The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1864-01-16

born in l773, remained at Frankfort
the second, Salomon, born in l774
settled at Vienna; the third, Nathan.
born in TIT, went to London; the
fouth, Charles, the enfant terrible oi
the family, established himself in the
soft climate of Naples; and the fifth
and youngest son, James, born 1892,
took up his residence in Paris. Strict
ly united, the wealth aud power ot
the FIVE Rothschilds were vested in
the eldest born nevertheless the
shrewdest of the sons Of Mayer An,
selm, and the heir OF his genius, Ma
than, the third son, took the reigns
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, gaining more than a million
sterling by the sole battle Of Water,
. loo, the news of which he carried tc
England two days earlier than the
mail. The weight of the solid mil
lions gradually transferred, the as
cendancy in hefamily from Germany
to Eugland, making London the
metropolis of the reigning dynasty ol
Rothschild.
c: Like theroyal families of Europe
the members of the house Of Roths,
child only intermarry with each OF
her. James Rothschild married the
daughter Of his brother Solomon;
his son Edmund, heir apparent to
the French line, was united to his
first cousin, the daughter Of Lionel
and granddaughter of Nathan Rots-
child and Lionel again--M. P. for
London-gave his hand in 1886, to
his first cousin, Charlotte, the dangh-
ter of Charles Rotschild of Naples.
1t is unnecessary to say that, though
these matrimonial alliances have kept
the millions wonderfully together,
they have not improved the race Of
old Mayer Auslem 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 congress at Paris
From all that can be gathered out of
wilderness of canards, thin faces,
and thick fiction, it appear that the
soverigns 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 rel gn-
ing kings defendants, according to
the law of primogeniture, Of the five
sons of Mayer Auslem, came to the
decision to reduce the unmber to four
by cutting off the Neapoltan branch
of Charles Rothschild, while it was
likewise decided that permission
should be given to the younger mem
bers of the ia milly to marry for the
benefit of the race, beyond the range
of first cousinship.
1" What has led to the exclusion
of the Neapolitau line Of Rotheschild
seems to have been the constant ex-
erciseofa highly blameable liberalit Y
unheard of in the annals of the fami-
ly. Charles, prodigal son of Myer
Anselm, actually presented, in the
year 1S46, ten thousand ducats to
the orphan asylum of St. Carlo, at
Naples and the son and heir of Charles
Gustavus, has given repeated signs
j of his inclination to follow in the foot
steps of his father. Such conduct,
utterly unbecoming Of the policy ot
the house Of Rothschild, could no,
be allowed to pass uunoticed; and,
according ly-we quote the rumor OF
Paris journalism-the decheonce ot
the Neapolitau line has been pro-
nounced. However, Baron Gustavus
de Rothschild is not to retire into pri,
vate life like famous Charles V. , with
only a cossack on his back and a
prayer book in his hand, but is allow.
ed to take with him a small fortune
of $50, 900, 900, or about six millions
sterling-a mere crumb from the
table of the descendants Of poor May,
er Anselm, who wandered shoeless
through the electorate of good King
George the Third. Itis certain that
no romance of royalty is equal to the
romance of the house of Rothschild.