ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO CONTRIBUTORS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. We tender our thanks to the editor of the _Farmer's Register_ for setting us right in respect to Mr. Peter A. Browne's letter on the mineral resources of Virginia. The republication of that letter in the Register had escaped our recollection entirely. We shall be much gratified in having the able co-operation of Mr. Ruffin upon a subject we have much at heart, to wit: a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. When the legislature shall have settled the exact limits of federal power, and the precise boundaries of state rights--if indeed these things can be done in our time--or when we shall have laid the broad and permanent foundation of a system of internal improvement,--we hope then at least to see Virginia treading in the paths of other states, and turning her attention to her own vast, and in some respects, hidden resources. We owe a similar acknowledgement to Mr. Fairfield, editor of the North American Magazine, who informs us that Mr. Browne's letter also appeared in one of his numbers, but which in like manner escaped our notice. The "_Remarks Delivered to the Law Class at William and Mary_," upon a subject deeply interesting to the south, shall appear in our next number. The "_Letters from a Sister_," we have only had opportunity to glance at. We have no doubt that they will furnish a rich store for the entertainment of our readers. The _Selections from the Manuscripts of Mrs. Wood_, are reluctantly but unavoidably excluded from the present number, but shall certainly appear in our next. We have on hand a variety of poetical contributions, from which we shall cull liberally for our pages. As some literary appetites however, are cloyed by too many dainties, we must be somewhat particular in the arrangement of our table. The _Publisher_ offers an apology to his patrons for the delay in the publication of the present number. The close of the year being, by common consent, a season of holiday recreation rather than of business, all just allowances will be made. He promises (always excepting unforeseen accidents and contingencies) to be more punctual hereafter. It is his desire to issue the Messenger, if possible, regularly between the 20th and last day of each month. Contributors ought to be governed accordingly. He tenders the compliments of the season to his patrons. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 4, December, 1834, by Various