The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-11-22
The House OF Rothsc childs.

Aparagraph has bsen going the rounds Of
the press ihss the Roihschiids were worth
eight hundred millions Of dollars. A denial
Of this statement has been put forth. It would
be waste Of words to discuss which esti-
mate is couect. The wealth Of the Ro.hs-
childs does not consist in lands and tsas-
ments, the value Of which might be ascer-
tanned, but Ia stocks. bonds and 'othsr de-
scfp,ions of personai properly, tho amount
Of which no one knows but ,hemselvess--
They may be worth the sum sugees.ed, or
even more and they .-may not be worth
quarter Of that amount. II is eysn5wiihin
the range. Of possibility, though Il is not
probable that The Rothschilds may be worth
nothing at all. II, for example, thsya hold
the loans of themselves which they have
negotiated since the war began, The .depse-
cialion on those loans, which has taken place
lately, has caused a loss Of fEy millions OF
dollars. Or again,a house like theirs, deal.
ing wholly in fuciuating securities, might
maintain its credit for years afler il was, ab-
solniely bankrupt. Paul, Slrahan & Co., Is
a case in point, though on smaller scale.
The power of the RothschiIds may be es-
tima,ed with more certainly. II is enorm-
GUS. Nossiasle European monarch 10 strong
enough 10 oppose il So far back e forty
years ago, il proved too great for the first Ma.
poleon for il furnished the sinews OF war TO
hs enemies and thus bpush. abpu,. bis
downfall. TheEmperor, aware Of this, sough,
10 conciIiate the RothschiIds on his return
from Elba but the head Of that house re-
pulsed his advances, BY the significant re-
mark, "thefe are two Napoleons 10 Europe;n
and time soon showed that the moneyed Ma
poleon was tue most powerful. Al present,
the house is arrayed against Louis. Napole.
on, both because he rejects their intervention
in obtaining loans, and because the war,
which he has iuaugu gurated, is damaging their
securities so seriously. Austria, il is conce.
ded has utterly failed to make peace. TIE
Rothschilds, it is generally oonjec.ured. are
now trying their hands; for the disturbance
in The specie market has bsen traced home
10 them and there Is certainly stfoug
chance of success. because nothing will make
England so ready for peace as continued
pressure on the money market. q" 3 u
We have alluded 10 the loans. negotiated
by the Rothsehi!ds since the war began
These loans reach the enormous amount of
five huhdred and fifteen millions, viz
England, $50, 900, 900; 10 Turkey, $40, ,0oo,-
coo; to Austria, $l20, 1000, 900; first loan
to Russia, $3.50 100000; 10 Sardinia, 10000.
900; to England, in exchequer bills, s35,-
900 900; and a second loan, just being per.
fected, 500, 900, 900. 1t is this las, loan,
which the Roihschilds, il is said, have agreed
to make in gold, that is supposed TO be at
the bottom of the specie movement. Most
of these loans, it is 10 be presumed, have
been sold out before this, the Rothschilds
merely acting, IN such cases, as agents be-
tween the public and the governments that
borrow. Nevertheless, the house that can
even temporarily assume such burden,
within little more than twelvemonih, must
be one of gigantic infusnce, credit and pow
er. IL is now plain that this same house Is
on the side of peace. Ii apparently favors
Russia, if peace should fail to be made
The conflict is thus rendered more equal,
for The Allies, with the Rothschiids against
them, have, as commercial nations, an enc
my within their own borders; while Russia,
with the Rothschilds on her side, has Ger.
tainty of being kept in funds, and money
was that in which il now appears, she was
most deficient.