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

aCEuri;irg 10 t;is ideas al tire Contract
they make /, satisfactory TO his views, BY
starting mic II II sufficient, guau,iiy ofOll
Congo, Can,pey % Ankle. lie adds,
tha' he had ' 'rOm ia0irmIdrel and fifty
tO lusre hundred chests OF Ola Congo
stated ln'o AMI mixed with HE bobca
Ia The packiU. oi tnn huuCrei whole
chests oi bohra Tea HAS was IN The
year 1850, wh.Ch tea wuS 10 be PAID for
~ The rais al twelve iate 4 mace per pi.
col II MAS PACKED, Imported and sold,
hs says, as BOhra tca, IN The L. States,
aud u Is u>iai, hr atidS, tor Teas which
are intended tor The European MarkeI 10
Ice miAed IL The same mannncr, in order
iO improve the quality.
Mir NidHSGHFs, "a answer 10 The third
lniciiosai"rN, says. ihJj lie knows 81 no
specific quality II Tea known BY The
namr OF Bohea that there are Il variety
Of l""priced Teas, winch heng niAed
together generally compose What is call
ed Behca Tea. by the English aud Ame-
r!caiiS. Aud IN answer 10 The fourth In
tertoSatory, HE same deponent states,
That, There are IN Cation, qualities of
lras interior TO those viii, Il purchasers
are wiling Ia take az BOhea, which occa-
s!onS frequent disputes between The buy
e. and seller, The latter frequently insist
sorts, t,ia" Is according 10 The sample
that Tins latter k,nd is o!ien Old Congo;
tia, the miXlure thus finally adjusted
and taken by the purchaser is called Be-
hea, and packed hard into Boxes OF vari-
GUS sizes made strong 10 resist the
pressure. The price, he says, (under
the NTH inicrrogatOry) at which the A
nericans pack their BOhea, is ~ tales,
equal tn twelve aud "a half cents +; gen
orally speaking the English aud Duicl,
pack superior qmalliy OF Bohea, for
which they allow from fourteen 10 Sc
vcnieen tales, which is composed in the
same manner, only mixing more of The
better sort OF tea"
Tue revenue laws of the United States,
~ reference Ia the duty OH Bohea teas.
ate construed, by the counsel in behalf
oi the claimant, so as 10 embrace The COM
pound, described by The two witnesses
last mentioned. On the other hand, II is
coniended by tho district attorney, that
there Sa simple unmixed tea, we'll known
IL commerce 10y the denomination Of Bo-
hca tea. and that such is the lea intend
cd by the statute.
All tie statutes on this subject from
1850 TO 1916, though varying the rate of
duly, use the same language i'll naming
ii'e article. 10 BOhea is affixed IA low rate
al du,S-lo SouchOug and all other black
teas higher rate. In The first acts The
difference was tour cents; afterwards SIX
ttnis; and by the act OF April, 1916, lhr.
iern cents.
II Is maxim of law, that il loves GER
ialnty, and III the composition of statutes
NC oiien find explanatory language, for
the purpose of avoiding an ambiguity,
WHICH He employment OF AN equivocal
VOID might occasion. Thus, in The col
lection act, when II Is intended 10 limit
The delivery OF duIiable goods, 10 The dan
time, the words "opcn day." are used,
anh 10 this expression liz added the expla
na'ion, " that Is between the rising and
selling OF tie sun. la reference, there
Tore, 10 The dill. rent descriptions of teas,
named M The revenue laws, We must con.
cnluda iiIa! terms sufficiently definite and
generally understood were employed
Had there been amy such variety and la
tiiude OF Interpretation, IN regard to The
article ia question, 2eurraily prevailing
under The earlier statutes, we must sup.
pose, that the very iuconve.ient and IN
aureus diversity would have been cor
Iecied by proper explanatory language
IN The statutes establishing The last tariff.
In al The appointments OF duties there
fore, al different periods, in regard 10
tbs: article, the term uniformly emp.uyed,
| consider 10 have had, uniformity fhe
same meaning aud that commodity
was in!eudcd. no: admitting perhaps Of a
prccis" Gr ready definition, and vet well
understood, and conprebcnded by all
COnvrisani With HE subject and espe-
clatIy by those, or whose properly the
.aws were more Immediately 10 operate.
Do we find such 3 description of com |
modify III fact, 10 exist !! Aud does il |
correspond with that which is OH trial ?
lm prosecuting this enquiry II is not ne
ceSSary To examine, much less 10 attempt |
to settle The Botanical doubts which have |
eNistrd IN reference 10 tins interesting |
pIani. 1t is OF little importance in regarj |
l0 The present question, 10 determine, Nhp- |
cher there are two or more distinct botau. |
zeal species; or whether, according 10 The |
more modern, and may add, more pro,
bahl" opinion, the differences, WeIlknown |
10 exist IN teas, are 10 be attributed, |
merely 10 difference Of soil, climate, and |
prcPaiaiiGu.
Ga regard 10 The differences actually |
cXistlng III or recognized in commerce, ii !
is material TO enquire.
AIr. StaTsbhry says, that he "knows OF |
10 specific quality of tea. known by the
name oil Bohca," and YET il would appear
from his testimony, that The Term is well
krowuin China, for he proceeds to OBJ
serve that the Chinese mean by boIlea
superior quality Of tea. To trace with &C
curacy the terms, which were borrowed
fCm Chinese Applications, 10 their cor
respondent expressions in that language,
may be attended with a great degree Of
avn satisfied however from
which consider highly res
pcciablr, that Bohen Tea, is derived from
The YoHytcha Of The Chinese" IL compre.
f.. a.. Fl 81. III Il.