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Stint gtisttllani). J ■— ! ATMRTODARCR. |c A ball bating occurred in a certain < town, at a season of peculiar aerioaineiJ I among the yoath under the paatorel care of a very worthy micister, and • many of them, from conscientious mo- I titee, boring declined to attend, their i abeenee woe attributed (erroneously) to < the iefloence and Interference of their pastor, who, in consequence, received I the following anonymous note .' "Stn— Obey the toica of the Holy J Scripture. Take the' following for)foor r text and contradict it. Show in what \ cooaists the etil of that inboccnt amuseffrtjit^of dancing. Eccles. ill. 4- "A j time to weep, and a time to iaogh, a time to •oorn, nndw lime to daaco." j A Tecx Chiuituk, urr so IlyrocBiTE. The minister Immediately wrote the following reply : , • Mr Dart Sta.— Yonr request that I would preac'u from Ecclea: III. 4, i cannot comply with at present, since there 1 are some Christian 'duties more Impor- j tant than dancing, which a part of \vj j people seem disposed - to neglect | Whenever I perceive, however thst the doty pf dencing is too much neglected. I shall not ralRd^ralse a aorning roico ! against so dangeroua an omission. * ' ' In the mesn time, there ore certain ! difflcnltiea In the text which yon com- j mend to my notice, she solution of which i shooldreceiTu with gratitude from "a | true Christian." My first difficulty reapecu the tiuu for j danctng ; .for althongh the text declaree [ - that there ia a time to dance, jet when j thai time is, it does not -determine. Now this point I wl»b to ascertain ex | octlj, before I preach upon the sehjeci; ; lor It weaid be ne crimlnsi, I conclude, to dance at the Vrdfef time; et to neglect to dance at1 the right time. ICCl 10 nance ei tnv n*ns »««». v

I hare heea^able to satisfy myself, In - some particulars when It Is not "t time t w dance " We shall agree. I presume, I that on the Sabbath Day, or at a raner t al, or daring the pyeralcner of a pesti- i ience, or the rocking of an earthquake, r or the roaring of a thntdervtorm, it c • would be no time to dance. But suppose the Tery day to be aaoer j tained >is the whole day or only a part, i to be devoted to lhl» ainnsement ? Au^H if A part of the day only, tj^tr 'wfi kh i ^ ' part ia "the time to dsnee"?'' 1 lint allowing the lira J to he ascertain- ' ed, there is etill an ohiority in the text i le it a command to daf*. or only i per - • nurnon ! Or U it tnerjy a declaration < ' of the fact, thatg». «4afe constituted, there is a time frl erents si- - luded to la the lax; ^Bh ihe proridenc- . or God, come to \ If the text te^HMB*nd. li lt of | nnirersal ohligaii . dAtmnit "old men i and maidens yuirJW^ and children," « dance obdtliencp^Kpproitaeion. docs V It imply a 10 from dancing, ifflB# «ispo«d ? Or, if the te^KMnljr a declaration '* that there la a fMjjft*1 do dense, | as there is a tliBjheu they die, then I I might as w*U ha mftaaled to take the I fina eight retdH; M the chapter, and j •how in what eowataathr ceil of those I innocent praaMfT.'Iptttef- mak' { lag war, and MPRf Btri, for which. It jseems from the- ta*. ihere is "m time," j as welt as for dtaatof . There ia Wjkm difficulty in the ] text, which jflliUjW urstome. What j h'nd of danMiqf Mffi* the text intend f for it is cermiMg • ■Salter of bo small' coaseqnenoflh h PlTue Chrtalioo," to " "" " : i*M"*tWe* L"f culud mv 's>- Jta *tlch <p««o «t» ^2jNs/ffil3jy'W',d WWms »W ! t.

