The daily gazette., 1875-01-01
49, " slssHFaLI II y ~ !, = :
FIFTY THOUSAND MILLIONS,
IAr Ochsa OffOn and his Bride TO
n. Disit as Ne.ct Summer.

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TRANSFORMING "RDwIN's FOLLY" INTO
RURAL PALACE--A MAGNIFICENT
Park IN TnE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
DoUs CoNTRAcTs .i.l
From the Hudson Register. o."
LEBANON SPRINGS, Dec. 9th, 1874.
About the 11th of last September a
Spanish gentleman cameito this place
and put up at the Wyomanock House.
He appeared to be very Intelligent
person and very fond of travelling
over the hills about the neighborhood.
On his return to the hotel from his
daily wandering he was enthusiastic
in his description of the many beauti.
full, wild and romantic localities which
ne had discovered during the day.
After, remaining a week, he began 10
make inquiries as to the ownership of
different tracts of land, expressing a
Willingness to purchase. One piece Of
property especially attracted him,
which lies east of Columbia Hall On
the bridge road which leads to Pitts.
field. Mass. This place is strip bf
land lying between two gorges made
by mountain streams, which every
spring and fall come laundering down
the steep ascent, wearing deeper and
deeper every year the glens through
which they madly rush, thus forming
a peninsula between Of raving beauty.
The peninsula with the surroundings
embrace about six acres of land, On
which stands suburban cottage which
was put upon it several years ago at
immense expense by wealthy citizen
of Hancock, Mass. and from the fact
that the house has been unoccupied
for the last four years it has been
called in the neighborhood "Edwin's
Folly" 'Idt,
The Spanish gentleman, after several
interviews with the owner of this 10
mantle and valuable peninsula, succeed
ed in purchasing it for the sum ofS5O ,O0O
which appears to be rather an exorbi-
tant price; but as the former owner is
very wealthy and able to keep it, he
could with propriety put his own
price upon the property. At all events
the purchaser seemed well contented
with his bargain, and SO expressed
himself after he had the title deeds ex-
ecuted and in his possession. f.
Immediately after the first purchase
the Spaniard quietly negotiated with
different parties owning lands along
the western slope of Taconic Mountain,
northeast, east, and south of ''Edwin's
Folly, taking in all the romantic
dells, heavy forests, and the elevated
portion OF the mountain from which
extensive views can be obtained of
the surrounding country. Having ok
amined the several conveyances of land
which the Spaniard succeeded in pur-
chasing, | find he has in his possession
3, 600 acres, which he has purchased,
including the first purchase, for $685.
9oO, which Is not on the whole unrea-
sonable.
DA soUZA CABRAL's AGENT.
While the negotiations Tor the pdr-
chase of this property were progressing
the Spaniard was on-eommunicatiye
in relation to the object for which the
property was intended, but as soon rs
he had secured all the land he wanted
he told without hesitation the full his
tory of the Investment. His namehs
Don Caesar Chalcedon Garcia, and he
Is an agent for a very wealthy man In
Brazil, who is the owner of gold, dia-
mond and silver mines in South Ameri-
ca, and is considered worth fifty thou-
sand millions of dollars. This veal
thy individuals name is Da Souza Oh.
bral
! The South American Crnsus has
lately gwen his daughter in marriage
to an American who hasfor manyyeaTs
been engaged in Braziliri making and
operating railroads, and although the
young man waslwOrth but five million
dollars, yet his comparative poverty
with the enormous wealth of his fatdi-
er-in-law was no barrier to the marriage
the father looking more to the happi-
ness of his child than to n wealthy al-
lance.
The young couple have gone to Eu-
rope to spend the winter, where castles
have been purchased or erected in
every country through which they
will pass on their wedding tour, allDf
which was secured early in season by
this agent by direction of his employ
er. On the first of next June the party
will cross the Atlantic, and after short
visit to the native place of the bride
groom in Kentucky will pass the sum
mer at the different places in the Uni
ted States, and the kind old father-in-
law has provided that a place worthy
of the occupancy of his only child shall
be in readiness for her reception on
her arrival at any watering placeso sof
any note that shall visit. 1t is for this
object that the above mentioned pur-
chase at this place has been made.
We will now endeavor to narrate the
improvements which have been sor
will be made upon the property ppr,
chased for Da Souza Cabral, aud
which his daughter and her husband,
George Arthur Throckmorton, will