Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-06-16
The House of Rothschild.

More than hundred years since. Il Door
Jew, called Mayer -Anselm, made his appear
lnce at the city of Hanover. barc-footcd
with pack on his shoulders and IA bundle
OF rags on his back. Successful in trade,
nc returned to Frankfort ut the end of a few.
years, and set up Il small shop in the Jew
lane, over which he hung the sign-board
OF red shield. called in German q roth
| SchHd
AS II dealer in old und rare coins, he made
the acquaintance Of the Serene Elector of
HesSc Chsscl, who, happening to be in want
OF II confidential agent Tor various open and
secret purposes, appointed the shrcwd.look-
ing Mayer Anselm to the post.
Inc serene Elcctor being compelled soon
after to fly his country, Mayer Anselm took
charge of his cash, amounting to several
millions of tlorins With the instinct of his
race, Ansclm did not forget to put the money
out on good interest, so that before Napoleon
had gone to Elba, and the illllstrious Elcctor
had returned to Cassell, the capital had
more than doubled.
The ruler Of Hesse Casscl thought it al
most marvel to get his money safely re-
turned, and at the Congress of Vienna was
never tired of singing the praise of his agent
| TO all the princes of Europe.
The dwclCrS under the sign of the Red
Shield laughed in their sleeves, keeping
carefully to themselves the great fact that
the electoral two millions of iiorins had
brought them four millions of their own.
Never was honesty Il better policy
Mayer Ansem died 1912, without having
the supreme satisfaction of having his hon
esly eXtolled by kings and princess. He
| left five SONS, who succeeded him in the
banking and moneylcndiny business. and
who, conscious of their social value. drop
ped the name of Anselm, and adopted the
igher-sounding one of Rothschild. taken
from the sign board over the parental
house.
On his death bed, their father had taken
Il solemn oath from all of them to hold his
four millions well together and they have
faithfully kept the Injunction
But the old city of Frankfort was clearly
too narrow n realm for the fruitful sowing
of four millions; and, in consequence, the
five were determined, after awhile, to ex-
tend their sphere of operations by cstab-
fishing branch banks ut the chief cities of
Europe.
The eldest son. Anselm, born in 1878. re-
manned at Frankfort; the second, Solomon.
born.in l77+, settled ut Vienna the third,
Nathan. born in Hi, went to London: the
fourth, Charles, established himself in the
soft climate of Naples; and the fifth and
youngest, james, born in 1892. took up his
residence at Paris.
Strictly united, the wealth and power of
the five Rothschildc were vest; d in the eld-
est born nevertheless. the snrewGest of the
sons of Mayer Alselm. and the heir of his
genius, Nathan. the third son, took the rcins
of government into his own hands
BY his faith in Wellington, and the flesh
and muscle of British soldiers, he nearly
doubled the fortune Of the family, gaining
more than million sterling by the sole bat
tie of Waterloo, the news Of WHICH he carri-
ed to England two days earlier than the
mail.
The weight of the solid millions gradually
transferred the asccndancy in the family
from Germany to England, making London
the metropolis of the reignins dynasty of
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