The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1875-06-02

come in a triAe iaded, but, before retiring,
I purpose while yet the facts are vivid in
my mind to give some account of wed.
ding 1 attended this evening. 1t was a
wedding, 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, native ofKentuoky, Uni
ten States of America, who, for the past
five years, has been successfully engaged
in railroading in this country, with head
quarters at Rio Janerio. De Souza Ca
bral is principal owner of nine of the rich
est diamond mines in South America, and
from them, in the aggregate, he derives
an annual income of not less than $50, 600
600. His interests in gold mines probably
amount to as much more, and l am cog
infant of the fact that last August, he sold
a one-tenth interest in the celebrated Ba-
hia Mine-of which, until then, he had
been the sole propnetor,-for S3,50o,OoO,
gold His diamond interests in South
Africa and Siberia he lately estimated un-
der oath lin some legal proceedings before
court in Minas Geraes) at the enormous
sum of S5O,OOO,OOO! He has, beside,
great penchant for real estate, and was
but recently informed by one ofhis agents,
a thoroughly trustworthy man, that Ca
bral's rentals in London and Glasgow
alone yield over 9l5O,OOO annually In
1868 he purchased the patent of a machine
for making eyelets, from poor fellow
whom he found starving in garnet at
Maranham for such bagatelle as Sls3.
To-day the machine is extensively used
all over the world, and Cabral draws
$4,000 day from this source alone. And
then, there are his sewing-machine royal
ties that yield him something over $4,000
a day. The correctness of this last item
is youehed for by friend ofmine, WHO'S
the manager ofthe 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. 1t would be puzzle to
name a leading railroad in South America
or in England in which he has not a stake.
He takes in something over Sl,5OO,ooO a
year from his steamship stock, and proba-
bly, twice as much more from other sourc-
ces. A cool, clear-headed man of 60, six
feet high, straight as an arrow, with an eye
like an eagle, a judgment as unerring as
fate, and a decision as quick as the light
ming, with superb nerve, unconquerable
boldness, and an apparent incapacity for
laundering, De Souza Cabral stands to-day
THE wEALTHIEsT MAN ON THE GLOBE.
He was lately asked by an intimate
friend, in my presence, if he had any con-
ception of the sum total of his possessions.
He thought for a moment, and then quiet
ly replied, 81 could not swear that I was
not worth-presuming that 1 could real
ize on all my property $50, 10000 ,OOO."
He made this astounding exhibit with per-
feet sang froid, but must confess that as
he spoke felt something very like pity
for him. Icould not but think how spec
tally difficult it might be for him to salts
factorily solve the problem of the camel
and the needles eye.
Iwouldnot have devoted so much space
to the the father of the bride of this even
ing, were it not for the fact that other
wise the account that followed of the we'd
ding might be received with incredulity.
The bridegroom, young Throckmorton, is
descended from one of the oldest and veal
thiest families of the ''blue grass country"
as he loves to call it. He came to Brazil |
with a matter of $500, 900 in his own right,
and since has prospered famously, so that
to-day he cannot be worth less than So
100000. Butts poor pittanee in compari-
son with his father-in-law's overwhelming
ly gigantic fortune, but still quite sufficient
to relieve him from the imputation of mar
rying the fair Malta Cabral for money.
He met her first year ago at a ball at
Pernambuco, and the result was a case of |
love at first sight on both their parts, lat
least so they say). They make an exceed
ingly prepossessing couple,-het tall, broad
shOuldered, yellow of hair and mOustache,
and she, tiny, graceful, lovely-faced bru-
nette.
And now if had the pen of ready
writer to describe to you in fitting terms
the unqualified and
DD1EAsURABLE PoArP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
OF their wedding. But, alas, cannot,
and as 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 illumi-
mated. Instead of being inclosedin paper
envelopes they were sent to their favored
al, -, Il. L Z