The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-05
The Rothsch1lds OF Rome.

The Rothschilds OF Rome.
A correspondent of the London DAILY Neaps
writing from Rome, says: .t4f-,. ,sts
.eWho, whether he has set foot in the Eternal
Rothschilds Of Rome? In the course Of last anna.
mer, when the monetary crisis here was at its
heaght, Don Alessandro Torlonia- the acting head
writing letter to the Pope, in which he offered to
buy up the unoonvertible government paper, and
substitute 3 metal currency in its place, provided
with Cardinal Antonelli's brother at their head,
were sent about their business, and the direction
confided to himself At that time it was quite i'm
price, for the simple reason that there was no coin
In the bank Even now, when things have I'M
proved somewhat, tits with the utmost difficulty
shops in the Gorso, AID there is not hotelkeeper
or tradesman IN Rome who would even look at a
1vescud note il you were suffc ciently ignorant Of
IN mt the q getting Change @
the small pisces Of silver, which you obtain with
no little difficulty, many are SO worn and thin that
silver and paper and have long since lost all trace
Of any image or superscription whatever. . +. " :.
so rolling II. wealth Is Don Alesaandro Tor
untold, and only this much is known for certain,
that everything IN Rome worth having, except the
Pope and St. Peters, already belongs 70 him. No
should be lool ed upon as q hardly less dangerous
character than Victor Emmanuel himself, and that
the insulting offer which he made last summer to
bay up the Holy Father and add him to his pos
sessions, ahould have been decidedly reiecte d
though ithad not, entailed the removal of an An
toneII from q lucrative place. On his first appear
ance in public after making the aforementioned
PATRIOTIC offer. Do n Alessandro received such aan
ovation as shas not been Witnessed in Rome sinoe
those Of which Plus TX. was himself the object,
when he gave the FIRST impulse to the italian Revo-
luton in 1886. This Don Alessandro is the same
Torlonia who risked his whole fortune on the gi-
gantc enterprise OF draining the E1cine Lake, the
issue OF which uggle with nature was SO long
doubtfnl that it became q common Saying In Rome,
% Torlonia secca i lago Fueino, Q i lago Fucino
Fucine Lake. or the .FuGine win drain porlonia J
In the end however Torlonia got the better Of the
lake, and redeemed about one hundred Thousand
acres of land for cultivation. Over what was few
years ago a. barren waste Of waters, fourishing
crops may now be seen waving every harvest time,
and with LAST years produce Don Alessandro had
a scheme Of feeding the now almost starving Ro-
man people by selling them bread of his own bak-
ing at reduced rate. Such, OF least, was the ac-
count OF the story given me by patriotic: and
exceedingly liberal Roman, who made q severe
case against the government out Of the sudden
atoppage ofTozlonies extensive bread-making-by-
machinery works, which ,threW some .tFo hundred
wormen ont Of employment just q forhig ightsago
am bound, however, to add that or proceeding to
the spot and making inquiries / learned quite a
different version Of the affair, entirely eScu patng
the government from any direct interference in the
matter. Oply this much is certain that @lie works
are stopped, Rnd that the Roman peoples stand
little chance at present Of getting their bread at
reduced rate" .s5s; e. rt@H@- :s; :