Arizona citizen., 1873-08-30
Transit of Goods Through Mexico.

From time to time, THK CITIZEN has referred to this subject, and our
 merchants have practically tested it
 without that smooth and ready sue
 cess they anticipated. Hon. A. Will lard, U. s. Consul at Guaymas, has
 given the closest and best of attention
 to American interests there.
 June r, M. I. Jacobs & Co. shipped lot of goods at San Francisco, which arrived at Guaymas June 30. Owing to & change in customs officials there the goods were detained until spe- cial permit for their free transit could be obtained from the City of Mexico, and were not released until August If. This shipment of goods occa- stoned much correspondence, and at the request of several parties in Guay- mas, we give the following official documents. The first is from Consul Willard to the Guaymas Collector and bears date August 14. It reads:
 SIR: Will you please inform me whether the merchandise in transit to Arizona Ter ritory, U. S., of Messrs. NJ. I. Jacobs < Co.,. further delay? I am informed by Messrs. G. l, D--11 chandse of said M. I. Jacobs & Co.,, that they have presented to you a copy of & communication from the Mexican Consul ate at San Francisco, California, t. S., in which it is set forth that the "permit '" from the Secretary of Treasury (Mexico) is not necessary for the dispatch of m er- chandise from this port in transit to the Territory of Arizona.
 On the same day the Collector re- piled as follows:
 In reply to your attentive communication of this date, have the pleasure of inform ing you that Messrs. Sandoval < Bulle having presented legalized copy of a dis patch from the Secretary of Treasury, date of November s, last, directed to the Mexi can Consul at San Francisco, in which it is provided that for the "transit" from Guaymas to Tucson of merchandise, Especial permit " is not required, have advised Messrs. Sandavol < Bulle, that there is no difficulty in dispatching their goods. l beg you to be persuaded that this Custom House is disposed to facili- tate by all legal means in its power the transit; and only owing to the fatality of there not being copy in this office or any knowledge of the said dispatch of Novem- Der s, has caused the delay, which much against my will, the merchandise under consideration has suffered.
 Following Is the instruction sent from the City of Mexico to the Mexi- can Consul at San Francisco and by the latter certified to the Guymas Col lector. The original bears date of November 8, 1872:
 The President (pro tem.) of the Republic having taken due notice of your communi- cation No. 19, of May IF, last, in which you manifest that several foreign mer- chants have called on you inquiring whether it is necessary or not to (expresar) 1 uooi"io oiodIiy Cno permit oI tnls Noecreta- ria) office for the forwarding of merchan- 1 disc in transit from Guaymas to Arizona. You consult about this matter. I am or- dered to send you answer, that according to act l, of the law of December 25, 1871, | it is not necessary to have permit from this office (Secretaria}, for the transit of foreign merchandise from ports to the frontier of the Republic or vice versa, being contiguous. The Custom Houses can in consequence furnish the "passes (guias) for this transit under rules of the said law | and its regulations. For transit of mer- chandise from port to port of this Repub- lie, the permit of this office (Secretaria) is indispensable in conformity of the text of article , of said law and article of the