Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1876

No. 256.
Mr. Hall to Mr. Cadwalader.

U. S. Consulate-General,
Havana, December 23, 1875. (Received December 28.)

No. 304.]

Sir: The newspapers of this city, of 21st and 22d instants, announce the relief of General Count Valmaseda and the appointment of General Jovellar as his successor. That a change was imminent was well understood by all classes, but the appointment of General Jovellar, although hoped for, was hardly expected; naturally, it gives general Satisfaction.

General Jovellar governed the island from November, 1873, to April, 1874; short as was the term of his administration, he acquired a reputation for integrity, as well as justice and humanity; he appeared to be actuated, also, by a conciliatory spirit toward the Cubans, and if his administration was not a success it was probably due to causes which he could not control.

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Yours, &c.,

HENRY C. HALL.