Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-01-26
lTTER FROM GERMANY-DEATH OF
BARON yON ROTuSCuyID.

shN Of
BARON vON ROTHsCHyLD.
Ve make the following extracts from an
resting letter which we received from q
'espondent residing at Frankfort -on-the-
in, and which bears date of the 18th of
,ember last Washington Union.
There died in this city, on the 9Th inst,
he age of eighty-two years five months
twenty-four days, Baron Amscbe Nj aver
Rothschild, Privy Counsellor of the Duke
Hesse Darnstadt and chief and senior Of
celebrated banking firm of NJ. A. Roth
Id & Son, of Frankfort Main.
NO event has created SO great sensation
d 50 much attracted the attention of the
ole population, as the dccease Of this per-
/. He was rendered popular not only by
social position and vast wealth, but by his
rsonal appearance and habits. There was
freely man in Frankfort to whom the
Id Rothcshild' las the people called HIM
not known. Every day, when entering
leaving his banking house, he was surround
by crowd OF poor. His willingness to
'e, and the good humer with which he dis
buted bis benefits, were never disturbed hy
opportunities Of these turbulent assem-
ages.
Baron Rothchild was popular with all
lsses Of the population, because his benevo-
ice extended TO all distinctions Of political
d religious parties. lie was Il rigid obsor'
{ of all the requirements of his faith to such
degree, that at the sumptuous ieasts to
lich he was invited, or which he gave at his
m residence he was never known to touch
y meat not prepared according to the jew
/ mode, and neither sickness nor inclemency
the weather was able to restrain him from
g performance Of his religious duties and
'remoncs. He belonged to the orthodox
action Of the Jewish community, but his
.nefits extended to all alike. ! have seen
list of yearly distributions nade for the ac-
,unt of Baron Rothschid, from which 1t ap-
,ars that not less than 2600 Christian faml-
IS had proiitted by its bounty. The weekly
stribution,' for his account amounted TO Mt
asst 80, ,a00 torins per year. aud probably an
rual sum was sent abroad Tor the relief o1
le INDECENT Besides these gifts, he contrl-
,teJ to all public institutions Of charity, as
ell as for art, literature and the like.
whilst his liberality towards, his fellow
tizens afforded them constant relief, his
yn personal habits were extremely simple.
With such great wealth, favored with the
iendsbip and esteem Of sovcreigns, loaded
ith houors and distinctions, Baron Eoths-
aid never forgot the origin of 50 exalted
osition. The humble cottage III the dark
nd narrow street (called the street oil the
eysN in which he and his brothers were born
,as visited by him daily during the lifetime
his mother, who could never be persuaded
D exchange that humble habitation for any
f the suinptuous palaces offered to her by
owe and veneration Of her sons.
baron Rothschild was no less kind and
Gectionate towards his family at large. lie
yas marrpd more than fifty years, but had
10 children His wife died in lSlS, aud hiS
Elections have been devoted TO his sisters
md brethren, and to their numerous progeny
10 was the eldest son Of tive brothers, anu
utlived them all. with the exception oi one
Baron James Rothschild, Of Paris.) Two
If them (Charcs and SolomUu) died IN the
!oursc Of last year.
The fortune left by Baron Amschei May
,r Won Ro,hschild is estimated at over sixty
millions of forms /; that left by Baron Charles
1T seventeen millions, and by Baron Solomon
At forty-eight millions of forms.
The will OF Baron Rothschild was made
n 1919. The charitable bequests are much
ess important than the benevolence exer-
,ised by him during long course OF years
had prepared people to expect. Amoog the
TENS Of the will are the following:
10 establish q foundation for the
poor Of Frankfort, to keep up
The weekly distribution Of aims
vt the "Old Rothschild house.
in the street Of tue Jews, &c 100000
10 furnish dowers to Jewish mai
dens, the interest on 10000
forms, (three years Interest
for one portou,) $4,000
For Jewish Schools, 2i.00(
For Jewish Hospitals, 5000
70 the society for encouraging
Jewish traders and workmen, 10000
For various Christian charitable
Institutions, 10000
To pay for Jewish service in his
dwelling (as herctoiore,) the ..
To found a maiorat in favor of his
nephew Anselm, son Of Solo
mon, 100000
To bis nephew Maria Charles son
Of Charles, l,OOO,UO'
ITO q second son Of Charles William h'
gave his large house and gardens. The do
mains and properties possessed by the dc
ceased in different countries are likewise dis
,ributed among the different branches Of tn
Rothschds, so that the greater bulk Of thi
large fortune remains in the family.
The most pleasing feature in the dispc
sition made Of this property, is the rrovtsio
40 continue forever the weekly distribution {
aims at the 'Rothschild old house in I'll
street uf Jews. This cannot fail to be an i!
calculuL!o benefit TO the poor Of Frankfort,
LEGISLATiNG FOR RAILROAD SECURITY
Mr. Price has introduced into the Stat
Senate II bill for the security OF railroa
travelling, which defines duties fixes liabil
ties, and renders that certain in statute la
which now depends upon legal constructio
and decisions. The bill requires that tn
baggage and freight cats shall invariably t
placed in front Of the passenger cars; steal
whistles to sound an alarm at eighty rot
from any crossing OF the highway at the san
level; speed to be reduced on approaching
draw the running time to be SO regulate
.hat no two trains moving in opposite dire
tions shall Le on the same track at the san
time, without switch and siding betwee
them, unless the train that is out Of time
preceded by an agent on foot, eighty rods
advance, with signal; when any train
stopped when another is expected, sign
is to be sent eighty rods in the proper {
rection. In enclosed or fenced parts of Il
country, cattle guards to be constructed
avery commencement and termination ofsuC
enclosure. When rail is taken up for I
pairs, a signal is to be placed at eighty ro
distant each way. 1t is made misdemean
6 on,, oroccing n railroad with q horse