Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-12-26
Saturday, December 2e, 1874.
A FABULOUS FORTUNE!
Tremendous vYeddinEl

Corrspond,ncs o, he Albany ~. r. Journal.
D1AMAEYTSA, Brazil, Nov. 10, lS74.-Ibe
hour il midnight, and have just come in
trihe iadei, hut before retiring I purpose,
while yet the facts are vivid in ny mind, g.
give YOU some account Of wedding attend
ed this evening II was a wedding, | make
bold to say, the like Of which was never cele-
brated 0A either con,nent. The high con-
tracing p4r,lr, to the marriage were Malta
only daughter Of Da Souza CAtral, tie great
diamond king Of South America, and George
Arthur Throckmor,oD, a native Of Kentucky,
Uaited States Of America, who, for the past
FIVE years has been successfully engaged in
rafoadiug 10 thi, country, with eadquarters
at Rio Janeiro. Da Suu7a Cabral is princi-
pal owner Of rius Of the richest diamond
mucs in South America, aud from th,m. 10
the aggregate, be derives sn annual income Of
not less than 100000 900. His interest in
gold mines probably amounte 90 as much
more, and am coguizaui II tie fact that
last August he sold one terih interest in the
celebrated Bahia Mine-of which. until then,
he had been sole proprietor, ioI $3,jOOOOO,
gold. His damood interests 10 South Africa
and Siberia he lately estimated under oath (iu
some legal proceedings before court in Minas
Geraes) at the enormous SUM Of $4,000 600 {.
lie has besides, great peHchGnt for real estate
aud was but recently informed by one OF
his agents, thoroughly trustworthy man,
that CabrA's rentals IN london and Glasgow
alone Yield over el5O OC0 annually. In 1868
he purchased the patent Of a machine for
making eyelets, from n poor fellow whom he
found starving in a garr, at daranhs'D.
To-day the machine il extensively used all
over the world, aud CAbral draws - 500 a
day from this source alone And then there
are his sewing machine royalties that yield
hin something over $4,000 day The cor
rectness OF this last item IS youched for by
freud Of niue who is Ihe manager Of the
leading sewing machine company IN Bra
I'll Indeed, it is easy 10 tell what he Is
interested 10. but hard TO think Of something
that is anything in which be is not. Il would
he puzzle 20 name lealing railroad 10
South Aue erica or England 10 which he has
not a stake. lie takes in something over a
million aud half year from his steamship
stock. aud probably twice ss much more froia
other sources. COOL ciear-headsd man Of
sixty, siK feet high, straight as an arrow, with
an eye Ike az eagle, Judgmehi as unsrTius
as fate, and decision ss quick nc the light
ming, with superb nerve, uucouqueFabls bold
ness, and an apparent ihcaPsciiy for tlunder-
iDg. DA Souza CsbTal stands to-day the
wealthisst man on the globe. He WAS lately
asked by an intimate friend, 10 ny presence,
if lie had any conception q the snm totsl Of
his possessions lie thought for moment
and then quietly replied: =" could no' swear
tha, was no, worth-presumingt that conid
realize on all ny property $50 600 600 900.
lie made this astounding exhibit With perfect
sanq fred, but ! musi confess that az he
spoke felt something very Ike ply for him.
could no, help bul thiak how specially dif-
6cu, il might BE- for him - satisfactorily
solve the problem Of the camel and The
needles eye.