The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-03
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ALBANY Evening Journal]
FIFTY Il III D - a ND RAHH..
LIONS.

DAMANT1NA, Brazil, November 10,
1874.--The hour is midnight, and
have just come in triae jaded, but
before retiring / purpose, while yet
the facts ore vivid in my mind, to
give you some account of q wedding,
I attended this evening. It was o
wedding, I make bold to say, the
like of which was never celebrated
on either continent. The high-c
tracing parties to the marriage
were Malta, only daughter Of Da
souza Cabral, the great diamond
king Of South America, and George
Arthur Throckmorton, a native Of
kentucky, United States of America,
who, for the past five years, has
been successfully engaged in rail
roading in this country, with head
quarters at Rio Janeiro. Da Souza
Cabral is principal owner of nine Of
the richie 1t diamond mines in South
America and from them, in the
aggregate, he derives al annual in
come OF not less than $4,000, 900.
His interests in gold mines proba-
bly, amounts to as much more, and
I am cognizant Of the fact that last
August he sold a one tenth interest
in the celebrated Bahia mine-o9
which, until then, he had been sole
proprietor, for $3, 500, 900, gold. His
diamond interests in South Africa
and Siberia he lately estimated mn
der oath Gn some legal proceedings
before q court in Minas Geraos) at
the enormous SUM Of $5O,OOO,OOO {!
He has, beside, O great penchant
for real estate, and I was but re-
Gently informed by one Of his agents,
thoroughly trustworthy man, that
Cabrels rentals in London and
Glasgow alone yield over G15O, 900
annually. In 1868 he purchased
the patent for making eyelets, from
poor fellow whom he found starv
ing in @ garrot at Msranham. TO day
the machine is extensively used all
over the world, and Cabral draws
$2,5 O ,iay from this source alone.
And then there are his sewing ma
chine royalties that yield him some
thing over $4,000 day. CThe cor
rectness Of this last item il vouched
for by friend of mine, who is the
manager OF the leading sewing ma
chine company in Brazil.] Indeed,
it is easy to tell what he is inte-
rested in, but hard to think OF some
thing that 10 anything in which he
is not. 1t would be q puzzle to
name o leading railroad in South
America or England, in which he
has not stake. He takes in some
thing over o million and o half q
year from his steamship stock, and
probably twice as much more from
other sources. A cool, olear-headed
man Of sixty, six feet high, straight
as an arrow, with an eye like
an eagle, o judgment as unerring az
fate, and decision as quick as
lightning, with superb nerve, un-
conquerable boldness, and an apps-
rent incapacity to laundering, Ds
souza Cabrel stands today the
wealthiest man on the globe. He
was lately asked by an intimate
friend in my presence, il he had
any conception Of the sum total of
his poasessions. He thought for a
moment; and then quietly replied :
81 could not swear that l was not
wosth--presuming that I could rea-
lize on all my property-,95O, ,OOO,.
100000" He made this astound.
ing exhibit with perfect sang rroid.
but I nust confess that as he spoke
felt something very like pity sor
him. I could not help but think
how specially difficult it might be
tor him to satisfactorily solve the