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
ancc at the city of Hanover barc-tootcd,
with pack on his shoulders and a bundle
OF rags on his back. Successful in trade
he returned to Frankfort ut the end of a few.
years, and set up small shop in the Jew
lane, over which he hung the sign-boarl
OF Il red shield. called in German n roth
Schikd.
AS dealer in old and rare coins. he made
the acquaintance of the Serene Elector of
l1eSSe Casscl, who, happening to be in want
oil confidential agent for various open and
secret purposes, appointed the shrewd.look-
ing Mayer Anselm TO the post,
The Serene Elector 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 ilustrious Elector
had returned to Cassell, the capi,al had
more than doubled.
The ruler Of Hcsse C;ssel 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 dwcllcrs under the sign of the Red
Shield laughed in their sleeves, keeping
carefully to themselves the great fact that
the electoral two millions of ilorins had
brought them four millions of their own.
Never WAS honesty IL better policy.
Mayer Anscim died 1872, 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 money-lcnding business, and
who, conscious of their social value. dror-
ped the name of Anselm, and adopted the
Understanding one Of Rothschili 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 realm for the fruitful sowing
of four millions; and, in consequence. the
five were determined, after awhile, to en-
tend their sphere of operations by estab-
fishing branch banks ut the chief cities of
Europe.
The eldest son, Ansclm, born in 1913. re-
manned ut Frank fort: the second Solomon.
u,
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 RothschiIds were vcst> d in the cid
est born; nevertheless, the silrcwdcst of the
sons of Mayer Anselm. and the heir of his
genius, Nathan. the third son, took the reins
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 IL 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 rcignins dynasty Of
Rolhschild. - Miiad4phiu SATURDAY. Niqhi.