The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

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TCorrespondenoe Albany Evening Journal.l |
DrAMENTIA, Brazil, Nov. 10, 1874.
The hour is midnight. and | have just
come in a trifle faded, but, before retiring.
1 purpose while yet the facts are vivid in
my mind TO give you some account OF
wedding | attended this evening. 1t was
A welding. make bold to say, the like of
which was never celebrated on either con-
tinent. The high contracting parties TO
the marriage were Malta only daughter OF
DE SouZa Cabral,
THE GREAT DIAMOND KING
of South America, and George Arthur
Throckmorton. of Kentucky, United
States of America, who, for the past five
wears, has been successfully engaged IN
railroading in this country, with head
quarters at Rio Janeiro- De SOuZa Ca
bral is principal owner of nine of the
richest diamond mines in South America,
and from them, in the aggregate, he de-
rives an annual income of not less than
$50 000. 1000. His interests in gold mines
probably amounts to as much more, and
am cogniZant of the fact that last August
he sold oRe-tenth interest in the celebrated
Bahia Mine-Of which, until then, he had
been the sole proprietOr-for S3,5OO,OOO.
His diamond interests in South Africa and
Siberia he lately estimated under oath I'm
some legal proceedings before court in
Minas Geraes) at the enormous sum OF
$50, 100000! He has, beside, a great pen
chant for real estate, and was but recent
ly informed by one of his agents, thor
oughly trustworthy man, that Cabral S
rentals in London and Glasgow alone
yield over elj0,000 annually. In 1865 he
purchased the patent of a machine for max
ing eyelets, from poor fellow whom he
found starving i'm garnet at Maranham
for such bagatelle as SlS3. To-day the
machine is extensively used all over the
world, and Cabral draws $4,000 a
day from this source alone.
| And then, there are his sewing
machine royalties that yield him some
| thing over $1,000 a day. The correctness
of this last item is vOuched for by friend
of mine. who is the manager OF the lead
! ing sewing-machine company in Brazil.
! Indeed it is easy to tell what he is inter
ested in, but hard to think of some thing
that is any thing in which he is not. 1t
would be puzzle to name leading rail
road in South America or England in
which he has not a stake. He takes in
something over $l,500,0O0 a year from his
steamship stock, and probably twice as
much more from other sources. A cool,
clear-headed man of 60, 6 feet high, straight
as an arrow, with an eye like an eagle,
/ Judgment as unerring as fate, and decis-
/ ion as quick as the lightning, with suberb
nerve. uncomfortable holiness, and an APP
parent incapacity for laundering, De SouZa
Cabral stands to-day
THE wEALTHIEsT MAN or THE GLOBE.
He was lately asked by an intimate friend.
I in my presence. if he had any conception
of the sum total of his possessions. He
/ thought fO@ a moment, and then quietly
replied, Il could not swear that | was not
worth-presuming that | could realize on
all my prOperty-S5O,O 5000 OO,OOO." lie
made this astounding exhibit with perfect
/ sang frOid, but must confess that as he
! spoke | felt something very like pity for
/ him | could not but think now specially
difficult it might be for him to SATISFACTORY
/ ly solve the problem Of the camel and
/ the needles eye.
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 followed of the wedding
might be received with incredulity. The
! bridegroom, young ThrockmOrtOn, is de-
| seconded from one of the oldest and wealth.
/ lest families of the "blue grass country"
as he loves TO call it. He came to Brazil
with matter OF $500. 900 in his own right,
and since has prospered tamOusly, so that
/ to-day he cannot be worth less that $1,000,
! 900. But poor pittance in comparison
with his father-iR-law's overwhelmingly gil
| gantic fortune, but still quite sufficient TO
/ relieve him from the imputatiOn of mar
rying the fair Malta Cabral for money.
| He met her first, ayear ago, at ball at Per-
] "a a nf love
at first sight on both their parts lat least,
so "they say''). They make an exceed
ingly prepossessing cOuple-he tall, broad
shouldered, yellow of hair and moustache,
and she tiny, graceful, lOvely-faced bru-
nette.
And now if but had the pen of ready
writer to describe to you in fitting terms
the unqualified and
! IMMEAsURABLE POAP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
of their wedding. But alas cannot, and
as cast about for beginning of my mar
rative | am much embarrassed with the
riches that await to be treated of. There
were the invitations, for instance. They
were written on parchment by artistic
hands, in quaint text. eXquisitely illumin-
ated. Instead of being inclosed in paper
envelopes they were sent to their favored
recipients each in dainty box of sandal
wood. These boxes, 1000 in number,
were manufactured to order expressly for
this wedding at Canton. Each one of them
was furnished with lock and key of solid
gold, was eXquisitely carved with Cupids,
hearts, and other designs appropriate TO
the occasion, and cost $50. My own in
vitation lies beside me as | 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 mile from Dia-
mentia, which is, you know, the chief
town of the diamond district. | may at
tempt to describe its magnificence in an
other letter; let it suffice to say now that
the house is the complete realization of the
ideal castles of the regulation English nov
els, and that the grounds connected with
it are the last expression of nature at her
loveliest, reinforced by art at its consum-
mate. This evening the place
SEEMED PARADISE.
Wax candles by the thousands, each one
caught and held in place by bronze fig
ure, flooded the rooms within, and the
miles of grounds without, with soft yet
brilliant light. Here and there, on the
green slopes, or in the rustic bowers, or at
the edge of some romantic ravine, large
music boxes, imbedded and completely
n Gden from V'CW IN moss, rlayed soft
AID dreamy accompaniment TO the voic'
of the fountains. One hundred music-bOX-
es were employed in this service, and the
tunes that were pricked on their cylinders
were composed especially for the nuptial
night by a no less celebrated musician than
List. He received a draft of $4,000
for his witching work, and who snail say
that he did not earn it? Certainly no one
that listened to the music, which was little
short of heavenly. The music-bOxes will
be distributed on the morrow among the
bridesmaids and other guests of this even
ing, as unique remembrances of the we'd
ding. Each one of them was imported
from Paris, is encased in mosaic, and elab-
orately finished in gold, silver, and va
riety of precious stones. Two hundred
boxes cost as many thousand dollars. The
drawing-rOOm in which the Kentuckian
and his dark Brazilian bride " were made
one flesh had one feature in its adOrnment
which elected the most fervent expression
of delight and amaZement from all who
were present. | allude to the decorations
of the four walls. They were one mass OF