Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-01-21

| dent paryenu. 10 him is aScrlOed the Hrst pan
of re-uniting the children of Israel, by the banks
of Jordan; he designed to buy from the Turks
that country which was promised to his race
They would then, from pure gratitude, have
made him King of Palestine; but whether they
would have exchanged their European wealth
and business for the land of the Bible, still re-
mains an open question. Our lamented frlend
the late Major Noah, was Jealous ana earnes'
co-laborer of Rothschild in that cause.
Nathan married the sister of Isaac Cohen, who
had dowry of fifteen million francs
James, the head of the Paris house, went from
Vienna to Paris, to establish himself there, at
the very moment when the sceptre fell from the
hands of Napoleon. He was the principal bank
er in the loans of the Restoration. lie and his
brother Nathan received the billion OF war eH,
nenses and the two billions of indemnity paid
to the allied powers. That enormous stream OF
money flowed through their Golfers, and how
mnch of if remained there has never been ascer-
tSined.
After the downfall of the old dynasty, Baron
lanes offered his gold-filled hand to the mon
arcby of the July revolution, and the hand was
Gratefully grasped. The Baron and his wife
now obtained the often before refused entree al
Court. and the Princess often appeared in Roths-
! CHllu SdiOOhS'
Thus. under Louis Philippe's rule, the intiu-
ence of the Rothschilds daily and visibly In
creased. In fact ugio reigned supreme, and 9.
ven art and talent contended for the honor and
often in vain, to obtain the entree to the hote
in the rue Laftte for Baron James was often
very particular in the choice of his guests.
Only towards literati he was amiable, espe.
Iciallv towards II. Heine, the piquant and spirit
ed humorist, who often had his fun even at the
Iexpense of his host Thus at the close of a bril-
liant banquet, several bottles of Lachrim@ Chrls
II had been consumed, Rothschild said to the
poet:
"What peculiar name for a vine What
can be the origin of it ~
The etymology is perfectly simple" replied
Heine "Chrst weeps at the fact that Jews
should drink such excellent wine."
"Duce take your smartness," exclaimed Roths-
child, amid the convulsiye laughter that follow
| ed.
Ordinarily the two conversed in the German
Jewish dialect; but Heine would never permit
Rothschild to assume towards him the conde-
scending nabob style he always exhibited to-
wards others. If they had dispute, the poet
threatened to publish their conversation in the
! Pepeu des deur Mondes. The Baron immediate
tly turned pale with apprehension, and at once
took the most humble steps towards concila'
ton.
It is well known that since 1852, the peculiar
fnancier has become Consul General of Austria
The secret history of the first half of Louis
Phillippe's reign has yet TO be written, but only
one who is thoroughly acquainted with the life
and business of Baron Rothschild will be able
TO write it correctly. At the time of the coali-
ton in 1889, for instance, the millionaire tinan'
cier alone created rain or sunshine at his will
The Tuileries and the hotel in the Lafitte stood
in the most intimate connection and the Duke
de Montpensier was one of the regular dancing
partners OF Mile Charlotte Rothschild.
| The banker baron obtained the royal c0nces-
sion for the Northern railroad, and the demon
Of stock iobbing awakened by him soon spread
over the entire nation to the injury of small
speculators and to the exclusive enriching OF the
big financiers, who, it is said, divided half bi
lion among themselves.
However, there are many traits and instances
of patriarchal benevoence to be told OF the
Prince of the Bauk When the short harvest
of 1916 seemed to threaten universal famine in
1s47, Baron Rothschild attempted to avert the
impending evil by buying upon his own account
immense quantities of breadstutfs in Europe and
America. At the hall in Paris, grain and flour
was then sold below the market prices, and the
profits of this immense speculation were to be
applied to furnishing bread for all the needy and
hungry.
A special bakery sold bread to the poor at q
very great reduction from the price charged by
the regular bakers. But the people in this in
stance would not believe the benevolent inten-
tions of the donor, rallied against imaginary usu'
ry in grain believed the most absurd and ridicu-
| lous reports, among others, that Rothschild had
bought spoiled flour and had made it palatable
by an admixture of sweet almonds. OF course,
they never thought that such an admixture
would have made the bread three times as ex-
pensive.
Those same sweet almonds of Baron Roths-
chid's contributed a good share to the February
revolution.
Ever ready for adding fuel to the flames
ever ready to excite the masses, and deighting
in stirring up mischief the National aid of the
Baron Rothschild, that he had mixed his fours
with the sweat of the people, which, of course,
would have produced very Objectionable bread
At the same time number of pamphlets against
Rotclschild made their appearance, and whilst
the people thus rewarded his charitable efforts,
their benefactor in reality lost heavy sums, as
he could not dispose OF the provisions lie had
procured.
The revolution of 1s4s filled the house of
Rothschild with terror. The Baron heard that
the rabble was burning down his country houses
and castle With this natural shrewdness, he
perceived that his fight would be the signal for
unalterable coniscation of all his numerous pos
sessions, and he had the courage to remain.
Numerous anecdotes are in circulation illus
trative of his presence of mind and firmness dur
ing the Gying days of '4s. We will not, how
ever, repeat them all here. One especially hes
been often told in the papers. 1t relates to
call upon him by rough party of Red Republi-
cans, demanding an equal distribution of his
property. He admitted their estimate of his
wealth was correct, computed the population of
France, among whom his money was to be e.
qually distributed, and paid his revolutionary as
sailants two francs each, as their proper share
in an equal distribution.
In 1880 Rothschild had given $1,000 francs