Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-13

Here we find Ourselves at home THIS curious
vegetable, which is called in, in such variety OF
modes, 10 stimulate cur senses and dissipate our.
cares whether it be snufed, chewsd or smoked ;
this mild stimulsnt Of torpid seusbilitv which ex
cites without greatly exLaustng, more iunoces Z
than the opium o! the Turks more Clearly than
the kava of the Otsheitan, but MT so much so
tie bcel and areka of the East Indian; vet in
every shape, in which it is used TO soo is still IL
able to abuse ard calculated to iure the consii-
tioa this singular plant, which fills the Indian cal
umet of peace, and has mpcrceptbIy stolen aim ST
over the whole world; is natire of .4merica, s.
staple QfTi.giniI.
W. ether Il was the gilt Of the Great Shirt. rs
the Indians tell, at the time that the suqi-e
was presented AMI gTe4v 10here the Great Sbfrit
s0t or, what is alone consistent with our IDEAS of
discovery, WIS found growing 18th the o.her weeds
of the plans, aud wss culled out for its siiinula-
ting virtues il is s'ili true Tat to America las
been ascribed the honor OF itl birth. From this
country it carried TO England by Sir Walter
Raleigh, about the year 1881. The reader will
call n,ind the ,udiorous aneed1te of SIR Waters
servant, who going ioto is study and seeing the
smoke pouring Oet of his mouth, supposed him to
be on FIRE, and Immediately covered him with wa
ter to extnguish the flames. The alarm did not
however, last iong-it {" soon got into general use,
and became the subject OF regnlati,n by royal PRO.
clantt"ns and by acts OF Parliament King
James | vi lenfy opposed to rs introduction
and issued proslamaiiDus against the use OF IT,
a d aeai;s planting it in England. About the ycar
1921, il became royal monopoly and afterwards
IN order n encourage its ero@tb ia the colonies
a ID thrr b. derive a revenue 10 thu crown an
act OF Parliament prohibited the plating Of il in
Great Britain" There are some politicians in
the present day, who IA k IT at npti 2 TO DEPRIVE
US Of its monopoly by Joccing its cultivation IN 6.
Britain.
Let them Htferibth it will not Gnsrper. Rus
STA has tried II, France mas tried other Gotta
tries IL Europe have tried il it las been attempted
ia Sonti- mcrca, on the banks ofth Oronnco
but, after all ihe rs9d oI JGwe, Rirer YO6arc9
bears away The palm iioin all ri them Whether
there IS somethag pc eular IL s'i, rs is proba--
bly, tie case, whether are ainue possessed of
the secret OF its cultivation and eurc tic tobaccr og
Virginia yst superior 70 Any otf,. No douat
tic Western States under the saioe climate, and
in more lryuriant soil, may b. expected to ri
val US. bIl they have hitherto neglected the best
meafs of curingit
Even in this State, the cultivation las passed
through various revolutions Once The Yur. river
thaeco was tie best, bot 10 latter years the land
20 the South Of the James River las been dsin-
giishCd Csr the excellence cf its production. The
principal market for is produce is Richmond so
that after al. pick the world over. the pot where
writing is the iavorite mart Of ibis iaycrite
plant.
We shall not ftguc The reader, BY sn enune-
ration Of the quantities annually imported n and
shipped from &. S.itsin for many years prior 70