New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-02

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nation recover itself after the oppressor has been
| trampinQ within its borders.
THE German Prince sometimes thought Of the
treasure he had committed to the jew, bat he
knew what his class was reported 70 have suffered,
and felt that in those times of extremity, human
integrity must fall before the absolute necessity
that surrounded fhe unfappyJews. He comfortcd
himself that at least the high. bred and stately
Jewcss and her husband might hare been most
with him. and thus The matter restsa i. his mind.
One morning, while the Prince was at breakfast.
he was told that person wished to see him on
business. He desired his presence Ii the break
gratifed BY the sight Of his old fiend, the Jew.
az came said he, to speak about the prop
erty left with me-
ed the Prince !" bnt come s1a take breakfast
with me. Nay, insist, and pray do not mention
the affair. rejoice that it was there to do you
service In a time when you must have needed il 50
much Sit down, and in this admirable cofiee, we
will drink away its remembrance altogether
The Jew took the proifered chair.
:. Believe me, Prince, your treasure is ali safe,
just as I told yon- The closet was searched again
and again. and every seam examined without suc-
cess The fine old China, and indeed all our pos
sessions, were sacrificed to the plunderiDg rap
acity Of the enemy, but thanks 10 the name Of
Israers God, we were enabled TO keep secret the
trust you reposed in us. Your property only
awaits your order to be restored to you az you
gave it.
Inc FRINGE WaS asL0nI5nGd. = i Ba0 SCaTCety De-
leved in such virtue, my friend. You have taught
me that mans integrity may be incompatible J;
and henceforth shall have increased faith 10 the
dignity and purity of human nature
A few days after this, the prince called at the
house In Juden Strasse, and received his girdle
with not stone missing. In that very house the
children Of Ben-Heber were educated Ia the prin-
ciples Of honor and justice. Everywhere the IN
tegrity of their father was sounded abroad BY the
prince, who deemed that his thanks and pFeseutS
alone we're not sufficient. The world heard tbs
tale and the Jew received not only the trust but
the companionship Of princes and mobiles. e a
parts Of the commercial world men heard khc
name with generation and at this day his family
scattered about in the grandest cities OF Erope
the monarchs of finance, the successful, because
honorable, controllers of the wealth Of nations.
But though frequently urged TO make her home
In one Of the princey palaces in which they dwell
4 Sarah Rothschid passed her peaceful old age m
| the quaint old house in the Juden SHaase. When
4 her sons, who princes in their own right and
4 noble by their country's gift Of inability given,
too, to merit alone when they visited her, she re-
| ceiyed them in the same room In which they had
j received their lessons Of truth and honor aud the
| stately woman rose up with grace and dignity
that would seem to belong only to a queen, and,
laying her hands upon their heads, would bless
1 them in the name of Israel's God.
MAY their tribe increase! ~ is the heartfelt
thought of all who know their worth and integrity
Suchis true sketch Of the great house Of Roths-
/ child,