Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-09-12
NO. 81
SKETCH OF BARON ROTHsCHILD.

SKETCH OF BARON ROTHSCHILD.
ITO MISS BuxToN.-Deuonshife street,
Feb. IA. 1914 I'VE yesterday dned at
Ham House, 10 meet the RothschIids.
aud very amusing il was. He (Roths-
child) told US bis life aad adventures. he
was Ihe third son Of The banker al Frank
ford, There was not, said he, room enough
for US in The whole CRY. } deli Id Eug-
lsh goods. One great trader came their.
who had the marke, 10 himself; he was
quite The great man, and he did us favor
If he sold US goods. Somehow Offended
him, and he refused to show me his pat-
terms. This was on Tuesday. l said 70
my father. | will go to England: ! could
speak nothing but German.. On Thurs
day started. The nearer I got to Eng
land The cheaper goods were. As soon as
1 go, 10 Manchester, laid out all my
moneyZthings were SO cheap; aud | made
good profit. I soon found iha, there. were
three profi,s-lhe raw material, the dyeing
and The manufacturing. said TO the
manufacturer will supply you with the
material and dye, and you supply we with
The manufactured goods. So. ! col. three
profits instead Of one, and l could sell
goods cheaper than any body. Ia short
lime nade my twenty thousand pounds
into sixty. My success all turned On one
maxim. said can DO what any other
man can; and so | am a. match FOR tho
rilan with lie patterns aud for all The rest
Of them: Ano,her advantage had. I
was all of-hand man. | made bargain
at once. When settled in London, the
Eas, India Company had eight hundred
thousand pounds Of gold TO sell. / went
10 The sale and bought it all. knew that
the Duke Of Wellington must have it. l
had bought great many of his bills mt
a discount. The government dent for me
and said they must have it. Wien they
had got it, they did not know how to getir
TO Portugal. undertook all that and sent
it lhrous IN France, aud that was the best
business | ever did.
Another lnugim on which he seemed tn
place grea reliance was, never TO have
anything 10 do with an unlucky man. L
have seen said he many clever men-vcry
clever men-who had not shoes to their
feet. never act with them. Their adj
vice sounds very well, but fate is against
Them; they canno, get, themselves; and IT
lhey cannot do good to themselves; how
can they do good for met BY aid OF
these maxims he has acquired three mil
lions Of money. / hope,' said -, that
YOUR children are rf,o,soo fond Of money
and business, TO the exclusion OF more I'M
porlant things. am sure you would not
wish that said r. i wish them 10 give
mind, and soul, and heart, a nd body, and
every thing to business; that is The way To-
be happy. 1t requires great deal oil
holdness, and q great deal Of caution, to
make great fortune; and when you have
got il, il requires len times as much vii 10
keeprit. III were 10 listen 10 all the pro.
icc,s proposed TO me, should ruin myself
very soon. Stick to one business, young
man. said he TO Edward; stick to your
brewery and you may be the greatest
brewer of Loudon. BE brewer, and Il
banker. and merchant, and nauulaclu-
rer. and you will soon be III the Gazette.
Ore of my neishborsi is very i'll tempered
man, he lres to vex me, and has built
great place for swine clnse 10 my walk.
So, when 70 ou,. hear first srunt. gruns
squeak. squeak; but this does me no
harm. / am always in good humor."
TThe above is extracted from the recently
published biography Of the late Sir t. +.
Buxton. The letter was written ny tnae
gentleman.