| prophetess, eta aister^of Aaron, look a ! I timbrel in htrMstff and ail the^womeirt | went out after her, with timbrels and ' i I dances." This was on account of the i ' overthrow of the Egyptians In the Red i 8ea. - .'t j > < - Judges, • xi. 34. The daughter of Jepthuh "came ont to meet him with tlmbreli and with dances " This was ! also oa account of a-victory over tho ' enemies of brneL ^ Judges xxi 21. The yearly feast in ' Sbiloh was a feast unto the Lord, in J. which the daughters of 8bilob went forth in daoces. This was done as au act of religions worship. > ~ 2 8«m. vi. 14 nncTso. "And David ' danced before the Lord 1 with all his i might " Bui their religions Michael "came ont to meet David, apd said, How% glorious was the kiujt of Israel lo-day, who tiBcoveretl hiuiself to-day. in the eyn*. of the handmaids of hie servants, as one of tho vein fellows shamelessly uncov- , ereth himself y' 1'ancingTit seems, was a sacred rite, and mi taaally performed by women. At that day it was perverted from Its sacred use by none bnt " vain, fellows," : destitute of shame. David vindicates himself from her irony, by saying, " It | was -before the Lord 7" admitting that ; had this not been the ease, bcr rebnko ' {would bare been merited, j 1 Sum. xsiii. G On accoont of the victory of Saul and 'David over the Philistiues. " the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing." Pool, cxllx. 3. " Let them praise his . j name in the dance." I'sal. xxx 11.. j " Thou baa tamed, for me my mourning < I into dfnoing." The deliverance here ; spoken of, was a roco very fiora sickness, . ' and the dancing an expression of reli- ! gioas gralitnde and joy. Kxod. xxli. 19. "As soon as he camn ' nigh unto the camp, lie saw the calf and (he dancing." Frous this it pjipehre that dancing was a parfalso of idol worship. iu^ warn m Jim k BlkU Ul IUUI nuibiiij.'.

Jer.xxxi. 4. "Ob virgin of Israel, lliou shall again be adorned with thy tabrett, and go forth in the dances of tbem that make merry." Tbie passage predicts the rttnra from captivity, and the restoration of tha divine favor, wiih theconsequent expression qf divine joy. Matt. xi. 17. " We have piped yahr' and ye have noyianertrfVe have mourned^uAMHepwafand ye have not IunBSSjwfl." That is, neither the judgments the mercies of God produce any effeet upon this incorrigible generation. They neither mourn, when called to mourning by his providence ; nor rejoice with the usual tokens of religions joy, when his mercies demand their gratitude Luke XV. 25. " Now ^s elder eon wts in the field ; and as hu came and drew n!gh nalo the house, b. beard music and dancing " The return of thr prodigal was a joyful event, tor wfc; :n the grateful father, according to the usages of the Jewish church, and the csfeQTth? lion of the -Psalmist, " praised the Lord 1 in the daace." I Ecclea. HI. 4. "A time to rooarn and : 0 time t« dance." binoe ihe*Jewish j church' knew nothing of dancing except j as a-religioas ceremony, or as an rxprer-

i sion of gratitude and praise, the text is i j a declaration that the providence of Godisometimee demands monrwfng, and [ somt times gladness and gretitode. { M ill. xiv. 5. " Bat when Herod's I ■ blrtl dvy was kept, tfa* daughter of Herndia danced before them, and pleased 1 1 Her d " In tbb coae, dancing eras per- : | vert' d from ha origlbal object, to pnr- | pose of ranity and ostentation. J J< > xxi. 7- " Wherefore do the wick1 1 ad li e. became oM, yaa, are mighty in i MffT" VmeH. " They Mad forth j their Utile once like a Qoek, and theirS f , chttdfen dance. They spend tin-ir dnv- ■ j in^wijsliti, nnd ia a moment go down to j r ! the gtave, Therefore they say onto God, 1 depart from ns, for we desire not the | ■ ! knowledge of thy ways. What it the 1 { Almighty, that we shoald ammo him f N oOd what pfdSt shall ire here If we pray j

