Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-29
a,saufort County gepablieats
THuRsDAY eEBRUARYI2s, 1872.
TIE RoTHscHILDs.

Money. making WAS the one pursuit and
sole enjoyment Of Nathan Rothschiid's
lie. When Louis Spohr, the great Ger
man musician, called on him in the sum
mer Of 1920. with letter Of introduction
from his brother Amschel, Of Frankfort,
he said to him, ! understand nothing OF
music. This s"-patting his pocket, and
rafting the loose coins therein" this is
my music, which we u d rstand on
Change" 1t was in the scramblings and
6ghtings. the plots and tricks OF money
making, not at all In the s. ending, and
not much in the boarding OF it, that his
soul delighted.
"Ihope," said dinner companion on
one occasion. hore that your children
nre no; too fond OF money and business, 10
the exclusion Of more important things.
am sure you would not wish that" Il
am sure uouId wish that" replied Ma
than; al wish them to give uP mind and
BODY, heart and soul, to business. Thisis
the way to be happy. 1t requires a deal
Of caution to make a good fortune, and,
when you have got It, it itrequires ten times
rs much wit to keep it. Hence. when two
eminent c'crgymen, who took warm m
terest in the Jews. called upon him with
q view TO induce him to aid in the restor-
alton 50 Palestine. as his great wealth. it
was thought, might influence the Sultan,
Nathan declined, uron the a'lpotent plea
that London was his Palestine. and that
he could not further such an object in any
way"
On another occasion German prince
visiting London brought letters OF credit
70 the house Of Rothschild. He was shown
into the private room of the famous count
ing house in st. Swithin's Lane, where
Nathan sat absorbed with heap OF pa
pers before him. The name being an
nounced, Rothschild noldel. offered his
visitor a chair. and went OIL with the work
before him. For this treatment the prince.
who expected that everything shoa Id give
way to one of his rank and dignity, was
not prepared Standing minute or two.
he exclaimed. "Did you not hear. sir, who
lam? am"-repeating his titles at
fulllengths. "Oh. very we'll exc; lined
Nathan. with sly humor, "take two chairs.
then"
At another time two strangers were ad-
ritted into the same private room. They
were tall forei gners, with bearls and
9noustaches, such as were unknown in the
City before the beard mania set in so
powerfully as it has done of late and
Nathan was frightened at their appear
ance. He put his own Interpretation upon
the excited movements with which they
fumbled about in their pockets; and, be-
fore the expected pistols could be pro-
duCed. he had thrown a great ledger in
the direction Of their heads, and brought
In bevy of clerks by his loud cries of
Murder The stran rers were pinioned,
and after long qucstionings and explana-
iions, it appeared that they were wealthy
bankers from the Continent. who. nervous
In presence Of banker so much more
wealthy than themselves, had found some
difficulty in producing the letters Of intro,
duction with which they were armed
A terrible anecdote of another sort is
, corded of Nathan's son during his cleo
on as one G" the Members for the City. We
all re ollect the persistent way in which
the electors returned him to Parliament
for years before the Legislature threw
open its doors to the long-despised Jew.
At his first election, when on the hustings,
he boasted that he stood there as the free
choice of the people. So stood Barab.
bas! deliberately exclaimed deep stern
voice from the crowd-a sarcasm which.
for its cruel vindictiyeness perhaps stands
without parallel.
The same intense spirit ofmoney making
appears to have been equally the mania
OF all the Rothschids OF James, the
youngest son of Meyer. and head of the
Paris house, who once entertained Napol-
con III. in such an imperial manner at his
Chateau Ferriero, and died in 1868, leav-
ing. according to public rnmor, the collos-
sal fortune Of 44,SO0,05V., it is related, as
a proof of the strength of the ruling pas
sion within him, that foreseeing his death
would cause a great fall in the shares OF
the Lombard Conn any, of which he was
the president and chief support. he spec
q u'ated largely for the fall just before he
died; by which means the immense prof
its accruing therefrom went to the benefit
Of his heirs.