Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part III
Mr. Geofroy to Mr. Seward.—Received September 2, 1864
A fraudulent shipment of arms destined for Mexico took place at San Francisco at the close of the month of July. A portion of it was seized through the efforts of Colonel James, collector of the customs at that city, upon the suggestions of his Majesty’s consul; the residue, enumerated in the invoice annexed, was got out of the way and shipped on a small vessel, which, by the latest accounts, must be anchored, it is said, in one of the coves of the bay of San Francisco. When prescribing to Colonel James the most active search upon this subject, the Department of State is begged to recommend to him to cause constant watch to be kept on the conduct of a certain General Vega, who is at San Francisco, the agent for this sort of operations.
[Page 240]Invoice of merchandise in the customs public store to my order, (order of General Vega.)
| For the river Colorado: | |||||
| Marked. | Package. | ||||
| Guadelupe Mining Co., Guaymas. | 1 | case | of Enfield rifles | 77 | 120 |
| 1 | do. | do. | 79 | 105 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 76 | 76 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 74 | 70 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 75 | 70 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 81 | 105 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 82 | 50 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 89 | 70 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 91 | 70 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 92 | 64 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 93 | 120 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 94 | 380 | |
| Esperanza Mining Co., Guaymas. | 1 | do. | do. | 78 | 120 |
| 1 | do. | do. | 83 | 100 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 86 | 80 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 87 | 370 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 84 | 56 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 85 | 100 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 88 | 60 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 90 | 114 | |
| 1 | do. | Heavy carbines equipped | 106 | 400 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 107 | 84 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 108 | 59 | |
| 1 | do. | Field rifles | 95 | 100 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 97 | 70 | |
| San Juan Mining Co., Guaymas. | 1 | do. | do. | 98 | 70 |
| 1 | do. | do. | 99 | 120 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 100 | 119 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 101 | 120 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 102 | 100 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 103 | 70 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 104 | 70 | |
| 1 | do. | do. | 105 | 60 | |
| Enfield rifle | 40 | ||||
| 1 | do. | do. | 96 | 60 | |
| 34 | cases. | ||||
Note.—The packages above enumerated are now shipped on a small vessel moored at some point in the bay of San Francisco.
San Francisco, July 21, 1864.
Examined:
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