onto him f" M » —Their wealth aod dancing are assigned 1 : j as the reason of their ssying onto God, j j '* Depart from ns.'" and of their not dc- 1 siring the knowledge of hhr ways, end | ( not delighting to eerve him, or pray to , 1 him. * j I Prom the preceding quotations.il will 1 1 ! eofficiently appear— j i j That dancing was a religions act, j 1 -both of the true and alvo of idol worship. 1 I Thst It was practised esclnsively on j 1 joyfol occasions, soch as national fes'i- j ' vats or great vietorWa. That it was performed by mnidi-ns j - only. That it was performed nsnaliy in the j I day-time, dn the open air, in high ways. I I fields, or grovci. That men who perverted doncing from a sacred use to purposes of amusement, j, were deemed infamous. ^ |V>5*hat no instances of duncing are found . upon recoil in the Bible, in which the ' two sexes united in the exercise, either { 1 as an act of worthip..or amusement | , ; That there is no instance upon recoid 1 . of social dancing fd® amusement, ekecpt » i that of the " vain fellows," devoid of , 1 shame; of tho irreligious families dcl scribed by Job, which produced inI . creased impiety, and ended in destrue- j 9 tion ; aod of llerodias, which tenuina 1 ted in the rash vow of Herod, und the I B murder of John tbo Baptist. KOBEJtHY A SCIEHCE. An elegantly dressed female entered , j ' a jeweler's shop in Paris, one dsy, and asked to sec some valuable gold pins, of t which she wished to purchase one, she B {said, as a New Year's present for her! husband. bile sbo wns cxamiug the, | articles, a man begou playing n barrel organ before the dcor. The music j ^ seemed to annoy the lady, and stepping j to the'door ahc threw a piece of money ( ( to the man, and toH him to go 'nwoy, ' 1 which te did at once. On reluming to I the counter she said that none of the ' 1 pins sailed her, hot that as some com Q pensation she wonld bay a brooch for □ r .

.. the daughter of her concierge. Che : c e accordingly chose ooi, paid IOf. for it p c and was leaving the shop, when the I e Ije'weler riisjwl a diamond pin of great ! * -.• value from among those she had been ' . n>"VioK ,t. ' i He accordingly stopped his costomer, s who seemed highly indignant, and insis- / r. : ted on (bo jeweler's wife searching Jicr, t ! which wss done, hut no pin wss found. , o The jeweler, iherefore, allowed her to I 1 ,c i leave, 'but sent his sis'er to watch her. 1 The woman was seen to 'enter nrotber , jeweler's ehop, ahd yw.s pretending to 1 n | make a perchcse M^cfore when the or-,-t gan-grinder oyfw made his appearance. | ic As soon as he began pfmjingrfie ogain j j. brew him tome money and ordered him L !C 'o move on ; bat the person who *»/ watching her, perceived that with theN | money she had also given the man a A piece of jewely. This fact was at once' ^ made known te some sergeants do ville, ,] j who arrests'', both of there, and foand jj, on the man several articles of jewelry ^ which bad been obtained in a similar .. : manner. J' ^

{ nr TOP *KA* *0, fAT »0. j . Whec a man ha* made wp his mind to do , or- not to do a thing, he should have the r plock to say so, plainly and decisively. ' It 1 1 is a mistaken kindness— If meant ah kind- ■ nets— to most a request which you have I determined not te. great, with M l'il toe about it." or, " I'll think tbe matter over,' . or " 1 coooot give yon^a poeitive answer now ; call in a few dSye and I'll let youknow." It may ba said, pyhapo, that tha " object or there cmbigeous exprereions is to > ; '• lot the applicant down easy bat their 1 ! tendency is to give bim v»cImb trouble and r*! anxiety, aod poasiUyJo prevent hit seeking t7 wfraC-lie fMpiires in k, more propiUons diJ ] re' ii'-n UBUI afi.-r tho golden opportnnity JMupnl Murrover. it is questionable ' I whether the - moli*ea.ror au«U equivocation # art a#' philanthropic as some people tap'•pose. General! j' speaking, the iniUaidual » j who the* a d-.reat referel. does eo f ta avert himself pahu Men without doci-

