New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-01
TIE RoTHscHlLpa

THE ROTHSCHILDS,
Ths Hesaians which-it would not be proper
to say wbo-were bought by the British ministry
to perpetuate the subjeetion Of the colonies, but
Who-here which becomes inadmissible-9en-
eraliy managed to DESERT and contribute to tho
welfare and prosperity Of the country they had
been sent 10 destroy-were better bargain to
several other parti than they ever proved to
the English Government. The eector of Hesse
received a fiGe sum for them: the corner ssonA
of colossal private fortune which has eipce
made the house of petty ryrants one of the rich
est families in Europe. The operation also bene-
lifted one Mayer Anselm Rothschild, Frank
jew, then domicled at London Born in l748,
and deprived of both his parents at the age Of
eleven, this Individual had received the educa-
| Zion Of Q teacher, the occupation usually
entered by those members Of the Hebrew per-
| suasion who lack the capital necessary to q
mercantile pursuit. His tastes led him into
| other channels, and after proba ionary SER
vice in a banking house at Hanover, he found
himself in the commercial capital of the world,
struggling, though as yet in a small way, ON
the road by which he ultimately obtained such
| splendid successes He received the moneys maid
for these Hessan recruits, and had time to turn
them advaL tageously before being obliged to pay
them over to his principals. Thus the american
Revolution, besides freeing the people of these
But while this is the popular account OF the
origin Of this great house, candor compels us
to state that tits not generally received as au-
| thentic. He seems to have made money in this
way, but the sum was only moderate; he was
| richer after the transaction than before buk
| he had not yet any idea Of directing the money
| market of the world. The truth appears to be,
that like all other great fortunes, that Of the
| kothsehiids grew imperceptibly. The family
have been poor, humble, well to do, moderately
| rich, wealthy, enormously rich, and what only
the Rothsehilds are; but the foundation Of
their present estate may be said to have been
laid in the years when the founder was power
less, as when he was getting itch. The capital
amassed in London was just sufficient to enable
him to open, at Frankfort, the banking house,
which has gwen the name to all subsequent op-
eratlons. Not by any single stroke of genius
or good luck, but by an uninterrupted series
/ Of business TRANSACTIONS always characterized
by the same activity, intelligence, and integrity,
he continually extended ard fortified It's credit
| In 1901 the Landgrave of Hesse, anticipating
French invasion, or q revolution ut home, or
both, made him nominally absolute owner Of
his private fortune, anne1Ang to the transfer, it
| is said, mere honorary condition 10 restore it
when the dep0sitary would be in q condition to
enjoy and use it in safety and comfort-an
event which did not occur until after the Con-
gress of Vienna. This is the avowed corner
| stone of his greatness
One curious speculation made, perhaps, with
| these very funds, is often related. The British
Government for some reason or other, found it
very difficult to transport subsidies to the COM
mander OF their forces in the Peninsula. They
therefore offered heavy commission to any one
| who would undertake the responsibility of the
transmission. kothschild conferred on The SUBJ
jeet with Napoleon, and offered to share the
| commission with him in return for being per-
mitted to transport the specie to Spain by way
of France, and through the French armies
The offer was accepted, and, Of course, all par
| ties were satisfied. - zz
| What old Rothschild himself was wont to pro-
claim as one of the main stepping stones of his
| ambition, was the good fortune which bcfel him
in the shape Of q large family of sons. This
trait depicts one of the finest features Of tho
Jewish character. Among Christians it is the
rule to find the fortune amassed by the father
scattered TO the winds by the folles of the chill
| dren Who has ever seen Jewish drunkard,
gambler OF devotee of other vices, to such an
extent as to impair his acquisitive functions and
make him burden upon society! Again,
among Christians the fathers fortune is too Of
ten the subject of contention among the children,
and serves to facilitate the machinery OF pubic
Justice rather than to subserye the cause of pri-
vate interests OF this there is very little
among the Israelites Either their testamentary
dispositions are more judicious, or their heirs
and legatees less quarrelsome.
| The house" Of hothsohild is no fiction: it
consisted, besides the patriarch, Of five sons =
Anselm, born in 1773, who resided, till his
death, at Frankfort; Solomon, born in l754s
| whose decesse was announced by the last
steamer, resided alternately at Berlin and Vi
emma, principally at the latter place; Nathsn,
born in 1777, has lived in London since 1898,
Charles, born in 17S8, is at Naples; and ames,
born in 1892, at Vienna. The three last named
are now the acting members of what may be
called the firm. s
They entered upon their present European
position on the downfall of Napoleon, and have
!, done more perhaps, to undermine the dyLasties
Of Europe by the ivy-like support they extent
to them, than the battsring-ram impetuosity o
their great predecessor would have effected hat
he been spared to huld his position. In twelve
years, about i've hundred millions Of dollars
were raised By the house for different powers BY
!. way of loan or subsidy, which were distributed
in nearly the following proportion: for Eng. al
land, two hundred millions; for Austria, hity
millions; for Prussia, forty millions; for France
. eighty millions; for Naples, fifty millions for
% Russia, twenty-five millions; for several yer
| man courts, four millions; for Brazil, twelve
millions exclusive of various other large sums,
: All this has been greatly outdone BY sEbse-
quent performances
m The actual amount of their fortune is, oi
however, that they have recently set down thei1
:. personal property, exclusive Of their real es
tates, seignories, mines, etc., at seyen hundre
millions of dollars, or little over ten times til
national debt of the United States Governmen
h at the accession of Gen. Pierce [Philadelphi
IS Bulletin.
., A very curious affair is, says the Sentinel
Of .Namur, about to occupy public attention il
Belgium. In the siege Of Bousignes, 1456, tn
, Duke de Brabant made prisoner noblemsl
2 named Legrain; but instead of taking ms hi
to as he was entitled to do, the duke consented U
i. spare it on condition of receiving ail ms estate
and property. Legrain made over all he posses
sed, but stipulated that at the end OF four cen
= turies it should return to his family. The duk
made no objection. The four centuries expire
in July, and already great many persons al
preparing to claim the property. It is forsee
- that the GLAZING viii give rise 70 auasroas lss
suits,