OPERA DANCING.
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As this amusement is becoming very fash ionablc in the United States, the following letter, written by Mrs. Adams--wiie of our second President-while in France in i765, Will be read with interest at this time.

 rrlg.- a "7o MRS. cRANCH. ,.,.! !a4..-. .tt p... ... ,. ,Auteuisy Feb. 2Oth. l765. {, aMy Deer Sisfer-This day eight months I sailed for Europe. since which. many new and interesting scenes have prcsepled ihem- selves before me. have seen many of the beauties, and some of the deformities, Of this old world. Ihayc been more than ever con vineed. that there is no summit of virtue, and no depth of vice, which human nature is not cnpabte of rising to on the one hand or sink ing into on the otber. [ have felt the, force of an observation, which [ haye read. that daily example is the most subtle Of all pol sous. ! have found my taste rcconciIlAg It. self to habits, customs. aud fashions winch ct Gsrsl disgusied me. The first dance which saw upon the stage shocked me the dress es and beauty of the performers were en- chanting but no aloner did the dance com. nence, than 2 fcli my delicacy wounded. and was ashamed tO be seen tO Iook ct them. Girls clothed in the thinrest sllk and gauge. with their pettieoats short, apringing two feet from the floor. poisI1g themselves