The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-12-07
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA,
Los ANGELES, Cal, November g, 1872. To the Editor of the Arizona Miner:

Los ANGELES, Cal, November g, 1872. To the Editor of the Arizona Miner:
 Introductory
 My last was written, think, previous to the election, and set forth certain opinions re- sard'ng the prospective results which have turned out erroneous.
 The Election
 Was conducted. all combine in saying, in a very circumspect and straightforward man. ner at he polls. All the points to be carried were well planned beforehand. Everything was in order; there was not joint or pivot of the whole political machine that was not well greased and rubbed before election day, so that 'when the building came to be erect ed no sound of any tool was heard" It was one of the incest pieces of political mechanism ever turned from the hands of any manipu- lator. The result was unexpected, but it came notwithstanding, spreading consterna- tion among the taxpayers.
 The Agricultural Fair l The Southern District Agricultural Fair comes next in the way of novelty This opened on the 18th and continued for four days. The exhibition of samples from the vegetable kingdom was particularly interest ing. Imagine an apple nearly half foot in diameter, lemon about eight inches long and half as many inches in transverse diame- ter, squash weighing 200 pounds, etc, etc, and you have an idea of some of the big things of the fair.
 Racing.
 The principal novelty of this four-days' proceeding was the horse-racing. Everything of the equine persuasion from an ordinary 'plug" to slab-sidcd, greyhound looking racer rcgaled the eyes. I must say, how ever, that was somewhat disappointed in the running stock; the trotting, though, was excellent.
 l A Horrid Exhibition. This is about the most rational term by which discreet person can express the man. ner in which the skill of the lady riders was determined. Just imagine half dozen ladies contending for prizes and placed side by side at the course, all mounted. Three men were chosen to judge as to the skill We'll. lady No. was called out, and, by the regulations of this benign association, pranced her horse back and forth over distance of about 200 yards. The time allotted for this degrading exhibition was five to ten minutes, and at the ringing of the bell the lady returned to her place in the ranks and the next lady was called forth to undergo another such parade before the eyes of thousands of spectators, and to be made target for the vulgar com ments of hundreds of rough, uncultivated specimens of humanity. The ladies, I have been informed, came to the course with the expectation of running short race, which was to decide the question of skill, but those who had charge of the proceeding concluded to have it otherwise. am pleased to say that Ben. Truman. the worthy Secretary of the association, did not give this wretched display his endorsement.
 N The Mails
 Have miscarried again. Mir. Clark has just 1 informed me that Prescott mail found it's way out of Prescott and back there again, last week. I may just here mention, also, that I have been shown packages of the Arizona MINER addressed to "Apache Pass, Arizona, and to Salt River, at the Postoffice in this city. More anon.
 | EvIL-MERopACH.