Connecticut western news., 1874-12-25

ID another letter let 1t suffice to say now that the house is the complete realiza- tlon of the ideal cast les nf the regulation English no~els, and that the grounds connected with it are the last expression of nature at her loveliest reinforced by art at It's most conslmmatc. This even Ing the place seemed D paraaise, Wax candles by the thoNsohdS, each caught and held in It's place by bronze figure, flooded the rooms within and the miles Ot grounds without, with soft yet bril- liant light. Here and there, on the green slopes, or in the rustic bowers, or at the edge of some rouontic thVine, large mnsic-hrAos, imbedded and com i pleteiy hidden from view in moss, played a soft and dreamy accompaniment to the voice of the fountains. One hundred music-boxes were employed in this ser { vice, and the tunes that were prldked on their cylinders were composed espe- 1 cially for the nuptial night by no less celebrated musician than Liazt He received draft of $25, GOO for his witch ing work, and who shall say that he did not earn it. Certainly no one that list ened to the music. which wns little short of heavenly.
 The music boxes will be distributed on the morrow among the bridesmaids and other guests of the evening, as uni ! que remembrances of the wedding. Each one of them was imported from Paris, is cased in mosaic, and elaborately finished i'll gold, silver, and variety of precious stones. The hundred boxes cost as many thousand dollars. The drawing room ill which the Kentuckian and his "dnrk Brazilian bride" were made one flesh, hnd ono feature in it's adornment which elicited the most fervent express sion of delight and amaHement from all who were present. l allude to the deco rations of the four walls. They were one mass of full-blown white camellias from floor to ceiling, aud good sized dia- mond was inserted i'll the center of each to cunningly counterfeit the dew drop. The effect was simply ravishing. "Words and phrases" as Mir. Webster said of eloquence: "may be marshalled ill every way, but they cannot express it. It's very suggestion was sweetness, and light, and purity. It is estimated that the adornment of this one room called for an expenditure of not less than ten millions of dollars. No diamond was given the role of the dew drop that was not white, and perfect "as the bosom of star"
 The entire distance from the Cabral mansion to the nearest railroad station, something less than n quarter of d mile, was literally way of fowers-not under foot, but in graceful arches overhead. Thus long, snow-white bower, fash toned entirely of roses, was the connect ing link between the drawing room and drawing room car. The demand made on Flora for the materials for this pie turesque covered way was unprecedented. The flower bill of the wedding-excllsive of the item of hand bouquets-amounted to $5O,0O But the strangest thing ill regard to this bower I have yet to tell. It's floor for the entire length was covered was camel's hair shawls, to my own mind a piece of preposterous, aye, wicked ex trnvagance. But the father of the bride declared that so long as it was his only daughter and only child whose marriage he was celebrating, he would send her out of her home to the steam carriage that was to carry her away from him, over n pavement not likely to be initiated in the future history of marriages in South America. The shawls for tho ex- traordinary purpose were purchased in London, the order being for {" the best that can be got for gold" and the bill for the item amounted to the enormous sum of $568, 300. After the bridal party entered the train the shawlswere gathered up, and will be distributed among the poor of the district.
 And now few words about the brides presents. They were, by actual count, $40 ill number, and the greater part of them, I noticed, took the form of either gold or diamonds. The mothers gift was dinner set of 2S0 pieces, of solid gold. Each piece bears the monogram of Cabral and Throckmerton in dia- monds. The cost of this proof of ma ternal affection was something over $4, 900, 900 in gold. In addition, Mme. Ca bral gladdened the brides heart with l. GOO yards of point lace 365 morning, afternoon and evening costumes, one for each social division of every day ill the year and, to crown all, a certificate of deposit issued by the Bank of England England being the objective point of the bridal tour-for g1,00O,0OO Does this last item seem the very apotheosis of prodigalityl It does seem so until you hear what the father did for his darling, and then it takes subordinate position. He gave her title-deeds of magnificent town and country-house in all the leading capitals of the world and the most famous watering places. These many mansions are thoroughly furnish ed, and in each-as a tender reminder to Malia of her maidenhood-there is an apartment that exactly corresponds in fur niture and adornm0nts to her own room at her fathers house. Not contenting himself with this display of his bounty, Cabral presented her with as fine q steamship as could be built on the Clyde, with full complement of sailors under contract for ten years service, and with salaries paid in advance for the full term one dozen milk white Arabian horses, and--this as Q joke-1 1000 pounds of carnmels, a cOnfection for which the bride is said to have pronounced liking. But his crowning gift was necklace that deserves to rank among the emu merated wonders of the world. Sixteen years ago, soon after Malia's birth, he began to collect the diamonds of which 1t is composed Whenever or wherever he heard of marvellous stone he was on hand Ill person or by agent and secured 1t. He had all Europe, Asia and Africa ransacked in behalf of the proposed neck luce, and at one time actually made over lures for tho celebrated Pitt diamond, which cost the Duke of Orleans, accord ing to history, $G75, ,0O0, and which Ma poleon at one time wore on his sword hilt. He was baffied in this attempt, however, much to his disappointment, but after ten years of unrenlitting hunt ing he at last got together thirty of the largest and purest diamonds in the world, no one of which was much inferior to the Pitt gen.. Taking these to Amsterdam, he summoned the best talent ill that city, famous for it's diamond cutters, and stated what he desired-which was that each one of the thirty stones should have a fantastic face cut upon it. Amsterdam