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

[Translation.]

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 suggestion 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.

[Translation.]

For the river Coloraado:

Marked.	Package.
Guadelupe Mining Co., Guayamas.	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., Guayamas.	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., Guayamas.	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:

CAZOTTE, Consul of France.

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