The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-12-14
The Tonse OF = EothschlIlls.

E A paragraph has been going the rounds of the
press that the Rothachilds wsras worth eight hun
dred millions Of dollars. "A denial of the truth
Of this statement has been PIT forth. II would
be waste of words to discuss. which estimate IS
correct. The wealth Of the E ,thschilds does not
consist in lands and tenemsnts, tie value Of which
might be ascertaned, bit In stocks, bonds, and
other descriptions Of personal property, and the
amonnt of which no ona knows but themselves.
Taey may he worth thsEs suggestei, or even
m ,re, ani they may not be worth qaartef OF
that am ,nnt. E IS even within the range OF pos
sihlity, though It is MT probable that the Roths
chiIds NAV be worth nothing at all. IT,, for ex.
ample, they h5Id The loans tn IN selves which they
have negotiated since the war beyan, the dapreci-
alton on these loans which has taken place iate'y
has caused loss OF fiftymillions Of dallars. o
again, housa like theirs, dealing wholly in. hac-
tuating securities, might m,intsin its creit for
years after it WIS absolutely bankrupt. Paul.
Strahan & Co. is case in point, tholgh on a
smaller scale. as a No ea
The power of the Rothschills my b. estim,-
ted with more certainty. 1t is enorm1ns. No
single European m march is strong enough to op-
pose It. So far back "a forty years ago, itprove]
too great for the FIRST Mp ,leon for it furn ished
the sinews of war to his enemies, AMI thus brot
about his downfall. The E nperor. aware ofthis
sou ,ht to conciliate thenson his return from El-
ba, bde tha had Of that house rep1lsed his al
vances by the significant r.mark athere are two
Napoleons in Europe" and tims soon showed that
the moneyed Napoleon was the more powerful
At pres mt, the house is arrayed against Lo19
Napoleon. both because he rejects their in'erven-
ton in obtaining loans. and because the war that
he has inangnrated. is damaging their secaritiesso
seriously. Austria, it is concetled. has utterly
| failei tn nuke peace. Tie R,thschilds, 1T Is
generally coaiecturei are now trying their hands,
for the disturbance in the specIe market has been
Traced HON, to them; and there is certainly yerv
Ietrong chance Of success, because nothing will
{m9t8 England SO ready for peace as con-
/<f13S7 uzeS3nre On the money m1rlret.
We hase alI1ded 10 the JOINS ~ 7
the Rothschilds since the war U3& zsaeSsio1ns
reach, the enormsns amount OF S5l5. o 10 900
viz: to Eng.a1d 80,000,000; to Turkey 40o0o,-
600; to Austria 40 900 0o1; a first loan to Rs
sia 100 001 900: to s lrdinia l6090,00o; to Eng
land, in excaequer bills, $4,000 600: AMI seconl
loan. just being perfected, 100000, 900. 1t i
this last loan, which the Rothschilds, 1t is said
have agreed to make in gold, that is supposed tt
be at the bottom of the ssecie movement. Most
of these loans, IL is to be presumed, have beer
sold out before this, the RothschiIds merely act
ing, in such cases, as agents between the public
AMI the governments that borrow. Nevertheless
the house that can even temporarily assume suci
q burden within little more than twelvemonth
must be one Of gigantic influence, credit ant
power. 1t is now plain that this same house
OF the side of peace. 1t apparently favors Rus
sia, il peace should fail to be made. The con
fict is TINS rendered more equal, for the Allies
with the Eothschilds against them, have, as com
mercial nations, an enemy within their own bor
ders, while Russia. with the R ,thschilds on be
side, has a certainty of being kept in funds. an
money was that in which it no appears, she wa
most deficient. Phila. Ladg