The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-14
The Career OF the Great ROthschiId, of
London, as Narrated by Himself.

Ertract Of a Letter from Sir Thomas POl0eH Burton
to Miss BUXTON.
DEvoNsHIRE STREET, Feb. a. 1S34.-We yes
terday dined at Ham House, to meet the Roths
childs, and very amusing 1t was. He (Roths-
childs) told us his lite and adventures. He was
the third son of the banker of Frankfort.
'There was not" he said, Groom enough for us
all in the city. / dealt in English goods. One
great trader came there who had the market to
himself; he was quite the great man, and did us
a favor If he sold us goods. Somehow ] Of
terms. This was on Tuesday. / said to my
father, 4 will go to England / could speak
nothing but German. On Thursday started.
The nearer | got 10 England the cheaper goods
were.
AS soon as got TO Manchester laid out all
my money, things were SO cheap, and made
good profit. / soon found that there were three
pIo6ts-On the raw material, the dyetng, and
the manufacturing. l said to the manufacturer,
81 will supply you with material and dye, and
you supply me with manufactured goods So
got three profits instead OF one, and could sell
goods cheaper than anybody. IN short time
made my f20,O00 into 100000. My success all
turned on one maxim. said can do what
another man can, and so am a match for the
man with the patterns, and all the rest of them
Another advantage l had: l was an of hand
man; made bargain at once. When / was
settled in London, the East India Company had
$500, 900 of gold to sell. went to the sale and
bouehtitaI all. knew the Duke Of Wellington must
have it for the pay of his army In the Peninsula;
had bought great many of his bills at dis
count. The Govern nent sent for me and said
they must have it. When they got 1t they did
not know how TO get 1t TO Portugal under
took all that, and sent IL through France, and
that was the best business ever did. Another
maxim on which he seemed to place great reli-
ance was never TO have anything TO do with an
unlucky place or an unlucky man. 81 have
SEEM" said he, "many clever men, very clever
men, who had not shoes to their feet! l never
act with them. Their advice sounds very we'll,
but fate is against them; they cannot get on
Themselves: and III they cannot do p6Od to
themselves, how can they do good to mep By
and Of these maxims he has acquired three mil.
lions OF money.
not too fond of money and business, to the eX-
elusion OF more important things. am sure
you would not wish tbatn Rothschild:-'1 AN
sure should wish that. wish them to give
mind and soul, and heart and body, aud every
thing 10 business. This is the way to be happy.
1t requires a great deal of caution to make
large fortune, and when you have got 1t, II re-
quires ten times as much wit to keep 1t. III
were to listen to all the projects proposed to me
I should ruin myself very soon. Stick to one
business, young mau," said he to Edward {;
''stick TO your brewery, and you may be the
great brewer of London. Be brewer, and
banker, and q merchant, and manufacturer,
and you will soon be in the Gazette One of my
neighbors is very empered man; he tries
to vex me, and has built great large place for
swine close to my walk. So when go out
hear first, grunt, Rruut, squeak, squeak; Dut
this does me no harm. ] am always 10 good
humor. Sometimes, TO amuse myself give
beggar guinea. He thinks il is mistake, and
for fear should find 1t out, of he rurs as hard
as he can. advise you 70 give Oeggar
guinea sometimes; 1t is very amusing"
The daughters are very pleasing. The second
son is mighty hunter, and the father lets him
buy any horses he likes. He lately applied 70
horse. The Emperor sent him magnificent
one, but he died as he landed In England. The
poor youth said, very tseInglE "that VA we