Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-12-22


lnich,s influence, were put in reqnisitioa'
10 extend and secure the financial opera
tions ofthe house of Rothschild- The iali
Of Napoleon enabled the old landgrase 10
return TO Cassel, and he gave Rothsclnld'
notice that he should withdraw the money
he had confided to him but before The
notice expired. NRpoleon's return from
tie Isle OF Elba, so greatly alarmed the
llandgrave, that he urged the Ro.hschiius
Ito keep the money, which they did until
/ his death in 1923. when his son ard sue
cessor was forced to receive il back. as
The Rothschilas refused any longer TO
keep it. e
| lG In 1915. James De Rothchild. the fourth
son of nj. A. Rothschild, opened n bank
ing house in Paris. In 1890. Charles,
the Youngest. established himself II Ma
ples. and in 1894, solomon the third SON,
took up his residence at Vienna; SO that
at the death of NJ. A. Rolhschlld IN lsSl,
he saw his five sons placed at the head'of
five immense establishments at Frankfort,
London, Paris, Vienna and Naples, and
united in eopartnership, which was uni-
sersally allowed 20 be the most wealthy
and extensive lhe world had ever sccn.---
No o7opurations in which he or his sons em-
barked. has miscarried and his uninter-
rnpted success was, in a great measnres
owing TO tlieiri foresight sand enterprise.
Rothschild in London knew the resnitiof
the battlc OF Waterloo eight hours before
the British government, and the value eet
the knowledge was no less thani one md
lion dollars gained in ono forenoonss No
bad loan was ever taken in hand by the
Rothschilds mo- good Joan ever fclllnto
other hands. Their inyariable success &C
length gained for them such adegIce OF
public confidence that any financial ope'
ration on which they frowned, wassure 70
fail. : + AaIa 5o ;sa0iiauiQIg
And so conscious were they OF their
confidence, that after the July revolution
in 1880, Anslem Rothsehild. Of Frankfort.
was heard to declare :-=s.tl The house Of
Austria desires war, the house Of koths-
child desires peace" 8 In 1870, on the oc'
casion Of the troubles betwcen the Porte
any Mehemet ALL tho Roihschllds were
again chiefly instrumental in, preserving
the peace Of Europe. sag hid "a 490l
Nathan died in 1888 the other Tour
brothers are vet alive. In addition 10
their five principal establishments, fhog
have agencies of their own ~ several ot
the largo trading towns, both Of the OLD
and new world. As dealers IN money ana
bills, they may be said 70 have NO rivals,
and as the magnitude Of their operations
enables them 10 regulate the course ofe1-
change throughout the world. thcir pro-
fits arc great while their risks are compa'
ratiyely small. Indeed the only heavy
loss they have as yet eSperlcnced,i WAS
throughout the FEBRUARY revolutions IN
Is48, when, il is said. that owing 70 the
sudden depreciation of all funded and rail
road road properly throughput Europe, ti.cir
losses from March 70 December % .nn.
year reached the enormous figure oi eight
millions sterling. (forty millions dollafsse
But great as their losses were. they did
not affect the credit of the Rothscl,ilds,
and did not appear in any degree 20 have
impaired their means. The members Of
the firm are numerous, as the third gene
ration have been received into copartnerS
ship and as the cousins mostly interfaaff
ry,' their immense wealth viii, for q Length
oftimc, remainin comparatively few bands.
In politics the Rothschilds OF London and md
Paris profess TO be liberals; wlliie those
of Frankfort, Vienna and Naples are con-
seryatiyes. II is, however evident, thhf
their interest must render them alike hos
tile TO absolute monarchy and 70 The pop
ular moyerncnts.. CoasJitai9nal mo
narchy with It's representative cbambeFF,
is the most coneenial 10 loan cunt rHeloFt,
and TO support which their 9Gsgl. slphpi
ence is doubtless eEerlpd. asas gssy sbnad
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