The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-16
THE HOUSE OF RoTHsCHIID.

and dirty street in the Juden. Case, or whnt
| might be called the elums Of the town, and
| being assured that there dWelt the mother Of
| the Rothechild race, and thai no one dare to
| cleanse either the house OF the adjoining syn
agogae from It's prmeyal filth as long. as the
ofd fady lived, 80 welded was she. like the
rest of her tribe, to .he ancient customs and
antiousriar dirt. II the middle of the last
\ century that ldenticsl house bore the Sign of
q broad shield, will the Inscription Of Zum
Rolhen schild, "T1e Red Buckler," where
dwelt poor Jew named Moses Amschel,
wealth, was born there in 1743.1 The father
had gradually, as 30 frequently done in
Scotland; fssu med The name from the Sign
post which his house bore. Thus Noses Am
schel Won Rothen sehild, or Moses OF the
| Red Shield like mlle host of the Red Lion,
| 80 common in English provincial towns, be.
| Games Moses Roth's child, and hence. by O.
the underworld name Of Rothschild. "
Meyer began life as an errandboy to bis
very Door father, who wished to make his son
| rabbi, as the ambitious cotter of Ireland
| hopes to see one of bis kin Maynooth priest.
It was, however, ordered otherwise, and
Meyers first step In lie was passing from the
situation of errandboy in hls paternal home
to that of a small clerk In the house of Open.
helm, the banker of Hlnover. And the cause
of his great rise may be traced as follows: In
the year 1901 the Hanoverisn General Won
Estorf, q personal fhend of William TX. Land
grave of Hesse-Casssl, was consulted by the
latter respe cling suitable person for the sit-
uatlon OF banker to the court. Won Estorfr
had observed Meyer Rothschild as the clever.
est clerk of Openheiu's house. and proposed
O Introduce him to the l8ndgraVe as one OF
the best fnanciers he had ever met. On
being summoned to the palace one afternoon,
Rothschlld found William and Won Estorf en-
of latter aUI6QntlV
the best of 1t. The Jew stood long time
waiting patiently behind the landgrave's
chair without g. word having been spoken by
any one, until at length William, turning
abruptly to Rothschild. said, "Do you know
anything of this game!"
"a little; and II your highness will give me
leave to suggest certain moves, think you
would win the game"
"Out with 1t, thep,. replied the landgrave.
And, by following the clerks advice, William
won the game, which 20 pleased him that he
at once promoted Roshschlld to the Office of
court banker. Five years later, when William
had to fly from the tyranny Of Bo1aparte,
which then evershadoHed Germany, I'm strik-
ing contrast to the marvels of Sedan and Metz
ln the year 1907 he intrusted hls wealth,
which was very great to the care of the dill
gent banker; and thu landgrave's confidence
In him was such that he would take 20 note
or acknowledgment from Rothschild OF the
large sums intrusted to his care. The hank
er, with commendable foresight concealed
wine which were standing In his cellar,
and thus preserved the money from the
rapaclous hands Of the French soldiery,
who, like their successors, the Prttsslane,
when invading France, were noted tor their
inability to distinguish between n1e,tn and the
tuuna, when Bonaparte took possession OF
Frankfort RothschIld's first great financial
a,ooouo xpoa .att tfha commencement of the
Spanish contest In 1908, when bis bank was
the only firm Whioh could efficiently assist the
English Government in finding means for
carrying on the war. With Williams sanction,
Rothschild's wine caHks were made TO dis
gorge their gold, aud thus food for firing the
of men being 'siood for powder" was found.
Meyer Rotbschild died In 1872, leaving by will
the sum of 100000 sterling to found refuge
for poor Jews OF Frankfort, and FIVE sons, viz:
Amschel, OF Frankfort; Solomon, Of Vienna;
Nathan, of London; Charles, of Naples, and
James, of Paris, as the respective heads OF
great financial firms In those cities to carry on
the work which their father had 30 successful
ills related that when Charles Rothschild,
of Naples, speaking of bis own children to his
elder brother, called them 1.-THE young bsr-
ons,n Amschel retorted, sharply. "Pshaw
make them men Of business. The title OF bar
on won't gain them kreuzer." It was by
carrying out this principle to the fullest ex-
tent that the Rothschild family may trace the
origin Of their colossal fortune. An anecdote
is recorded of Nathan Rothschlld which will
show the perlls attached 10 the possession oil
such enormous wealth. On the occasion Of his
giving grand banquet to number OF distin-
gushed men, one or bis guests, observing the
lavish display of wealth with which his table
was groanlDg, made use of very natural e1-
,o,o,sIop y1bop ovn1nfntn0. hWhat hanDV
man, baron, you must be ~ "Happy man, did
You say p replied Rothschlld. "How is IL pos
sIble for any one to be happy on receiving
such mlssive as this just before sitting down
to dinner!" And taking from his pocket a
letter, he showed his astonished guest Its con.
tents, which contained the modest request OF
loan OF $500, with the addition, "lf you don't
send 1t at once I'll blow your brains out !"
Money-makIng was the one pursuit and sole
enioyment of Nathan's life When Louis
Spotr, the great German musician, called on
! MIN In the summer of 1920 with a letter Of In
PRODUCTION from bis brother Amschel, of
Frankfort, he said to him, ~ understand
nothing OF music. This" s"-patting his pocket,
and rafting the loose coins thereln-.'this is
my music, which we understand on Change" "
It was In the scramblings and 1ghtngs, and
| plots and tricks Of money-making, not at all
| In the spending, and not much In the hoard
| ing of 1t, that Ills soul delighted. II hope,"'
said dinner companion on one occaeion, i
hope that your children are not too fond OF
money and business 10 the exclusion Of more
important things. am sure you would not
wish that.n ~ am sure I would wish that" J"
replied Nathan; ~ wish them to give up
mind and body, heart and soul to business.
This is the way to be happy. 1t requires q
deal of caution to make great fortune, and
when you have got II, 1t requires ten times
as much wit to keep It." Hence when two
eminent clergymen, who took warm Interest
In the Jews, called upon him with view 10
induce him to aid In their restoration 10 Pales.
tine. as bis great wealth, 1t was thought, might
influence the Sultan, Nathan declined, upon
the all potent plea that "LoHdon was his Pal
eatine and that he could not further such az
object in any way" At another time two
strangers were admitted into the private room
OF the famous counting. house OF st. SWithin't
lane They were tall foreigners, with boards
and mustaches, such as were unknown In The
| city before the beard mania set iii 81 power
fully as it has done Of late; and Nathan wat
frightened at their appearance. He put hi:
nvn Interpretation upon their excited move
menta umn With which they fumbled about IL
their L' pockets; and before the expected pistols
conId be produced he had thrown grea
ledger In the direction of their heads, ant
broSght in bevy of clerks by his loud erie!
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