...ature, by which France would have secured a certain and almost inexhaustible supply of cheap coal, iron and timber. All this is fully stated in regard to the resources of Virginia, in a letter of Alfred Paul , French Consul at Richmond, to Mr. Thouvenel, Minister of Foreign Affairs, France, dated June 5th, 1860, and as it may be well to recall the attention of the government to it, a copy will be sent yo...