THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



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the negro man. Although provoked nt the 

 conduct of my neighbour, I forbore a suit. 



I have been prompted to make the foregoing 

 remarks in consequence of liaving seen in a 

 late number of the Kichmond Dispatch that 

 during the fall of 1857, a negro man was kill- 

 ed in Tennessee, at a corn-shucking, held on 

 tlie farm of Mr. Jones, who had invited ne- 

 groes in the neighbourhood to aid his hands in 

 shucking corn. The negro who was thus kill- 

 ed, had attended the corn-shucking without 

 the leave (^f his master, who sued Jones and 

 obta ined judgment against him. 



1 inclose the article from tlie Dispatch, and 

 will thank you to insert it as a warning to all 

 persons who are fond of corn-shucking assem- 

 blies, and Avho are apparently insensible to their 

 evil tendency. Having lost one of my own ne- 

 "groes by the misconduct of a neighbour, and 

 on many other occasions heard of quarrels and 

 fights among the negroes assembled, I am 

 more than ever opposed to this mode of having 

 the Avork on the farm performed. 



A Planter. 



Important Decision. — A Mr. Jones, of Ruth- 

 erford county, Tenn., held a corn-shuoking last 

 fall, and invited assistance from his neighbours. 

 Among others, a negro came to the corn-shuck- 

 ing without his master's consent, and was kill- 

 ed in the course of the night by a drunken 

 man, named Hagar. Hagar was sent to the 

 penitentiary, and the owner of the negro sued 

 Jones for the value of the negro, and obtained 

 judgment, on the ground that he was on Jones' 

 premises and in his employ without leave. 



The Arabian Horse. 



Interesting Account of the Genealogy of 

 Arab Horses by Abd-el-Kadir. 



We take from the Moniteur de V Annee 

 the following letter from Emir Abd-el-Ka- 

 dir, in reply to one from General Daumas, 

 directed to him, asking information con- 

 cerning the genealogy of the horses of 

 Sahara, or at least that which is attributed 

 to them by the Arabs : — 



A thousand praises to the only God ! 



To Him who always remains unaltera- 

 ble in the midst of the revolutions of this 

 world. 



To our friend General Daumas, health 

 and mercy, and the blessing of God be 

 ■with you, as the author of this letter wish- 

 es it, his mother, his sons, the mother of 

 these, as many persons as compose this 

 family, and all their friends and compan- 

 ions. 



I have read your question, and I direct 

 unto you my replies. 



You ask ©f me information concerning 

 the origin of Arabian horses, and you find 

 me as a fissure of the earth dried by the 

 sun, and which the rain cannot satisfy 

 by the abundance which falls upon it. 



Nevertheless, to satisfy, if it is possible, 

 your thirst upon this subject, I proceed 

 now to remount to the source whence the 

 water is always most pure. 



Know, then, that it being admitted among; 

 us that God created the horse with the 

 wind, as Adam with the earth. 



This is indisputable, and many prophets 

 (health to them) have proclaimed the fol- 

 lowing : — 



When God wished to create the horse, 

 He said to the south wind' " I wish to 

 form a creature out of thee — be thou con- 

 densed ;" and the wind was condensed. 



Afterwards came the angel Gabriel and 

 took a handful of that matter and presen- 

 ted it to God, who formed of it a light 

 brown or sorrel colored horse, koummita 

 (red mixed with black), saying: — 



" I have called thee horse (ferass)* — I 

 have created thee an Arab, and I have 

 given thee the color koummita ; I have 

 bound fortune upon the mane which falls 

 over thine eyes ; thou shalt be the lord {sid) 

 of all other animals ; men shall follow thee 

 whithersoever thou goest ; good for the 

 pursuit as for the flight — thou shait fl.y 

 without wings ; riches shall repose in thy 

 loins, and wealth shall be made by thy in- 

 tercession. 



Afterwards he marked it with the sign 

 of glory and of happiness, ghaza (a star 

 shining in the middle of the forehead). 



Do you wish now to know if God crea- 

 ted the horse before man, or man before 

 the horse Hearken. 



God created the horse before man, and 

 the proof is, that man being the superior 

 creature, God ought to have prepared for 

 him whatever was necessary before Fie 

 caused him to appear upon the earth. 



The wisdom of God manifests that He 

 has created whatsoever exists upon the 

 face of the earth, for Adam and his poste- 

 rity." 



Behold a testimony ; — 



* Ferass, liorsc ; the ^^hiral is khciti. The ct}-- 

 tnnlo;^^y of this word, say the learned, is the sub- 

 stmitivo khetiaU wliieli signifies pride. TJic 

 Araij horses ought to be ealled so from the grace- 

 fiihiess of their march. 



