unfortunate and injudicious expedition of Crabbe into Sonora, and
at the present time is but little better than a field of guerilla
warfare, robbery and plunder.

The exasperated state of feeling between the Mexicans and
Americans prevents intercourse and commerce, upon which the
Territory is dependent. Americans are afraid to venture into
Sonora for supplies, and Mexicans afraid to venture over the
line. Americans who had nothing to do with the fillibustering
invasion have been treated badly in Sonora and driven out of the
country, and Mexicans coming into the purchase with supplies and
animals have been robbed and plundered by the returned
fillibusters.

The Americans in the Territory are by no means harmonious on
these subjects--some in favor of filibustering and others opposed
to it; some in favor of murdering and robbing Mexicans wherever
found, and others opposed to it.

It results that we are in a state of anarchy, and there is no
government, no protection to life, property, or business; no law
and no self-respect or morality among the people. We are living
in a perfect state of nature, without the restraining influence
of civil or military law, or the amelioration of society.

There have not been many conflicts and murders, because every man
goes armed to the teeth, and a difficulty is always fatal on one
side or the other. In the midst of all this, the Government has
blessed us with a custom house at Calabazos to collect duties
upon the necessaries of life which, by chance and "running the