Connecticut western news., 1874-12-25
III. ION SHORE,
A BRAZILIAN ROMANCE.

A BRAZILIAN ROMANCE.
 Marriage of the Daughter of u Diamond King Extraordinary and Enthusins tic
 Account of nn Astonishing DispIny-How
 the Invitations Were Sent, and the House Decorated.
 The hour is midnight, says Brazilian correspondent, and have just come in n trltie laded, but before retiring I propose, while yet the facts are vivid ill my mind, to g1ve you some account of a wedding attended this evening. It was we'd ding, l make bold to say, the like of which was never celebrated on either continent. The high contracting parties to the marriage were Malia, only daugh- ter of De Souzn Cabral, the great diamond king of South America, and
 George Arthur Throckmort0n, a native of Kentucky, United States of America, who, for the pnst five years, has been successfully engaged in railroadine in thfs country, with headquarters at Rio Janeiro. De Souza Cabral is principal owner of nine of the richest diamond mines Ill South America, and from them, ln the aggregate, he derives an annual income of not less than $2O, ,OOO, 900. His interests Ill gold mines probably amounts to ns much more, and am cognizant of the fact that last August he sold one tenth interest ill the celebrated Bahia mine of which, until then, he had been sole proprietor, for S3, 800, ,O0O, gold. His dia- mond interestsin South Africa and Siberia he lately established under oath Gin some legal proceedings before court in Minas lteraes) at the enormous sum of $50, 0OO,- GOO! He has, besides, a great 3,rncho,,- for real estate, and was but recently int formed by one of his agents, thoroughly trustworthy man, that Cabral's rental in London and Glasgow alone yield over Gl5O,O annually. In 1868 he pr1r- chased the patent of machine for making eyelets, from a poor follow whom he found starving ill garret at Maran- ham, for such q bagatelle as $183. To- day the machine is extensively used all over the world, md Cabral draws s2, 800 day from this source alone. And then there are his ssowing machine royalties that yield him $5,OOO day. The correct ness of this last item is vouched for by a friend of mine, who is the manager of the leading sewing machine company in Brazil. Indeed, it is easy to tell what he IS interested in, but hard to think of something, that is anything, in which he IS not. It would be puzzle to name a leading railroad ill South America or England in which he has not stake. He takes i'll something over million and half year from his steamship stock, and probably twice as much more from other sources. A cool, clear-hended man of sixty, six feet high, straight as nn ar row, with an eye like an eagle, 8 judgment as Unerrlng is fate and q decision as quick as the lightning, with superb nerve, uncOnquerable boldness, and an apparent lncapacity for blundering, De Souza Cabral stands to-day tho wealthiest man on the globe. He was lately asked by an;1ntlhate friend, ill my presence, if he had any conception of the sum total of his. possessions. He. thought fora moment and then quietly replied: "I could not swear that 1 was not worth-presumin that l could realize on all my property $0O, ,OOO, 100000. He made this astound- ing exhibit with perfect sa1,g t1'oid, but must confess that as he spoke I felt some thing. very like pity for him. I could not but think how specially difficult it might be for him to satisfactorily solve the problem of the camel and the needles eye.
 l would not have devoted so much space to the father of the bride of this evening were it not for the fact that otherwise the account that follows of the wedding might be received with in- credulity. The bridegroom, young Throckmorton, is descended from one of the oldest families of the "blue grass country, as he loves to call it. He came to Brazil with matter of half a million Ill his own right, and since has prospered thmously, so that to-day he cannot be worth less than $6,O00,O00. But poor plttance Ill comparison with his father n-lnws overwhelmingly gigantic for tune, but still quite sufficient to relieve him from the imputation of marrying the fair Malia Cnbral for money. He met her first year ago at ball at Per nambuco, anu the result was a case of love ut first sight on both their parts (at least, so " they say"). They make an exceedingly preposscssing cOuple-he tall, brond-shouldered, yellow of hair and mnstache, and she tiny, graceful, lovely faced brunette.
 And now if l had but the pen of a ready writer to describe to you in fitting terms the unqualified and immeasurable pomp and circumstance of their we'd ding. But, alas, I cannot, and as I cast about for beginning of my narrative, am much embarrassed with the riches that waits to be treated of There were the Invitations, for instance. They were written on parchment by artistic hands, in quaint text, exquisitely illuminated. Instead of being closed.:..inHpaper en- velopes they were sent to! their favored recipients each in its dainty box. of sandnl-wood. These boxes, 1000 in number, were manufactured to order ex- pressly for this wedding at Canton. Each one of them was furnished with lock and key of solid gold, was ex- quisitely carved with Cupids and hearts and other designs appropriate to the oc- casion, and cost $50. My own invita- tion lies beside me as I write, and catch the delicate scent of the sandal
 The residence of the great Diamond King, at which the wedding took place, IS situated little over half a mile from