Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-12-05
The House of the nothsehiIds.

| 4 paragraph has bern going the rounds ot the
press ID Il Ihe Rllhschilds were worth eight hun-
idrrd niuls oi dollars. a denial OF The truth vi
ihis s.alr.irnt mas been put Jfln. II would be- Il
Masle vi words tu discuss which estimate is cor
rect The welllh VI lnp R,lhs:hids dues not culi.
Slst III lands and tenempnS, The value 0f which
luiphL Ue iscrIlaiilrd, but IN suckS, bonds, and
ulDer drscrpIuS al personal property the aIiDunt
vi which ~ une kluws hut themselves They
may he wurIh Tie SUN suggested ur even more,
/ and Ihey may not he wJrtn quarter Oi that
lnuunl. IL Is even within the range vi possibility,
though II Is i0l Probable, that the RohschIldS
may Ue w"rlh nulnlng at all II, iuf example,
they hold the loans themselves which they have
negotiated since he war began, The depreciation
uli iiIose hans which has taken place lately has
caused luss OF iiliy miliums oi dollars. Or. a
| gain. house Ike lhriIs, dealing wholly In fac
taa,lng secnfles, lalghl maintain It's credit Tor
years alier 1t was absolutely bankrupt. Paul.
clrahan X Co. is case in point, though OH d
suidller scale.
Fac power of The R ,thschilds may be esima-
ted with more certainty. 1t is euormpus. M
single Eumpean monarch is strong enough to Op-
pose It. 81 lar bacA As forty years ago it proved
ioo great iur lhe lirs, NapIIeou, Tor 1t furnished
the slnews of war tu his enemies, and hus brought
du1lUl uio uuN Ht vi tIIIS,
sought 10 cJncIilalr tue R,ihscnlids un his return
ir,hn ElDa but the head Ut that house repused
MS ad sances by tie significant remark, ''lne:e
are Two Napue,rs in Europe" and time soon
showed thai ihe moneyed Napoleon was the rnus
powerful. AT present the house is arrayed
ganst Louis Napoleon, both because he rrjtc $
their Intervention in ublalnlnlng loans, and be
cause The war, which he has luiuguraied,l is dam
I ,bair III
1t is conceded, has utterly tailed 10 make
peace. The RohscnIlds, il is generally conJpc-
tured are now trying lner hauts. L,r The disur-
bance IN the specie market has been traced hume
10 lhem aud there is certainly strung clIaner ul
success. brcalse nuhing viii make England s1
ready for peace as Continued pressure Oh the
.n0Hey market.
We have alluded To the lans negotiated by the
Rn;hSchiLs since The war began. These loans
re- cn The prurnlAiS amount ol five hundred and
ltern miiluii>, viz: 10 England SSOtEjU,l0O; to
Turkey $4,000 OUu; 10 Austria Si20.uUU 900 :;
fifsl loan 10 Russia 81 i30,u0U.UU0 10 Sardinia
SIU.U0U. 900 lu EngIand,n excheguer bills $685.
UUO. 900 aud second Loan. just beng perfected.
SlUd.UJU.0U. 1t Is this last loan, which the
it1lhschihls. it is SAID, have agreed TO make in
gold. that Is supposed 10 be al the bo,nln uf the
specie movement. Mnsl OF these loans. il is to
br presumed have been sold ou befnre this. the
RothschlIJs merely acring III such cases as agents
brlween the public aud The Governments that
bnrrw. Nevertheless. the house thai can even
iempnrarlly assume such burden, within l:ule
mure Than Il twelve iuonth, musl be one ot gigan
Tic influence, credit, and p'~er. 1t is now plain
Iat TINS same house is uu The side of peace. Ii
apparently avufs Russia # peace ihuuId fail TO
be ,nade. fne conflict Is linus rendered more e.
liaI lur the Allies. with the RlhschIlds against
them. have. as commercial nauns, an enemy
within Their avn bnders while Russia, with the
Rnllischilds on her slde has certainty of being
kept in llhds, and muney was that in which, II
now appears. she was most deficient.-Ledger.