, 1874-12-16

Tact il stranger than fiction. No novelist,
dra1natist, OF romnnccr oyor invented situa-
ton which wns not sooner or later surpassed
by solno development Of fact. An illustra-
ton Of this general truth is to bo found In
Nevada. Our readers will have not forgotten
tho gorgeous fcstivitios which characterized
the recent wedding of tho daughter Of tho
lion. WILLIAM SHARON, United States Sem
ator from Nevada. Tho story rcad like talo
from tho Arabian Nights, To the dazzled
Dyes Of Eastern realors, the pomp md cir"
culnstance OF tho Western Cnnsus seemed
like the creations Of the gcnii, or treasures
oonjurca up by the wnnd Of some mighty
magician. Wl1at was impossible to 4 man
who could celebrate his daughters wedding
with a throo-thousand-dollar hre.placo,
tlol1sa,ltl-dollar clock, two-thousand- -dollar
windows, iiftcen-h -h,tndrel-do bedsteals,
twenty y-ono.hundrcd~dolla chandeliers, four
thol,sand-dollar carpots, tiye-thousand-dolla
mirrors, fifty thousand dol
1nr furniture, and flowers, tilagreo, gems,
Jewels, md plate, mountingiut the millions?
Upon the strength of this glowing, golden
story, n rolnancer Of fertile imagination wont
to work and conjurcd up the diamond we'd
ding of the dark-oyed daughter Of De souzA
CADnA1, the diamond-mino owner Of Diamen-
tina, whose income was only $4,000, 600
por annum. Tho SHARON wedding, with
all its gold, palca in tho brilliancy
Of this CAunA1 diamond a1fair. The
reader will remember tho thousands
Of music~boxes hidden away in tho 1nossy
| turf about tho grounds; tho acres OF calnol-
lias, each with diamond in its centre to ini-
| tato dew-drop; the more than princely gifts
| to the bride; tho generous manner III which
De SouzA lavished thousands upon hackmen !;
! tho hundred-and-si -sixtccn-m milion-lollar nccls-
| lace, which rose mud fell in waves Of dazzling
brilliancy upon tho bcdamonded breast Of tho
lovely 1L.1A and tho re,nnrk Of tho fond
aud proud father to his daughter TINT she
looked like tho headlight Of locomotive.
This romancer thought ho Ind sot the
metos and bounds Of woalth SO far
away that no faet, gollen or dia-
mond, silver or copper, would over reach
them. His fancy had talen FREQ flight, aud,
as ho foolish1y supposed, had soared into q
region which could novar DO trayersed by any
wings OF truth. His intention was to dwarf
tho realixations Of fact with the croations oi
fancy, and yet his pretty romance, dazzling
as it is, has alroady been outdono by the very
man ho intoniod to travosty. An article
printed elsewhere, from tho San Francisco
papers, shows TINT Mr.. SnAnoN, the King o.
ComRtocl, has reached what is supposed tt
be the very heart of tho Comstook Mine. Hi
laborers have penetrated below tho cres
Of tho mountain md struc]1 silver
lode,-in mining parlanco, bonanza, ol
hugo mass Of orc, extending through tho Con
aoliaatol Virginia, California, and 0phc
claims for distance Of 1900 feet, md Mt
ono Gun yet tell how much farther. This bct
Of orc is almost pure silver, aud the oxpert
have already figured TINT 1t will pm GU
$500, ,000, ,O)0, tho profits on which will reacl
between Sil5D,000, 600 and sa00, 100000 Ant
thia is only the beginning! Now, what be
comes of That insignificant diamond aflair il
1Irazil, which the romancer SO cunningly pic
tured2 Where IL DE- SouzA CABnA1 with hi
potty $a0,00o,ooo Of income by the sid
Of suAnoN with his $500, 100000 find
In addition to Ills other millions o
woalth? Tho Nevada Senator has seal
tho brazilian hero Of tlcticn mud gono aeyera
better. Ile affair has its own warning 70
the romancers not to indulge In any NOR
tilts against the truth. GnApaR1Np's facts
, sooner or later. always turnup and overwhe11
A1uHo.AusRs'a airy tancies. Apart from MI
{ application 10 domestic displays Of woaltll
, tllere are other foatllros connected with tli
discovery nAioh oan harlly ho estimated now