loss. AS the STANDS they
are iuiy secured and every cent OF the $4,000 Of
property.
BEgcHER GILLIAN.
Az the Plymouth Church prayer meeting last night
MI Beecher spoke on the Gilman forgery. He said:-
Everything that belongs 10 and concerns the uni-
vcrsai church belongs TO all, because they belong 10
some. For = week past or more have been under
cloud; Mr.. Gilman, my nephew by marriage, has been
sent today 70 auburn for I'VE years aud is IN Auburn
tonight. He married tho daughter OF my sister, Mrs
Perkins He always was regarded u noble and OK
emplary man anu mis- family also. ! the cars
TINA to Il been the cause OF great grief and
sorrow 10 me. One OF the very hrst things that
strikes us IN events Of this character Is the way
IA winch newspapers handle them II reflects the i'm
prcssion produced by The fall OF member OF the
Church and Cnristian man; and the effect these
narratives ~ the pubic prints upon the thoughiless
minded Of the community IS 10 give the impression
that there IS no powcr in religion, and with some.
though II may be but . few there Is an impression
that Il Is merely an open door show that Tho
Church Is refuge for dishonest Thon there are
men OF the world who think. whom they reflect on
such case as this, that religion Is but enthusiasm
that there 10 no divine sustaining or transfer mi ny
power in It; that IL does not lii out OF the rang
OF temptations that belong 10 othcr men, and thai it
stands for nothing IN tns day Of trouble ana trial
No~, The fact Is certain that II they were
better acquainted with their Bibles they would see
IN these events q confirmation OF the truth OF the
moral ieacnng Of Scripture. There Is not u single
polnt involved in tho tall OF Mr Gilman that is not
touched upon from tho beginning OF the Old
down last loul oil New. Ii no ed
himself II not because thcre No religion; II is
because those great naxms OF truth wore disowned
aud that moral truth was perverted that is orth
In the ORD OF God which is able 10 ht tor every
good word and work. TINS Is good 10 read tho
every American to carry small edition OF 1t in his
pocket aud mark tnoso proverbs that ho the
aom OF made manifest IN The experience OF his daily
lie
THK FIRST STEP THAT COUNTS
Mr. Bcccher then referred Vt length to tho great
change tuat tho effect OF tho war han produced upou
society," leading great diffusion OF currency, sud
In values, and. recently, TO
depreciation III property; 70 tho tornado oi difficulty
that that had brought upon BUSINESS men, and
luck oi moral stamina that so many men had maui
tested when confronted with these difiioulties. He
then spoke OF = larec class oil hal been
brought under circumstances that enabled them In
teectuaily know less about than any one else
lhsy were IKE mon who knew nothing ABOUT medi-
cine because they had never swallowed pi In their
lives Mr. Glinian, he sac, Drought up by u
Christian father anu mother, IN the Puritan Church,
under Dr. Checvcr, and was one OF those nut
OF that church disgustcd with Tho proceedings that
occurred with the troubles that beieIl Dr. Chec YER
Mr. Gilman was man of artistic taste and had Just
that hbre that made high churcnman, he was for
hc hen connected himself with tho episcopal Church
Er Bcechcr than analyzcd Tho character OF Tho stu
committed by Mr. Gilman, saying that after he had
taken the nrst s,cp OF Ising other peoples money lis
wrong rose before him with horror but it appealed 10
the very quality OF mis- that was least helpful
to induce INN to stop. He had settle whether he
would coniess or cover up II he confessed it would
mean ruin 10 himself anu Others but II ne covered IL
up he might redeem himself He TOOK tho
socond step, anu tho third and tho motive
ior repeating It grow stronger and stronger,
and man pursuing TINS course goes until Lo nnds
himself very speedily IN wilderness. ana ir was con-
c0ivaDle tnat man could bo more harassed by the
nrsl wrong doing than he MAS by the hundredth. His
(Nr Beacncrs Impression WAS that forgery exists and
nus exis ed 10 an extent that very fcw suspect,
Mon do for purposes Of bridging anu in the be-
lief that they VIII recover themselves. when man
took the first step ~ this way very dicul for
him 10 got Uack Mr. Gilman thought ne would get
back, anu probably he would had timos been better
siuce 1873 than tncy had been. then We should have
heard nothing OF It, pnt II was terrible pAtn men
To walk IN.
From wnAs hc (ir. Beechsr) knew Mr.. Gilman was
peDitoht mao. he had read the statement, or con-
fesson that had been madc by MIN; there were some
parts OF II that would mot heart OF stone. There
was reason 70 believe that Mr.. Gilman had done
everything that be could 10 mitigate the conseQuc
OF his tall and had surrendered everything and had
dono all that could De done, and willing 10 bear
all that be borae Tor tho
OF tho laws. Hc In that state Of mind in wbcll
tho Lord had promsed 70 alleviate He said "A
broken und c0hSrite heart viii not desptscyf Mr.
Beecher said he mad no doubt that 10 fr. Gilman TIC
coming FIVE years The state Prison will be like bliss
compared With those stormy years that precsdsd
the confession oil his guilt