The New York herald., 1876-11-13
WAITING FOR THE TRUTH.

4 QUIET SABBATH IN NEW YoRK-THE CALM
Mxxr-PoIIrIcAL HEADQUARTERS AND OTHER
cxNTREs.
Was It merely reaction or did the Sabbath come in
with boncfcent sway stay the turmoil which has OF
late made the days feverish and the nights shorvsd
and III favoredf However IL be- people awoke to
calmer life yesterday. The dim, snadowy dreams,
thick with phantom presidents OF the future, and
arithmetcal problems OF great perplexty, were dis
solved in the bright sunshine and the pcas OF church
bells told for season, ar all events OF hopes and
doubts which do not belong to the Presidential
election. The triangular melee in which the
three outstanding states supposed to
be holly engaged claimed but little attention,
and the popuiace had motive cue for a ac-
tous excitement and needed repose, It did not
disturb itself unnecessarily. In quiet the day seemed
by contrast have fallen below the customary condi
Sion Of unsventful Sundays Devout church people
fell kindly their Sunday routine, others who
only s'vencered with sanctimonious theory had
fair . seeming ~ profound devosees. But In few
Of the churches passed through the
doors, which arc always metapnoricay open for the
ingress OF Sinners and got behind the church rails.
and even popped up in the pulpits. They made no
great noise there, however and did not much disturb
the heavenly aspirations OF the religious
che day was snguIarly unevsn,fuL Not only cx
eitemsnt suppressed discussion almost hushod
The great bourgeosie had nearly itself hoarse
assertions which might not pass unchallenged, and
she rcfutation OF other assertions which II could not
escape 1t had declared truce without ceremony,
and probably whom the time arrived it ready to
break without apology In the neiehborhood OF the
Newspaper ofnces yesterday a blank far as cx
citsment concerned. The party journals camc
der Sunday influences. and seemed determined 10
nno their summing to the other six days of
the week They still threw their flags
out AZ indication that they declined to surrsnder
but they forbore to proclaim each others mendacity.
Their bulletin boards vacant, and they them
seives in common with the popular opinion OF the
community were In stdtu quo Everybody rested and
waited and glad Of the breathing time There was
no use further trying to foresta results
main qriescent was . policy which had been gaining
ground for some time. The weather was just proper
70 the season II yet chilled by breath
winter, and too much OF the mder influences OF the
early year did cling 10 It. Everything
NAL or apparently 30, and IL the popular pulse is
ready 20 snrop nercey again slight provocaton Is
was temperate enough yesterday.
The great centres where political news might be OBJ
Saiued were not. however without some stir. For
pertain people anxiety sleeps while any question
which touches them ID held In suspense and around
the OF The two parties tho suspension
the excitement was only comparative There
slovenly, unhandsoms corpses which win come be-
twixt the wind and some peoples nobility, though
shsy should like is never little.
DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS.
Sabbath qIiet pervadcd tho affairs OF the National
Democratic Committee yesterday, though tho rooms
we're occupied during the entire day and evening.
Nsssrs. Magone and Pelton present attended
70 the necessary business that presented itself
Private dispatches received from Louisiana
confirming previous reports and claiming democratic
majority OF 1900, parish only being estimated
without returns message from J. w. Patton, chair
man OF the Louisiana Democratic Committee, stated
that no material change had taken place in the
sion-
Dispatches from private sources in Florida also con-
nrmsd the former claims Of democratic majority, and
nxcd IL at ], $50
The following gentlemen LEFT evening for Florida
n sbs request OF the National Democratic Committee:
Hon Manton Marble, New York; II N. w. 4. NbIack,
Indiana; Hon. ]. o. SaonstalL Aa aahusctts; Sen
stor Eaton. Connecticut; General ". Franklin Con-
pecticut; Hon. J. o. Broadhead, Missouri; Hon. r.
Reed Philadelphia; hcssrs Thompson and Sellers,
PHILADELPHIA