I nou of chancier, bare in indescribable J aversion to say "No." They can think "Ho" ' sometimes wboti it would be more crediiato "their courtesy to sey "Yes," — tat they dtilike to ntier the hold word that t represents their thoughts. They prefer ta j mislead end deceive. It is true iHw' these | blitnd aod coctiderale people are^Ttoq spoken of as very '-genllemauly." Bat-is \ j H geutleroanly to keep a loan ia suspense . ! for days, and perhaps ^weeks, merely ta- \ I -you do not tboose to pat hitn out of ' , it by a straight forward declaration? H" ! ooly is a geullemu". who treat* his fellow- ! 1 men tn a manly, straight-forward «my. 1 Never seem by ambiguous words to santlion hope* yon do Dot intend to gratify. If you mean " No," out with it. BAOI • Tl is a carious fsct tbst nesrly two-lbirds | of the rags annually imported Into Ibe 1 United States from all foreign countries, | ■ come from Italy. The circumstance is , ikdue to two cau.es : First. Italy ie in fvelj | the receptacle of all the old rags ia (be ' Levant. The Turks, the Greeks and 3yr- ; , isu* use vast quantities of cheep cotton ( clotb t and the Archipelago and tho whole ■ I ! l^-vanl arc swept by Greek and Italian 1 I const tug smacks, about the sixe of onr ' f American clam boats, trading for rap* ! which country pedlers colletc. These rag* , ultimately vet to Genoa. Trieste, See., aod jre shipped to America. Second, there * | being on free press and few b- oks primed, j there is uu home demand 10 work the rags . 1 into pap r The population cen neither ' read nor write, and of course epistolary 1 i correspondence IS rare. So Country where ! (he mas* of the population read and wnt» I , can afford to export rags. Hence, regs and 1 I custom house returns yield a clue to the f | actual statu of society. ' | THE WOELD OF FLO W ERA I If it was forme to direct how little girl* 1 | aod boys should be led to think of the sis- ' dom and goodness and power of Uo<) 1 I 8 think I should say, make them acqnaiuled j j wilb the world of tiower*. I t them be f taught, even while little children, to tell ' | the Common nemos of) HA* *18 • lUV'Tht* } I have little spots Of gntmt.d Of boxes of divt b in ^hich to plsnt fl^Oreni and take care of | them. Let them /gather wild fluwers 00 . ' I the hills, in the titlleys, over the meadows. I in the woods, a(|d along the brook. When

! old enough gi«h them a cheap magnifying 1 glass, and ley them see the exquisite deli-, I of forqf and structure aod tints, and • j the de'petufonce of each part upon the othand^^il upon the toil and the shower and $ie enn, and so trace th's whole to the wisdom and benevolence of Him who form 1 «d and produces them all. | Write your name by kindness, lore and mercy on the hearts of the people you eome j | in contact with year by year, and you will | never be Torgotton. : True grace makes all now — thu *nside ! new, nod the outside new ; "If any man be j in Christ, be is a new ereatnre." • / BY AUTHORITY. VLAWS OF NEW JERSEY, j Airoct to confirm tho acknowledgement* I am proofs nf deeds tckar. before Hemuel | 8. Marcy, commissioner appointed fori the Lower Township, it Cape May connly. Wnr.RKiH. on the eighth day of Febrnary, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty hix, Samnel 8 Marcy was appointed Otx, aamuet a .viarcy was appointea

' commissioner of deeds -Jor the Lower Township in tho cphnty of Cope May; end whorsas. tho qiid Satneel 8. Marcyat tha lime of eaid^appointrnent, resided in tha city of Cape t&tful, (aoilnDt Uj; the Lower Township) and continued to reside in (aid city darhtg fltq term 61 bia said office, and exercised the defies of laid office daring said term ; and where - us, doubts have arisen as to the legality of hi* official acta In the premises— therefort,. 1. B«- it eneeted by the Senate and U«n« oral Assembly of tho Stale of New Jersey. That all the ofta of thu said .Soinm-I S, ; Marcy," at eompilasioner aforesaid, done and performed during bkriaid official tana, r ehall be as valid and effectual ia law, toalj hitvnts end pnrposee, aa if tha said Somas! . 8. Mercy bad residad in the Lower Town I ship doling said official term. •J. And he iteeacUd, That tkie act thaW - take effect ituiaedietely.

