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VANITY FAIR.
THE FRENCH FOR IT.
"Dl'affreux gamins Jouant de la trompette.",',

MR. EVERETT SPEAKS DECIDEDLY.
The telegraph announced that Mr. EVERETT would not have any
allusion to politics in his lecture on Astronomy. At great expense
VANrY FAIR has'been'able to secure the omitted passage for the
perusal -of i4ts. readers.:~. Those who will study it attentively, will
be delighted to find that Mr. EVERETT speaks so decidedly concerning ourt. present difficulties, and will -not be surprised that he
omitted to utter such conservative opinions before a fanatical
Boston audience.::
After a scholarly and polished enunciation of the distance of the
Earth from the Sun and the Moon, and how often each of these
luminous bodies turns. bn its axis', Mr..E vErt had intended to
speak the following....:
'-'Sulch islife: nor can the-thoughtful man-*who gazes upon the
mysterious majesty of the Heavenly:Constellations, fail to be
struck with the analogy-they bear:to,th.e present distracted condition of our beloved Country!
"'Thn St,ar of Washington,Tlike the fervid':Aroturus, sheds tears
of bloQd'over the -brilliant' but erratic course of the comet-like
Palmetto$Stat-e.-V - ef'and
"-Thou:h -the'- ePleiades may wring their hair with- grief, and
Orion cast off his belt in despair, yet the North Star will not lose
its brilliancy, nor Jupiter and -his moons cease in their mighty
journeys through the realms of darkling space.
"Ninety-five mill-ions -of miles -are not traversed in a day nor
can the discontent of a moment- wipe out the blood-stained glories
of an age of peace.:. i- - -:: - -
"We who stand in the observatory of the present, may direct
the telescope of hope towards -the crowded constellation which
declares our nationality to an admiring world; but the clouds of
distrust, and the mists of despair, will blot out from our view the
shining glories of that perfect whole."
Then- and. Now.
The jockeys of the old school Were satisfied with preserving their
equanimity. RAREY has changed all this, and declares that no
cavalier can be regarded as perfect unless he secures equine-amity.
[JANUARY 26, 1861.

TREASQN IN CARMINE STREET.
The spirit of Mayor WooD's recent message has taken violent
possession of several Streets in this city, and we shall not be surprised-however deeply we may be-grieved to learn, before many
days have passed, that some six or seven of them have seceded
from the civic confederation and-forfeited entirely their allegiance
to Broadway. Vague rumors to this effect have been wafted to us
from various quarters of the town, so that we find it difficult to
resist a conviction of impending danger to the United Metropolis of
New York. A sadder state of things could not well be imagined,
or one that should weigh down the public- mind with a heavier
feeling of despondency, than that which must inevitably result
from such a course of conduct as may now be expected from several
of these treasonable sections of the city. Where or when the blow
will fall, we cannot positively state, nor are we certain as to which
of the Streets in question will first assume a belligerent attitude.
iW'-.ell-directed suspicion, however, points to Carmine Street as
.th-et most deeply disaffected of all. If this be so, it appears
.t-'atthe course of that misguided and unhappy section.of the
?metropolitan union will fully justify its sanguinary title. We
hope that wise counsels will prevails and that Carmine Street will
'be saved to the city. It would be sad indeed to see a confedera.tionso glorious, destroyed in a day by the wild and bloody treason
of..'-treet. so comparatively unimportant. We fear, however,
'tha bit is too late for compromise, and that- i-t has been reserved for
the men-of our generation to behold, in the secession of Carmine
Street, thebeginning of the end of our civic unity. GOlreat dis content prevades in the section. As yet Sthere has been no overt
act of treason; but we are credibly informed —that-the'-Undertakers
in that vlicinity, including several malcontents and factious dis unionsts from the Sixth Avenue, have met in secret session and
agreed to furnish a large supply of coffins, gratuitously, for what ever representatives of the City Government may, in the event of
an appeal to arms, arrive in Carmine Street with a. view to the
subversion of its independent soverignty. That sundry of our
Aldermen might avail themselves of this hospitable luxury, with out greatly grieving the public mind, is certainly probable. At
the same time, we can never consent to the treason of Carmine
Street. If things come to such a pass as we anticipate, something
ought to be done about it, and that speedily. We cannot see
that Carmine Street has anything to complain of, nor how its con dition will' be improved by permitting its departure from the con federacy..That it is jealous of the popularity and influence of
Broadway, and of the more generally travelled sections -of the city,
is natural enough, certainly, but can never be admitted as a
sufficient ground fqr. secession. In fact we doubt if Carmine Street
has much ground for anything. Its position, therefore, as regards
secession, is ludicrous in the extreme. With its peculiar institution
of Solitude, nobody advocates, or has ever advocated the policy of
interference. On the other hand, nobody desires that it shall be
extended,over the,entire city.- In any sensible view of the subject,
the Mayor will be justified in taking prompt and decisive measures
to'suppress Crmine Street, should'rebellion break out there. Our
only fear is tihat his sympathy with the idea of Secession, as also
his. love of modest and graceful Solitude, may lead him to favor
the treason as much as possible, and withhold till the last moment
the assertion of that sovereignty which, under our glorious charter,
resides in the United Metropolis.

Salt.
And Abimeleck fought against the city.. and took the city. and beat
down the city, and sowed it with salt.-Book of Judgo, ix. 45.
To the wanderer on the romantic banks of Broadway, during
the pickle season, we are assured that this text will have a significance as deep as it is peculiar. The salt was scattered as above,
we are told by he inquisitive commentators-they must have
bored the ancients terribly-as a sign that the city should be
forever waste. abased and desolate! As the salt that is scattered
upon Broadway is not Attic salt it must of course be abasement
salt. Waste Salt. One of the abominations of political and social
desolation. Who would have thought that ABIMMLECK should reappear as an omnibus owner.
We recommend the above text as very fine Sunday reading for
the Mayor-it possesses an advantage, in this community, that we
hope he will appreciate.
By our Maritime Man.
*Horrid street-boys playing on the trum-pet."
Which of Uncle SAM'S steamers is of the lightest draught?
The Pawnee-for it can be run up a spout.
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