Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-27

This classification Of the teas Known
IN commerce, is copied wul, some Ell
largrulen's, IN Re-'s Cyclupedia. Cart.
Ihca) The names of Nh. four first va
rie,ies, are well known. and have long
been known among Us, III speaking of |
the Black Teas. The las, variety, beipg |
The most ORDINARY of tile class, j., a. ap |
pears Ia me, the Bohea n,rnued by The !
law. Thus The term Bohca, which ma,
be, III Il sense, applicable 10 the whole {
class oi black teas, became appropriate
Ia one variety Of the class; The other
varieties receiving other Distinguishing
names. thIs last variety, common bolra,
The Chinese, say The authorities above
quoted, call Mott. Mr.. Iiiden and Mr..
Siursis, two OF the Witnesses Tor the 90
vernmeni, speak particularly of this com
moH bohca, and oil the n,anuer In which
II is brought 10 Canton and pa, ked
operations, which are also detailed by
Mr.. Siansbury and Capt. Written. Mr..
StGrSis thinks il Is called by The Chinese
Nhopo, but Is not certain tiai his ,ue
mory is correct IN this particular. III IL
HIS description Of tea with which liberal
mix ur'S OF superior teas are occasionally
made, by purchasers, according 10 tie
testimony oi MIR. SALISBURY and Captain
Written. This | consider 10 be the tea
which Mr.. Siansbury has in ,iew, when
he says, HAT there is kind oi tea, the
Ctiinese name OF which he does not re-
collect, q" but which is sometimes packed
by itself, and called bohea," which lie
considers as composing about one fourth
part OF The black teas imported INTO the
United States. Ii is Impossible To admit,
that The mixture stated by Captain Whit
ten, ut which congo tea wouid constitute
a M la tn,,.
construction entItle the compound 10 the
denomination of bohea, in reference TO
The laws OF revenue. ii is easy TO see
the abuses 10 which the indulgence OF
such practice must lead. The Chinese,
as has been testified, though adhering 10
Their habituai modes, when no urgent
motive prompts TO deviation, are ever
ready to conform TO any manner of pack
age which The purchaser may require:
and considering the great saviua in duly
TO br effected, by maintaining The demo-
m..aiion OF bohca, il cannot but be per-
cewed how wide difference is likely
gradually Ia be introduced between the
name and the thing. il such mixtures
should be received with indulgence. Ii
Is thus that the compound, at length, be-
comes TOO valuable 10 be packed in the
usual coarse manner OF bohcas, in The
would obvl0nsl, injure the appearance |
VI "a superlortra, and affect its price
We therefore tinG teas of this Description.
uexi began 10 be brought in the congo |
chests. When this was the case, there |
would seem TO be strong reason 10 infer, |
that the proportion of the superior teas |
was unusually abundant. There must |
De motive OF some cOgency TO induce |
iliis change.iD HE mode of packing for |
The saving I'm freight, by the usual mode |
OF packing the bOhea teas, is considcra- |
Bile.
One OF The claimants witnesses, states.
that il would require two or three cents !
per pound addition in price, 10 coRlpen-
sale The loss in freight, ocsasioncd by the
difference IN packing. How i; has hap
pened thai appropriations of superior teas
have IN ibis mode taken place, under the
denominations ct bOhea, or when, or by
whom, the practice as commenced, ii IL
no, necessary, tor the purpose of This
suit, particularly 10 inquire. Ii is only
OF laie years. several OF The Witnesses say.
three or four ears, since the practice OF |
bringing what they cali bohea tea in box
es, appropriate to The superior teas has
been known TO them one OF The witness
es, only. goes SO far back as len years in
his recollection OF such practice. Va
Tlous imPor!aiions are specified, with
which lie claimants Witnesses, generally |
compare the teas, by the Ontario, which
they examined. The differences 10 be
derived from such references can only
he adjusted by more precise knowledge
OF the imporlaiIoHs M nfiOned in The de-
positions, than the Witnesses have given.
All additional covering TO the chests,
the chop mark, is noticed by
them, in some OF those Instances, as Wei
ak IN regard 10 The teas OIL trial, which
may have gwen facility 10 the introduc-
ton ct teas superior TO bOhea, under The
last mentioned denomination. Or ihis
III the present case, cxpla-
nations have been offered by two of H.,
claimants witnesses. They differ, how
ever, IN Their explanations. One cOujcc.
lures ill"i tie extra covering was TO give
a nea,er appearance. TIE oiIler considers
thai WAS 10 strengthen the chests, which,
IT Is supposed were old and shattered
when purchased al Canton for the pur
pose OF packing The teas in question.
cannot but remark, however, that | see
no evidence III the case, that these teas
we're packed al Canton.
According 10 Captain Written and Mr..
Stansbury's testimony, il is only certain
coarse Teas, mixed occasionally with
other Teas which they describe, that are
packed up al Canton. e.. An superior
Teas, they say, and III this particular
agreeing with Mr.. Slurgis and MIR. iii
den, are packed in the interior, al or near
The place Of the growth, and being con-
Veyed To Canton, are exported in the
ga me package. Now these Teas, demo
indeed, superior BOhca, by the
claimants Witnesses, The Witnesses who
have examined them, repeatedly, both in
and out OF The court, declare 10 be UNI