Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-12-13
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1860.

a delegation REPRESENTING 'h0 -'a''o"''' w
orei Labor Convention called upon the Presi
dent on Saturday, when an address on behalf
of the Convention was made by Senator Jas.
II. Harris, OF North Carolina, pedging to
the Administration the support OF the colored
men Of the country. President Grant in 70
sponse, praised the organization OF the coiored
workinsmen, aud said that he was willing 70
do anything in his power to protect anu ad
vance their condition. Tic also anticipated the
coming of time when no party would make
color test of citz enship. la reply to speech
from Sela Martin, colored man, in relation
to securing land for the "laborers Of the
South" &c, the President replied that he
could only aid the matter by suggestion and
recommendation, aud that he would eiCe the
matter his attention.
The special correspondent. of the Phi'adel-
pLia Press, -. ii. S" gives some statistics
OF Virginia derived from the Auditors otflcc.
lie says that during the past year over lO0,-
600 tons of the products OF the State, consist
ing Of tobacco, iron, -four, wheat, grain, dried
Of the country. Among these he Instances
1000, 900 pounds of -four, % Goa, 900 pounds
OF grain, 450, 900 pounds Of wheat, 10000, 900
pounds OF tobacco and 1000. 600 pounds Of
dried fruit lie says that our mines OF iron,
coal, lead. copper and gypsum are now being
more satisfactorily worked than heretofore, and
that the two former have shown large yields,
which will be increased by the infusion of
Northern capital and energy
A meeting of the Medical Society of the Dis
trict of Columbia, in relation to the clsc OF DR..
Schoeppe, was held in Washington, last week.
Mt which there was discussion about interfering
in the case Ii strikes US that DR.. A. W. Nil
Ter struck the mail on the head when he
said, Medical faculties aud societies interest
ing themselves had apparently excluded from
their view all other circumstances, and had de-
termlued to fight the question out on the
"prus,c acid line, whereas there were many
other things to be considered IN the question
Of the guilt or innocence of DR.. Schocppe.
A Washington dispatch says that "the r.
construction Committee will meet again to
morrow morning. There seems to be no doubt
that the bill will be passed this week for the
admission OF Virginia, and soon thereafter the
u. =. Senator's and Representatives will be
sworn in, with the exception of Nlessrs. Book
ar and Mckenzie, whose seats are contested.
Ii is probable that the admission will he couPl-
Cd with the condition precedent that the State
Constitution shall not be amended by the pres
ent Legislature"
A bill has been introduced in the House OF
Representatives by Mr. Wclker, ITO dispense
with spies aud ntOrmers in the r3vrnu" scr.
vice" The whole spy and detective system,
as organized and carried on in this country,
during AMI since the war, IL n neiarlous one,
The detectives are frequently worse than the
thieves they are set to watch. They often
unite with a ring to plumber and rob.
Henry Ward Beechcr says he did not know
the real circumstances connected with the Rich
ar1sOs Mcfarland case, or that the divorce OBJ
tanned in Indiana, was an Illegal one. Hal he
known it, he never would have performed the
marriage ceremony.
II is said that it has been discovered that
the New York State bounty bonds, to the
amount OF oae hundred thousand dollars, have
been altered by some expert iorgers and nc
goliated,
The New York Herald says Congress has
not the necessary power in constitutional law
10 declare away the sovereign authority OF a
State" This news hus not reached Congress
yet.
The Educational Journa! OF Virginia for
December has twelve excellent articles on sub
ieets connected with education.
The population of Norfolk, Va, and sur
,oundings, is about $35, 900.