The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-06-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE RoTHscHlLDs.-The June number OF the
Merchants Magazine contains an article on the
great bankers Rothschild, by Louis Harper OF
CoItingen. From which we learn that The pro-
perry Of the house is estimated al from twenty
five to forty millions of dollars; besides which II
Is able t. command seventy five millions dollars
more. TIL i"under of the i.ou'e, Mayer .4mschet
Rolhschild was born at Frankfort-on-the-M Maine,
in the year 1918. He was Jew by birth, and
being in Judgment circumstances, was destined
for the profession OF a teacher. Alter having
laugh; for some years he abandoned the pursuit.
and engaged in the occupation of buying and sell
ling ancient coins, from which he derived con-
siderable profit and afterwards Obtaining lucra-
live situation in house of exchange IN Hanover
he acquire in the course of several years hand
some foItune. He then returned to Frankfort.
and there founded the banking house which still
exists.
In the year 1906 The French army approached
the domlnions oithe Lqndgrave of A@ssia, whose
agents Rolhschild was; and this prince being COM
PEELED TO fee his immense private fortune was
entrusted 10 the care of RolhschIld, who paid
only two per cent. for the use OF the revenue
which il Welded. At this time, also, Rothschild
made his first great loan of $4,000 600, TO the
King of Denmark.
Tie founder of the house died in the year 1912,
in he Goth year of his age leaving Ten children;
of the house, and were located at the following
places Amsche at Frankfort Solomon at Der
lin and Vienna Nathan at London Charles al
Naples and Jacob at Paris.
As an instance of the immense money ;Iansac-
tons of The house. we will observe that in the
space oftwelve years from the year 1913, $500,
100000 were accepted upon account OF the Euro
pean sovereigns. through its medium,-parily
as loan, and partly as subsidy. OF which
! cr1E for Fp0 Se0 mn for
Austria $50, 0OO, 900 for Prussia; S100,000,000
for France; $500, 100000 for Naples; $4,000
600 for Russia, $4,000 900 for Brazil and &c.
100000 for some small German couIts. Besides
these enormous sums, the house OF Rothschlld
| procured several hundred millions of French in
demnifcations OF war, and made many transient
operations for different governments on commits
sion, whose total amount may have surpassed the
above mentioned sums.
PETRARcH AND LAURA. Petrarch first
beheld Laura as she was going to the church
ofthe monastery fist. Claire. She dress
ed in green, and her gown was embroider-
ed with violets. Her person was delicate,
her eyes tender and sparkling, and her eye
brows black as ebony. Golden locks wa
we'd oyer her shoulders winter than snow,
and the ringlets were woven with the fin.
gers OF love. Nothing was so soft as her
looks, so modest as her carriage, SO touch.
ing as the sound of her voice. An air of
gaietv and tenderness breathed around
/ her; but so pure and happily tempered, as
TO inspire every behclder with the senti-
ments of virtue; for she was chaste as the
spangled dew-drop on the thorn. Such
was the description given ofthis divine wo.
man by Petrarch. her ensaved lover
Zimmerman -