Approved February 2.Vlh. 18E3. . A Farther Supplement to tha act eatetioJ "An act for lbs paniebmont of Criqwa." approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. ' . * '• j Wnxax vs. Great danger le liable to be It. j' carted by the acts of unauthorised per- ' - son* in attemptir.g in enntroh'tlmndttidg . > and management of railway cava, to the ° inatiifeet peril of life oad property ; there- ' . fore. 1 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and Geo. ! ej*l Assembly of the Slate of Next Jereoy* | That if any persoo or person*, unauthorized I or unrmployed by the individuate or eor1 porations managing or owning any railway ' cars in'this state (ball mallcionxiy or Waltj "ntly for the purpose of hindering or de- ' laying such car or cam, Ml down or npply 1 ( the brakes of any cur, or pull the bell-rope, 1 \ or convey to the engineer, conductor, or , others employed in the management of such I cars, such person or person* shall be deemt i »d guilty of a misdemeanor, and- oa eoavieI ' lion thereof sball be penisbed by imprifop- - mem not exceeding oncahundred dollars 1 | or both, at t he" d were lion of the ennrt. * T. And be it enacted that this act shall 1 llhke i-ffect tmtnediately. r Approved Febrnary 'J5lh,- 1843. ' 1 A Further Supplement tn tho act entitled "An act respecting conveyances,'' approve.! April (ilieeoth, eighteen hnudted and ; 1. It-- it enacted by tho Senate and Genr rSil Assembly of thu Slain of Now Juraey, * That all acknowledgment* utid proof* of ' deed*, or other inslrimer.ta in writing, heretofore made or taken, or that titay hero- ' . aftrr be mode or tekeu out of (hie state' if * any or either of the parties to the said deeds ur instruments in writing, at'tho time of takiag the said acknowledgements or proofs resided, or shall reside, out of this J * slate, and the eame have t^en, or ehoil bo j taken before a person authorised by lUg law* of this state to take the same, auiL^,, in all oilier rApecli in confonnity y f(j, ij,0 " ! frwt Of'lfaii xtnWv^rftall be an«^|,rj iro r I Hprgbv- declared to be^pod ont^/ valid and effectual ni law for all "pnrpoees, ai fnlly ^ aud completely as if the same had been or might be taken in this state, l>*fore an officer by llie laws of this statu aotUorited to lake Ibe seme.

2. A nd be it enacted. That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 4th, 18C3. A Further Supplement 40 an act entitled "An act for thu punishment of crimes,'' approved April* sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-sis. 1 1fe it enscted by the Senate and General Assembly of the Slate of New Jersey, That uvery pei^ton who shall willfully or ' maliciously wnnnve nr.y munnment of Mono wotd or other darablo material, erected for ' the purpose of designating the corner, or any other point, in the boundary of any lot or tract of land, road or street ; or sbal| I vrittfally and malicionsly deface or altvf thj Ir marks upon eny tree, post er other Bona, mmt. made for the purpose of deeighating I sit) point, course or line in thn boundary of I any lo< or trncl of latid.Veod or street) or j shall willfully end maliciously eut down or jirumovu any tree npon wbieh aay such ! | marks shell he made for sach pnrpaee, with r 1 the Intuit to dsitroy sach matka. shall, i« every such ense ; upon conviction tbrfaaf, he adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, aud * ' shall be punished. by a tine not exceeding . Two bcndrs*d and fifty dollars, or imprison- / nunt at hard labor not exceeding two

years, or both, 2. Awl be It enacted, That every perron who shall willfotly or msiieiessly break, detroy or remove aay milestone, mileboard, gutdeboard or guidvpesl, or . csutiouery board, made ol wood, stone or metal, erteted upon any street, public road, turupika, plank road or rfilroad in IbU sutr, orobal willfully or maliciously deface alter any inedrlptiou upon SbCh slene, board or post, shall, upon ccoviction thereof, be adjsdged guilty of a misdemeanor. .sod ibnH ta poniabed by imprisonment io a -county jail. 0*1 exceeding throe months, ur by a Mm* not exceeding fifty dollars, or both. Approved February, 25, 184*3. NOTICE. » Ilhuiw sax «us* th.rrtof, I «IU M )W ^er tar I _ « " Bvpfcel at«q pT Fay the Printer.