Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-12-12
THE EVENING NEWS.
The House of RothschiId.

hC A1VOSO VI ASothsShhus
Among all the Congresses held this sum-
mer, of princes, lawyers, musicians, school
masters, social-science men, political econo-
mists and hundred others, one vcr, notable
meeting has almost escaped public attention.
A.few days ago onr Paris correspondent told
us that Congress of the members of the H.
lustrious house of Rothschid has been sit
ting in Paris. The purport of the meeting
was no less than to re-arrange the dominiOns
of the great banking dynasty. In one word,
the great object of the Rothschild Congress
was to reduce the five branches of the house
who now rule Europe, to four, and following
the example OF Garibaldi, to strike another
sovereign of Naples from the list Of reigning
mOnarchs. HeuccfOrth there are to be but
four kings of the house of Rothschild, with
secure thrones at London, Paris, Vienna aud
Frankfort. 1t is now exactly hundred
yeats since poor Jew, called Mayer Anselm,
made his appearance at the city of Hanover,
barefoOtcd, with a sack Oh his shoulders, and
a bundle of rags on his back. Successful in
trade, like most of his co-religioniSts, he re-
turned to Frankfort at the end of few years
and set up small shop III the "Jew Lane"
over which hung the signboard of i red
shield, called in German Rothschild.
As dealer in old and rare coins he made
the acquaintance of the Serer Elector of
Hesse Cassel, who, happening be in want
of a confidential agent for various open and
secret purposes appointed the shrcwd looking
Mayer Anselm to the post. The Serene
Elector being compelled soon after to ty his
country, Mayer Ansclm took charge of his
cash, amounting to several millions Of forms.
With the instinct of his race Anselm did not
forget to put the money out on good interest,
so that before Napoleon had gone to Elba,
and the illuStriOus Elector had returned to
CaSsel, the capital had nearly doubled. The
ruler Of HesSe CgSSel thought it almost Il
marvel to get his money safely returned from
the Jew lane of Frankfort, and at the Con.
gress OF Vienna was never tired singing the
praise Of his Hebrew agent to all the princes
of Europe. The dwelicrs under the sign Of
the Red Shield laughed in their sleeves, Keep.
ing carefully to themselves the great fact
that the electoral two millions brought them
four millions Of their own. Never was hon
csty better policy.
Mayer Anselm died in 1912, without hav
ing the supreme satisfaction of hearing his
honesty eXtolled by kings and princes. He
left five sons, who succeeded him in the
banking and mOney-lending business, and
who, conscious Of their social value, dropped
the name Of Anselm, and adopted the higher
sounding one. of RothSchild, taken from the
signboard over the paternal house. On his
death bed their father had taken solem oath
of them to hold his four millions well together,
and they faithfully kept the injunction. But
the old city of Frankfort was too narrow
realm for the faithful sowing of four millions,
and in consequence the five were determined
after while to extend their sphere of opera
tiOns by establishing branch banks at the
chief cities Of Europe. The eldest son, An
selm, born l773, remained at Frankfort; the
second, Solomon, born in IVA, settled at vi.
emma; the third, Nathan, born l777, went to
London; the fourth, the enfant terrible of
the family, established himself in the soft cli-
mate of Naples; and the fifth and Youngest,
James, took up his residence in Paris.
Strictly united, the wealth and power Of
the Rothschild was vestSd in the eldest born;
nevertheless, the shrewdest Of the sons CT
Mayer Anselm, and the heir of his genius,
Nathan, the third son, took the reins OF gov
ernmcnt into his own hauds. BY his faith
in Wellington, and the flesh and blood of
British soldiers, he nearly doubled the for
tunes of his family, gaining more than
million sterling by the sole battle of Water
loo, the news of which he carried to England
two days earlier than the mail. The weight
Va LhS SN AL lhilluuo
the ascendency OF the family from Germany
to England, making London the metropolis
of the reigning dynasty of Rothschi!d Like
the royal families Of Europe, the members
of the house Of Rothschild only intermauy
with each other.
James Rothschild married the daughter Of
his brother Solomon; his son Edmund, heir
apparent of the French line, was united to
his first cousin, the daughter of Lionel and
granddaughter of Nathan Rothschild and
Lionel again-M. P. for London-gavc his
hand in 1886 to his first cousin Charlotte,
the daughter Of Charles ROthschi!d Of Ma
pies. 1t Is unnecessary to say that, although
these matrimonial alliances have kept the
millions wonderfully together, they have not
improved the race Of old Maver Anselm, Of
the Red Shield. Already signs Of physical
weakness are becoming visible in the great
family; so, at least, hint the French papers
in their meagcr notices about the Rothschild
Congress in Paris. ...
From all that can be gathered out Of a will
derness of canards, thin faces and thick fc.
tion, it appears that the sovereigns of the
Stock Exchange met in conference for the
double purpose Of centralizing their money
power and widening their matrimonial realm.
In other words, the five rcigning kings, de-
scendants, according to the law of primogen-
iture, of the five sons Of Mayer Anslem, came
to the decision to reduce their number to four
by cutting off the Neapolitan branch Of Charles
Rothschild, while it was likewise decided
that permission should be given to the young
er members of the family to marry, for the
benefit of the race, beyond the range Of first
cousinship. What has led to the exclusion
of the Neapolitan line of Rothschild, seems
to have been the constant exercise Of a high
ly blameful charity, not in the annals, of the
family. Charles, the prodigal sen Of Mayer
Anselm, actually presented, in the year 1916,
10000 ducats to the orphan asylum of st.
Carlo, at Naples, and the son sand heir OF
Charles-Gustavus-has given repeated signs
of his inclination to follow in the footsteps
of his father. Such conduct, utterly unbe-
coming Of the policy of the house Of Roths-
child, could not be allowed to pass unnoticed,
and accordingly-we quote the rumor Of Par
is journalism-the- decheance of the NeapOli-
tan line has been pronounced. Baron Gus
tavus de Rothschild is not to retire into pri-
vate life, like famous Charles V, only cas-
sock on his shoulders and prayer book in
his hand; but is allowed to ia Ike with him
small fortune of 150, 900 francs, or about
six million Sterling--a mere crumb from the
table of the descendants of poor Mayer An
selm, who wandered shoeless through the
electorate Of King George the Third 1t is
certain that no romance Of royalty is equal to
the romance of the house of Rothschild.
EGG SUCKING.-Many of our soldiers in
the army are fond of sucking eggs. They
have way in the East of taking out the
contents of hen fruit and sending the galii-
N nnOuc- Snboro;dS RI tho army filed with the