The Southern papers announce that cane-planting is generally finished, which is more than can be said in this section, where it looks as though the cane was about to usurp the place of the pen. We are not surprised, however, to be informed that not half as much cane has been planted in the South this year as there was last season, owing to the fact, no doubt, that the Government has gone into the business of "raising Cain" so extensively in that section. * * * * * Good for a "Horse Laugh." What is the difference between the leading _equestrienne_ at the Circus and ROSA BONHEUR? The one is known as the "Fair Horsewoman;" the other, as the "Horse Fair Woman." * * * * * A Drawn Battle. Any fight that gets into the illustrated papers. * * * * * A Suggestion. It is proposed to transport passengers by means of the pneumatic tunnel. In view of the dampness of this subterranean way, would it not be proper to call it the Rheumatic tunnel? THE UMBRELLA. (CONCLUDED.) It has been suggested that should a select party from the Fee-jee Islands, who never before had wandered from their own delightful home, be thrown into London, they might immediately erect the copper-colored flag, or whatever their national ensign might be, and take possession of that populous locality by right of discovery. So, in like manner, should you leave your umbrella where it would be likely to be discovered--say in a restaurant, or even in your own hall--the fortunate and enterprising explorer who should happen to discover it would have in his favor the nine points of the law that come with possession, and the remaining points by right of discovery--a good thing for dealers in umbrellas, but bad for that small portion of the general public not addicted to petty larceny. DICKENS, in one of his Christmas stories, tells us of an umbrella that a man tried to get rid of: he gave it away; he sold it; he lost it; but it invariably came back; despite his moat strenuous exertions, like bad _incubi_, it remained upon his hands. This strange incident does not come within our present treatise; it is of the supernatural, and we are seeking to write the natural history of the umbrella. The man who, has an umbrella that has grown old in his service is a curiosity--so is the umbrella. If a man borrow an umbrella, it is not expected that he will ever return it; he is a polite and refined mendicant. If a man lend an umbrella, it is understood that he has no further use for it; he is a generous donor whose right hand knows not what his left hand doeth--neither does his left hand.