The Portland daily press., 1864-07-12
Tuesday Morning, July IL, 1864,
The House Of Rothsohild.

The London Globe gives the following in
teresting account of the rise and present po-
sition of the "money kings Of Europe" the
famous house of Rothschild:-
Among all the congresses held this sum
mer, of princes, lawyers, musicians. school
masters, socisl science men, political econo-
mists, and hundred others, one very notable
meeting has almost escaped public attention.
A few days ago our Paris correspondent told
US, that congress OF the members of the IL
lustrious house OF Rothschild has been sitting
at Paris. The purport OF the meeting was
nothing less than TO rearrange the dominions
OF the great banking dynasty. In one word,
the great object of the Rothschid congress
was TO reduce the five branches of the house
who now rule Europe, to four, and, fol-
lowing the example OF Garibaldi, to strike
another sovereign from the list OF reigning
monarchs. Henceforth there are to be but
four kings of the house OF Rothschild, with
secure thrones at London, Paris, Vienna, and
Frankfort.
at is now exactly hundred years since a
poor Jew, called Mayer Anselm, made his
appearance at the city of Hanover, barefoot
ed, with a sack on his shoulders, and bum
die OF rags on his back. Successful In trade,
like most of his co-religionists, he returned
70 Frankfort at the end of few years, and
set up small shop in the jew Lane over
which hung the sign-board OF a red shield,
called in German, roth-schild. As dealer
in old and rare coins, he made the acquaint-
ance of the Serene Elector Of Hesse Cassel,
who, happening to be in want of confiden-
tial agent for various open and secret purpos-
es, appointed the shrewd- looking Mayer An
selm to the post, The Serene Elector, being
compelled soon after 10 lily his country, May
er Anselm took charge of his cash, amount
ing 10 several millions Of forins. With the
instinct of his race, Anselm did not forget to
put the money out on good interest, SO that
before Napoleon was gone TO Elba and the IL
lnstrious Elector had returned to Cassel the
capital had more than doubled. The ruler of
Hesse Cassel thought it almost a marvel to
get his money safely returned 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
Europe.-The dwellers under the sign OF the
Red Shield laughed In their sleeves, keeping
TO themselves the great tact that the electoral
two million lorins had brought them four
millions Of their own. Never was honesty
better policy.
"Mayer Anselm died in 1912. without hav-
ing the supreme satisfaction of having his ho-
nesty extolled by kings and princes He
left five sons, who succeeded him in the bank
ing and ney-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 a solemn oalh
from all OF them 10 hold his four millions well
together, ard they have faithfully kept the
injunction. But the old city of Frankfort
was clearly too narrow q realm for the fruit
ful sowing OF four millions; and, iu conse-
quenee' the five were determined to extend
thafr snhara 0f 0naraffnna hv aafahiishinU
branch banks at the chief cities Of Europe.
The eldest son, Anselm, born 17I3, remained
ut Frankfort; the second, Salomon, born in
l774, settled at Vienna; the third, Nathan,
boIn in 1777, went to London the fourth,
Charles, the enfdat terrible Of the family, es-
tablshed himselfin the soft climate Of Naples
and the fifth and youngest, James, born 1875,
took up his residence at Paris. Strictly unit
ed the wealth and power of the FIVE RothschiId
were vested in the eldest born; nevertheless,
the shrewdest ofthe sons of Mayer Anselm,
aud the heir of his genius, Nathan, the third
son, took the reins OF government into his
own hands. BY his faith in Wellington, and
the flesh and muscle OF British soldiers, he
nearly doubled the fortune of the family, gain
ing more than million sterling by the sole
battle OF Waterloo, the news Of which he car
ried TO England two days earlier than the
mail The weight Of the solid millions grad
ually transferred the ascendsncy in the family
from Germany to England, making London
the metropolis OF the reigning dynasty OF
Rothschilds. f
Like the royal families of Europe, the
members OF the house Of Rothschild only inter-
marry with each other James Rothschild
married the daughter Of his brother Salomon (;
his son Edmund, heir apparent to the French
line, was united TO his first cousin, the daugh-
ter of Lionel. and granddaughter OF Nathan
Rothschild; Lionel again-M. p. for London
gave bis hand in 1896, to his first cousin,
Charlotte, the daughter OF Charles Rothschild
of Naples. 1t is unnecessary to say that,
though these maNdmonial alliances have kept
the millions wonderfully together, they have
not improved the race Of old Mayer 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 meagre notices about the Rothschild con-
gress at Paris. FROM all that can be gathered
out Of wilderness of cdndrds thin faces and
thick fiction, 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 reigning kings, des-
cendants, according to the law of primogeni-
ture, OF the five sons of Mayer Ansem, came
10 the decision to reduce the number to four
by cutting of the Neapolitan branch of Charles
Rothschild, while it was likewise decided that
permission should be given to the younger
members of the family for the benefit of the
race. beyond the range of first cousinship.
What has led to the exclusion of the Nea-
politan line of Rothschild seems TO have beer
the constant exercise Of highly blameabl'
hberality, unheard of in the annals of the fam
lily. Charles, prodigal son OF Mayer Anselm
actually presented, in the year s46, ten thous
and ducats to the orphan asylum of st. Carlo
at Naples, and the son and heir Of Charles
Gustavus, has given repeated signs of his in
clination to follow in the footsteps OF his faith
er Such conduct, utterly unbecoming of th'
policy of the house of Rothschild, could not b
allowed 10 pass unnoticej; and, accordingl,
we quote the rumor OF Paris journalism
the dechednee Of the Neapolitan line has beei
pronounced. However, Baron Gustavus d.
Rothschid Is not to retire into private life, lik
famous Charles ", with only cossack on hi
back and prayer book in his hand, but is al
lowed to take with him small fortune of $50
100000 or about six millions sterliug-a mer
crumb from the table OF poor Mayer Ansen
who wandered shoeless through the electoral
of good King George the Third. II is certai
that no romance of royalty is equal to the 70
nance OF the house of Rothschild."
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