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

So'1i""eni, TeialiVe 10 The denO0lnatiou
oil these teas, which was multiplied 10 AN
extent that the Importance of The ques-
'ioh' ana HE amount OF property on trial,
could alone FENDER necessary. there could
De no hesitation III concluding, that the
leas III question, were not Bohea. but
Congo ieas.
The claimant, however, produces a
mass oi testimony from New Yoik, from
which II Is commended, that AN opposite
conclusion must be Inferred. The testi,
moUy ot these witnesses Was taken upder
commission from This court, on in,erro-
gateries put by the parties respectively -
HE Witnesses are, with feX executions.
groccrs, OF reputable Standing II, that
Inc OF business, IN the city ut New York.
hey examined specimens of Que huns
dred chests left at the custom house
stores III New York, part of the four
INJURED chests OF lea, demo minated Boz
hea, Imported by the claimant. iu the
Ontario, and evidence is given to shew.
that they correspond In character and
qnality, TO the three huudred chests.
which were transported 10 Boston. 4 hese
witnesses, with some diversity oil eN-
preston, agree in denominaiinc lie
claimants teas thus examined Us thtihs
To be In fact Bohea. They give their
opinion, they say, from the laste au,;
flavor, or with reference 10 teas imuo,lcd
In other SHIPS, several of which ver..
considered as Bohea teas. Some OF lie
Witnesses declare The tea from the Ou,a.
RIO 10 be B0hea OF very good qualify
others say they have seen better.
NtteS Hitchcock says il Is anuncnmrhon
GOOD quality OF Bohea tea, resemLlinu
Congo, but has no doubt IL is bahca
,houSh lie does not recoliccl that he ever
pe'ofe saw bohea teas packed in this
manner, excepting the cargo OF The Hmm
tress, other ship belonging 10 The cIai-
nant, which also arrived al New York IN
1919.
EfyGh H"mphricS declares the tea 10 be
bohea, iitiie above medocrity.
00nathan d. CoddingtoA SAYS il is what
Is called IN that market, superior BoLca
tea.
Such generally, is the language of tie
Propositions given by the groccrs al New
ork. Two ui the claimants witurss,s
OH this head, Captain Written and Nj;
Stansbury, are III other lines of business.
both OF Them have been in Canton. lie
nfsi III repeated voyages as master al q
snip, anu MIR. Slansbury, a merchant.
resided III that country, he SAYS, almost
liFe years Tor Tie purpose of purchasing
teas.
Captain Written declares The clai-
mahis teas, Imported as Buhea, i'm the
Ontario, TO be in fact merchanlablr Bo-
hea tea, OF fair quality Mr.. Siansbbry
say, that g lie has examined The lea IN
me Ontario, and should pronounce il 10
DC oi "a ialr quality of Bohea, for this
MAJ kei, but doubts WHEELER The English
OF Oaieh would receive It as BUheh."
from Tie wide difference OF opinion
or Oh language, on HIS subject, between
| ne Witnesses III New York, ans, those
"ho iestliled IN court, ii was argued, NV
ne uislrici attorney examined thai tie
teas, which they respectively exan,in, d.
cohid not be OF ike iiini. Ii must be adj,
united, lhai testimony which should have
Deei given by those gentlemen, alter an
examination - the itaS actually on trial.
would have been more satisfactory.
MINK however, from the " hole of The eyi-
uehce, maj lie OHe hundred CHESS re-
tdiiieu al New York which the claimants
"itneSseS examined, may be Considers
eo as corresponding TO those wlIicI,
| were conveyed 10 Boston and fL,,f
some other explanation is reuuisIlr tn
reconcile The testimony. am in,
cllhed 10 brl!PVc, that the claimants
witnesses, wouidbuse similar language, if
Examined, concerning the teas brought
! iHto court, respecting which the GOV
/ crnments Witnesses have testified. But
| ! must also suppose That the witnesses
lds' named would declare The teas AT New
YORK, To be Congo teas. We are 10 recon-
| cue Tie testimony, ii possible, without
iihphiaiion OH the integrity or VcraciIy of
| any OF tie Witnesses. II can be thus re-
| cohclied as appears 10 me only bv con-
Siderlng The different sets OF Witnesses.
wien speaking OF B0hea ten asrcferrlnr ie,
different standards, and | caunot bar
conclEde, that phraseologe has, from
coursr OF circumstances, become cur
renl III New York, as well among mer~
| Grants, as al ihe custom house, Ly Which
an article would be denominatvd B hea
which III Massachusetts would be consi1
dered as Congo, or some black tea, OTHER
| than Bohea.
Tins difference Of phrascologS is Of Sc
| r1ous Importance, both in respect fo The
| revenue, and in comfhrrcl point Of
view. a description OF teas, entered at
| New YORK, V paying dGiics there AZ Bo-
| hra al twclve CENTS per pound, is deCiar-
| eu ny InielligeRi merchants anu dealers
IN Boston, to be altogether different, as
| dlneTeni from BOhGa, say some OF the
witnesses, as light from darkness Sucli
| persons, aud several of them are rxteti-
slve importers Of the article, cannot offer
| Teas oi like description, for entry as 30 ,
hea teas, consistently with their views of
truth and integrity, and, OF course pay 4.
duty upon them, as other black teas 4
duty OF twenty FIVE cents per pound
Mr.. Iilden says that d daily was paid, al
that rate, on three hundred and fits chests
OF teas, imported in The Canton. last
spnng, and entered al Boston, and which
ne prononhces TO be like The teas on trial.
HE same remark Is made by Mr. Rich,
the Owner Of that Slip, OF which MIR. Til