The New York herald., 1869-01-03
Work of the Appropriation
Committee.
ONLY TWO BILLS COMPLETED.
Proposed Creation Of a United States
Consul Generalshp for Hungary.
Generals Gillem and Reynolds Or
dered to the Capital.

Expected Return of General Grant.
General Grant Is expected to return to Washing
ton on Monday next.
Work Of the House Appropriation Committee.
The House Appropriation Committee held long
session to-day, but did not finish the consideration
OF the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appro-
priation bin. 1t will not be completed In time to
report to the House when it meets next Tuesday.
1t has been stated in papers that the committee
would be ready to report all the appropriation bills
as soon as the House met after the recess This is
not true. Only two OF the ten appropriation bills
have been completed by the committee, one OF
which-the Pension bi-was reported before the
and is the special order for the 9th inst In the
House. The other is the Diplomatic and Consular
bill, which is the only one the committee has been
able to get through with during the recess.
The Missouri Scnat0rship-Carl Schurx,s
Chances.
Several Missourians who have recently arrived
from the West say that Carl Schurz will certainly be
the winning man in the contest for United States
Senator from Missouri. The majority OF the papers
in the State support Schurz and the radical feeling
against the anttimpeachment course Of Senator
Henderson Is industriously aroused and kept warm.
The Minnesota Senatorship.
Letters received here from Senator Ramsey repre-
sent his chances for reelection very encouraging
Donnelly's opposition Is pronounced bugbear. lie
is said have no such strength In the State as his
friends assert
r-a Seizure Of Cigars at New Orleans.
special agent Of the Customs Bureau Treasury
Department, recently reported to the Commissioner
the seizure Of thirty thousand valuable cigars in the
New Orleans district they having been SNUG
gled into that port duty free. The cigars
were packed In barrels, each end OF the
barrels having been filled to the depth OF
air CHI With
be condemned and sold. The same ngen. -satas that
he has gone to Mobile to investigate the alleged
covery there OF $1,000,000 in gold. He seems to
think there is something in the report and regrets
that 1t has obtained much publicity Another ex-
tensive seizure OF cigars made not long since.
A Treasury agent in New York was informed that an
attempt would be made to smuggle lot OF cigars
into Baltimore. He went to that city, ascertained
that steamer from Havana was ascending the
river went down to meet her, boarded her and after
six hours searching discovered about $1,000 cigars
concealed in trunks in the engine room staterooms
and in passengers baggage -
The Baltimore and Havana Mail Contract.
A statement has been published to the effect that
the Postmaster General had made contract with
the Baltimore and Havana Steamship Company to
carry the mails between Baltimore and Havana for
$4,000 per annum. The facts are officially stated
to be as f0llows:-Previous TO the war Key West,
Fla, was supplied with mails by the Charleston and
Havana steamship lines. wnen the rebellion CON-
menced this service OF course ceased In November
1867 petition reached the department from the
citizens OF Key West and the United States officers
stationed there, asking that some arrangement be
made whereby they might receive their mails regu-
larly. This petition set forth that, with the United
states squadron usually In the vicinity, some 5000
persons were at Key West. In view OF these facts
the Postmaster General endeavored to make a con-
tract for carrying the mails Key West but no favor
able offers were made. lie then engaged two
steamers to carry the mails, with the understanding
that they should touch at Havana and bring any
mails for Key West to and from that place, at the
rate OF $1,000 per round trip. This Is the present
arrangement.
How the Negro, Mcnard, Was Elected TO
Congress-.
The second district comprised the First Second
Third. Tenth and part OF the Fourth wards OF the
city Of New Orleans. This district was represented
by Mr.. James Mann. Mr.. Mann died short time
previous 70 the November elections. The vacancy
occasoned by his death was to be filed at the same
time that members were chosen for the Forty-irst
Congress, but previous 20 the elections and soon
after Mr. Mann's death the Legislature for certain
reasons added to the Second district the parishes
OF Jenerson,s St John the Baptist, st. James,
st. Charles, la Fourche and Terre-Bonne
thus reducing the Third district represented by
the Hon. Joseph p. Newsham The democracy noml.
mated Mr.. G. S. Hunt as q candidate for the Forty
first Congress In the Second district enlarged by the
addition q the parishes hereinbefore named, and
also to I'LL the vacancy In the old Second district.
The radicals nominated Mr.. Menard for the vacancy
and Colonel sheldon for the Forty-nrst Congress.
The election resulted In the district enlarged by the
addition OF the six parishes before named as fol-
lows-For Hunt, $4,000; Sheldon, 1000; Menard,
1000: and In the district as 1t was when repre-
scented by Mr.. Mann, and when the vacancy
occurred, AZ folows:-For Hunt II, $780, Menard, 90.
For certain the entire vote OF the district In
which the vacancy occurred was thrown out and
also In three OF the parishes which were added. In
the parishes or st. James, st Charles and La Fourche
which are represented In the Fortieth Congress by
MIR. Newsham, Mr. Menard had o few more votes
than Hunt You will observe II the action OF Gov
ernor warmoth is sustained the people OF the three
last named parishes win have two representa-
tives in the Fortieth Congress- while the people OF
the old Second district viii be without representa-
ton In that body. II Is admitted, by the Gov
erncr OF louisiana that Mr.. Hunt legally elected
to tie Forty-nrst Congress-
Generals Gillem and Reynolds.
Bevet Major General A. G. Gillem, commanding
the Fourth Military District, has been ordered 70
visit Washington on public business.
Bevet Major General J. j. Reynolds, colonel OF the
Twentysixth infantry, has been ordered repair to
this city and report in person to the Adutant Gene
raj u the army.
The Oaicc Of supcrinteudcnts Of Exports and
Drawbacks.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has extended the
tine for disseminating the ONCE OF superintendent
OF Exports and Drawbacks at New York until
March 4.
Reduction of Import Dates I'm Venezuela.
The United states Consul at Puerto Cabcllo has
transmitted 20 the state Department copy OF de-
cr,e OF the provisional executive power OF vene-
zula relative to imports into that republic which Is
| as ollows:--
ARTICLE |. The twenty per cent extraordinary con-
trjuton ordered by the executive decree OF the
6t of November, 1857, on goods introduced by
sels arriving after that date is reduced 10 ten per
cet and the latter contribution shall be collected
according TO the conclusion OF the terms indicated
IN article two OF said decree, when they VIII