Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-21

LARGEST CITY MkllLATl0N:
Ths career OF the Great Rothsohild. Of
London. as Narrated by himself.
Extract Of letter by Sir Thomas Powell Bux-
ton TO Miss Buxlon.l ~.
DryossIuRr ST., February ID, 1884
We Yesterday dined At Ham House TO
meet Inc Rothschilds, and very amusing
Il was. He (Rothschild) told US bic life
and adventures. He was the third son
of the banker at Frankfort. There was
NOT" he said, room enough for us all
in the city. dealt in English goods.
One great trader came there, who had
the market all to himself; he was quite
the great man. and did us favor II be
sold ne Goods. Somehow offended him,
and he refused to show us his patterns.
This was on Tuesday. ] said to my
father. II will go to England / could
speak nothing but German: On Thurs
day / started. The nearer got to Eng
land, the cheaper goods were.
"As soon as got to Manchester laid
out all my money, things were so cheap
and made good profit i soou found that
there were three profts--on the raw ma
terial. the dyeing and the manufacturing.
l eaid to the manufacturer will sup
ply you with raw material and dye, and
YOU supplying with manufacturing goods.
So hot three profits instead Of one, ana
/ could sell goods cheaper than anybody.
In short time | made my EGO, 900 into
100000. My success oil turned on one
maxim. / said 1 can do what another
man can, and so / am match for the
man with the patterns, and all the rest
of,theml Another advantage had; l
was an oA-hani man; ! made bargain
at once. When | was settled in Lendon.
the East India Company had $500, 600 OF
gold 10 sell. | went to the sale and
bought il all. knew the Duke Of Well
lipqton must have it for the pay of his
army in the Peninsula had bought a
great many of his bills at discount.
The Government sent for me and said
they must haveit. When they gotds they
did not know how to get it to Portugal.
/ undertook allthat, and l sent it through
France, and.that was the best business L
ever did" Another maxim on which he
seemed to placegreat reliance was never
to have anything TO do with an unlucky
place. or an unlucky man. :" have
seem" taid he, many clever men, very
clever men, who had not shoes to their
feet never act with them. Their ad-
vice sounds very well, but fate is against
them; they can not get on themselves;
and il they cannot do good to themselves,
how can they,do good to me2" By aid Of
these maxims he has acquired three mil
lions of money.
"I hope,'' said -, that your child
rem are not too fond of money and BUSH
ness to the exclusion of more important |
things. / am sure you would not wish |
that2"
Rothschild-" am sure / should win
that. wish them to give mind and
soul and every thing to business. This
is the way to be happy. 1t requires a
great deal of caution TO make. large
fortune, and when you have get il, it re-
quires ten times as much wit to keep Il.
II I were to listen to all the projects pro-
posed to me / should ruir, myself very
soon. Stick to business, young man."
said he to Edward; stick to your
brewery, and you may be. the great
brewer Of London. Be a brewer, and q
banker, and a manufacturer. and. you
will soon be in the Gazette. One of my
neighAors is very ill-natured man; he
tries to svex me-, and he's bull. o large issTTEe
place for swine close to my walk, so
when go out / hear first, grunt, grunt,
squeak, squeak; but this does me mo
harm. am always in good humor.
Sometimes, to smuse myself, / give a
sbeggar guinea. He thinks it a'mistake,
and, for fear l should find it out, off he
runs as hard as he car. / advise you to
give beegar ? guinea sometimes; it is
very amusing.
The daughters are very pleasing. The
second sor. is mighty hunter, and the
father les him buy any horses he likes.
He lately applied to the Emperor Of
Morocco for first rate Arab horse. The
Emperor sent him magnificent one,
hut he died, as he landed 10 England.
The poor youth said, very foelingly,
pthat was the greatest misfortn1szhe had
ever suffered And / felt STRONG sym
natby for him I forgot to ssy that as
soon as Mr.. Rothscbild came here Bona
parte came here. "The Prince of Hesse
Cassel," said Rothschild, gave my
father his money there was no time to
he lost: he sent it TO me had f600,-
600 to arrive Unexpectedly by the post,
and put it 70 such good use that the
Prince made me present of ell my
wines and linen"