The weekly Butte record., 1863-12-26
The House Of Rothscoild.

present position of the money kings Of
Europe" the famous house Of Roths-
child:
''Among all the Congresses held this
summer, Of princes, lawyers, musicians
schoolmasters, social science men, pc
litical economists, and hundred others
one very notable meeting has almost
escaped public attention. A few days
ago our Paris correspondent told us that
A Congress of the members Of the IL
/ lustrious house Of Rothschild has been
sitting as Paris. The purport Of the
meeting was nothing less than to rear
range the dominions of the great bank
ing dynasty. In one word, the great
object of the Rothsc,lild congress was
to reduce the five branches of the Roths-
child house who now rule Europe to
four, and following the example of Ga
ribaldi. to strike another sovereign of
( Naples from the list of reignins mon
archs. Henceforth there are to be but
four kings of the house Of Rothschild,
with secure thrones at London, Paris,
Vienna and Frankfort.
1t is now exactly hundred years
since a poor Jew, called Mayer Anselm,
made his appearance at the city Of
Hanover, barefooted, with a sack on his
shoulders, and bundle of rags on his
back. Successful in trade, like most of
his co-religionist4, he returned to Frank
fort at the end of few years, and setup
small shod in the 'Jew lane" over
which hung the signboard of red
shield, called in German rothschild. As
dealer In old rare coins, he made the
acquaintance of the Serene Elector of
Hesse Cassel, who happened to be in
want of confidential agent for various
pen and secret purposes, appointed the
shrewd- looking Mayer Anselm to the
post. The Serene Elector, being com
PEELED soon after to fly his country,
Mayer Anselm took charge of his cash,
amounting to several millions of forins.
With the instinct of his race, Anselm
did not forget to put the money out Oh
good interest, so that, before Napoleon
was gone to Elba, and the illustrious
Elector had returned to Cassel, the
capital had more than doubled. The
ruler of Hesse Cassel thought it almost
marvel to get his money safely re-
turned from the Jew lane Of Frankfort,
and at the Congress of Vienna was
never tired Of singing the praises Of his
Hebrew agent to all the princes of Eu-
rope. The dwellers under the sign Of
the Red Shield laughed in their sleeves;
keeping carefully to themselves the
!
great fact that the electoral two million
forms had brought them four millions
Of their own. Never was honesty
better policy.
Mayer Anselm died in 1o12, without
having the suprnme satisfaction of
hearing his honesty extolled by kings
and princes. He left FIVE sons who
succeeded him in the banking and mon
ey lending business, and who, conscious
Of their social value, dropped the name
Of Anselm, and adopted the higher
sounding one of Rothschild, taken ON
the signboard over the paternal house.
On his deathbed their father had taken
a solemn oath from all of them to hold
his four millions well together, and they
have faithfully kept that Injunction
But the old city of Frankfort clearly
was too nerrow a realm for the fruitful
sowing OF four millions; and, III conse-
quence, the five were determined after
awhile to extend .heir sphere of opera
tions by establishing branch banks at
the chief cities of Europe. The eldest
son, Anselm, born in 1773, remained at
Frankfort the second, Solomon, born
in 17177+, settled at Vienna; the third,
Nathan, born in 1717, went to London;
the fourth, Charles, the eafGnt terrible
Of the family, established himself in the
soft climate Of Naples; and the fifth and
youngest, James, born in 1892, took up
his residence at Paris. Strictly united
the wealth and power Of the FIVE Roths-
childs was vested in the eldest born