Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth Congress

Mr. Minor to Mr. Seward

No. 153.]

United States Consulate General, Havana, December 9, 1865.

Sir: The French packet steamer Nouveau Monde, from St. Nazaire to Vera Cruz, stopping at Havana, arrived here on the 6th instant, and left for Vera Cruz on the 7th instant, having on board nine hundred soldiers, re-enforcements for the French army in Mexico.

I have the honor to be your most obedient servant,

WILLIAM T. MINOR, United States Consul General.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.