The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-01-25

for the danger to which MIR. Roths.
child exposed himself, tho landgravc
offered hlr The free use of the entire
sum without interest. On these terms
Mr.. Ro,hscllild undertook the trust.
and by the assistance of some friends,
Jewish bankers Mt Casscl, the money
was SO carefully slowed away, that
when the French. after hurried march
arrived ut that city they found the old
lar dgrave gone and his treasure van.
ishcd. At the time this large sum of
money was placed in A. nj. Roths-
chId's hands, he had five sons, of
whom three, Ansclm, Nathan, and
Solomon, had arrived at mans estate
These he associated with himself,
Keeping Ansclm at Frankfort, while
Nathan Was established first at Man
cscs,cr. and subscqucntly>in London;
and Solomon rs travelling agent for A.
III. ltntllschild and Sons, visited the va
rious courts and princes in Germany
who needed loans.
Old Mr.. RotLschild himself, as well
as his sons, especially the second, Ma
than of London, appear to have pos
sosscd enterprise, prudence and indus
try. of tie highest order, SO that the
large sum OF rcadS' money at their dis
posal increased and multiplied with
astonishing ,aridhy. In 1913, wnen,
by the treaty of Austerli,z, England
agreed to pay Russia, Austria and
Prussia twelve millions sterling, (sixty
millions of do!ars) subsidies, the
Rothschilds, on the recommendation of
the old landgrave, were appointed
agents for the payment Of the money
i'll Germany; an operation by which
they gained several millions otGollars.
After the victory of Leipzig, Oc-
tober, 1919, ia their pursuit Of Ma.
puleon, the allied sovcregns sudden
ly found themselves on tho banks of
the Rhine. Tie Emperor Of Aus.
tria, with brilliant Court and staff,
took up his quarters at Frankfurt. But
the treasury Of Austria, notwthstand-
ing the large sums received from Eng
| lalld Was, empty; what resources there.
lnigAt have been ut Vienna. werc not,
lsy,siia bIes,st !anllita,,t "a loan be-
came necessary; but the oft-repeated.
bankruptcies Of Austria had destroy
cd her credit, SO that Prince Meter
nich, after having in vain applied to
the Detlmans and other Christian mer-
Chant princes Of Frankfort, was at
length reluctantly driven to address
himself To Rolhschi!d, and the pride
Of llapsbnrsll's Caesar stepped to So
lict succor OF q Jew. The graceful
manner in which the request WAS
granted called forth the Ernpernr's
gratitude. His son Nathan Was ap-
pointed Austrian consul general in.
Great Britain; and the whole weigh, Of
Austria, and Of Aicttcrnich's influence.
were put in rcquisiiion to extend and
secure the finnnc III operation Of
the house OF Rothschild. The fall of
Napoleon enabled The old lnndgravc to
return to Casscl, and lie gave the
Rntllsclli!ds notice thai he should with
draw The money hc had culGded to
them; but before the notice expired.
Napo!,on's return from the Isle of
Elha SO greatly alarmed the land
grave, that he urged the Rolhschlds
10 keep the money at the low rate of
two per cent per annum, which they
did ill! his death, in 1928, wien
his SON and successor was forced to
receive it back, rs the RothschiIds re.
fused amy longer to keep it.
In 1915, James de Rotlscl;h,
the fourth son of NJ. a. Ro,hschid,
opened a banking house in Paris In
1920, Charles, the youngest, establish
ed himself at Naples, and in 1921,
S"!oman, The third son, took up his
residence ~ Vienna; 50 that at the
death Of M. A. EothschiId, 1921,
he saw his five sons placed at
the head Of five immense establish
mcnts, at Frankfort, London, Paris,
Vicn'a, and Naples, and united in co.
partnership, which was universally al
lowed 20 be the most wealthy and cx-
tcll>ivc the world has ever seen. No
operation in which he or his sons en-
balkrd has miscanricd; and this unin-
tcrruptcd success was, in great meas.
ure, owing t" their foresight and en-
tcrprisc. RothschiId in London knew
the result Of the battle Of Waterloo
eight hours before the British Gov
cruncnt, and the value Of this knowl.
edge WAS no less than million ofdoI-
lars gained in one forenoon. No bad
loan WAS ever taken i'll hand by tile
Rolhsclilds; no good loan ever fell in
to other hands. Their invariablc sue.