The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-09-02
The > a@iner.
LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRAScIsco, CAL,
 August l3, 1871.

It is not that I have any personal acqualnt- ance that am disposed to now and then drop you line, but from high appreciation of your efforts for the benefit of Arizona, as we'll as your admirable paper, which is ever welcome. If the people of Arizona do not appreciate your efforts in their behalf, l am sure they ought to for certainly you hold your wind admirably, in blowing for and I will say, fighting against odds, for her ad vancement. IL is truly shame that the Government does not make a clean sweep of all the Apache troubles, for they are the only drawback to your progress.
 You have heralded the riches of Arizona SO untiringly that everybody knows it and what is more, every body believes it. Your day is coming, and when the excitement once starts it will be surpassed only by the rush to California in '49. "There's good time coming" boys-sure.
 see by the papers that proposition is before the French Assembly, to get the Com mune prisoners as emigrants for Arizona and Lower California. It Is splendid move and would help you out. As immigrants they are neither to be dreader nor despised. We have no kngcraft or priestcraft to goad peo- ,!c @ desperation They would do good service on the Apache warpath, ifneeds be.
 Politics here is the absorbing question The Republicans have got the "hurrah n candi- date this time, in the person of Newton Booth for Governor and Haight stands good show to be beaten. There has been quite an upheaval, in political sense, here, and for many reasons. First-The New Departure was without point for Democrat ic strengths and then the New York Irish L A-- T .. NN k. nection with the fact that the two platforms are SO near alike that iodds is the differ ence"-especally as the Republicans oppose Chinese immigration. Another question is covered by the Republican platform, attract i've to many, and which will, no doubt, in future, be incorporated in all, and tha. is, First-Compulsory education; second-no division of the school fund-no breaking up of the American school system.
 Education is the grand idea of the age. The French German war has impressed all nations with the belief that the higher the standard of education, the greater is their power in war as well as in peace. When na- tions run the educational race, then will the world reyolve faster the sun shine brighter, and " lnfallibility, Irish riots, war and op- precision of the many by the few will cease, and be chased as belonging to the blue ages
 The money market is quite flush and inter est is running down to per cent. per annum on frst-class collaterals. Silver bricks, or gold bars, for instance, maybe, would take Government Bonds with good margin on other second-class collaterals about per cent And you may wonder why more capital does not travel toward Arizona, and into mining generally; but although there is more activ- ity in mining, yet there is not as much money going in as reports indicate. There is no doubt but mining is looking up, and few more "Crown" Point strikes will drive capital with rush into mining When i, comes to capital we have not one third VIC ought to have even with our present wealth There is too much locked up in real estate We want Banks properly secured so that al our wealth may be aAoat for the benefit o all.
 In the lecturing line we have had quite number and among the most celebrated i Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who has beer received with considerable fayor-her house. having been filled to overfowing. Mrs. Stan ton is of course, woman's rights and righ well does she argue the rights of women Miss Anthony has also been featuring to tn same point and received with eclat
 Frank Pixley who has been over Europ and saw much of the operations of the com mune is to give us lecture this evening a to what he saw and heard. Frank is bright rich and racy has no doubt looked at every thing he saw, we'll satisfying all that he go value received, as he is one of those men V h absorb sights, digests them well and know how to impart impressions to others.
 The Mechanics Fair is now in full bias and is probably the finest ever held in tn city Japan has contributed largely. To CT ter into the minutia is too big job-will rt fer you to the daily papers.
 The Italian celebration, last Sunday weel in honor of the entry of Victor Emanuel int Rome, passed off without disturbance Tn Italians in New York celebrate it on the 25t of August, and it is said the Hibernians il tend to stop it or fight. The police are mal ing all necessary preparation for any emel gency. Guess they wont fight; if they d they'll find again that America is a free couI try about the time they quiet down.
 Yours, CosMos.