Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
THE ROTHSCHILDS.
BEGINNING OF THE FINANCIAL CA
 REER-OF A GREAT HOUSE.


 The Hessian Blood Money Was the Great
 Foundation of Their Fortune-How the
 Firm of the Five Brothers Was Consti>
 tuted-waterloo.
 The original name of Rothschild was Bauer The family adopted the name of Rothschild Red Shield) from the sign which the founder of the house kept over his dingy little shop in Frankfort-on- the Main, ill the odorlferous quarter called the Judengasse Jews street,, says Henry Clews in his "Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street." In this little shop, Mayer Anselm Rothschild, the founder of the house, discounted bills, changed money, examined the quality of coins, bought cheap and sold dear. "How do you get so rich, Mr. Roths- child?" said friend of old Anselm one day, as he leaned over his dusky little counter. The reply was: "I buys sheep and sells 'deer'" His knowledge of the quality of coins was marvellous He had the instinct of genius in detecting everything in the form of money or jewelry that was not genuine. At the age of F young Rothschild took rank with the best, oldest and ablest fnanciers of Frankfort.
 It is not generally known that Rothschilds first great start in financial life was given him by the use of the $40, 900 900 which was maid to the landgrave of Hesse, Frederic II, by George III of England, for F, 900 Hesslans to help whip George Washington and retain the American colonies This blood money was the original basis of the vast fortune or the Rothschilds. It was deposited with Meyer Anselm by William TX, the successor ot Frederic, whose example was followed by other great ones of the earth, and in a few oF Europe were flocking to Frankfort to nego- tiate loans with Rothschild on behalf of their mighty patrons.
 The S4O, ,OOO, 900, which was obtained on de- posit, remained with the house of Rothschlld nine years, and when Napoleon invaded Ger many in the interim, the money, together with other valuables, was hidden i'll wine casks in Rothschild's cellar, but the conqueror never thought of tapping the casks. After peace was proclaimed, and William, who had been obliged to seek safety in flight, returned home, old Rothschild was dead, but his son Anselm handed over to the prince every dol lar of the 100000, and tendered him an additional per cent. interest for the entlfa time of the deposit The prince made hlm present of the interest.
 The elder Rothschild had five sons, namely: Anselm, who succeeded his father in Frank fort; Solomon, of Vienna; Nathan Meyer, Of London: Charles, of Naples, and James, of Paris According to their fathers will, the five sons were to constitute but ono firm, ln which they were toenjoy equal profits and never divide the fortune. The business was to be managed at Frankfort as headquarters, to which great money center all the profits from the other moneyed capitals were to be raked in.
 All the annual settlements were made at Al Sf, year for a general conference. This system continues, and though the original five brothers have all passed over to the majority, the last of them, James, having died in Paris in 1S6S at the ripe age of 76; yet the repre- sentatives of the house in the large cities of Europe sustain the principles of union, har- mony and consolidation laid down by old Anselm Meyer Rothschild.
 The greatest specu?ator of the five brothers was Nathan Meyer Rothschild, the third son of the great old man. He made the grand hit of his life after the battle of Waterloo. He kept watching the movements of the op- posing armies on the continent, and followed Wellington very closely as he approached the famous field. It seems that the Iron Duke was not at all pleased with Nathan's atten- tion to him, as he took him for either a spy | or an assassin, and was on the point of having
 
 kept his purpose steadily in view, ill spite of the fact that bullets were whizzing around | his ears in showers. He sat on his horse on | the hill of Hougomont with perfect com posture, in the teeming rain, the whole after- | noon, looking upon that terrible struggle that was to decide the destiny of nations, until Butcher arrived and the French were put to rout. As soon as Nathan saw this he put spurs to his horse and made all possible haste to Brussels where carriage and swift horses were in waiting to carry him to l Ostend.
 At daylight the next morning he arrived on the Belgian coast, where he found it ex. ceedingly difficult to obtain a boat, the sea being very rongh. At length he obtained q boatman as courageous as himself, who un- 1 dertook the task for , 250Of., and landed him 1 at Dover ill the evening. He lost no time, but with relays of the swiftest horses pushed | forward to London, and was on the exchange next morning ready for business long before the opening of the market. This was the morning of tho goth, only day and two nights after the battle that decided the fate of nations, Nathan had performed 9 great feat He acted his role we'll. Like the great hero whose political history had just closed, Nathan was ''grand, gloomy and peculiar '' In the financial sense of the phrase. He was I from the continent. The great operators aocked around him, asking him. ''What is the news?" Nathan sighed heavily, and seemed reluctant to tell. Eventually this important piece of information was ex torted from him in strict confidence
 Butcher, at the head of his vast army of veterans, was defeated by Napoleon at tigny, oh the16th and 17th (of June), and there can be no hope for Wellington with bis comparatively small and undisciplined force.u This statement was substantially
 true-Blucher had been repulsed at LignF
 The duke had an awkward squad, with the
 exception of the English, the Irish and tho
 Scots Greys, to marshal in fighting order
 but he ''got there all the same." Nathan!
 secret point oozed out, and in less than ar
 hour after opening there was perfect panic
 on the London Stock Exchange.
 Nathan had his brokers at work, first sell
 hg 'short," and then, when the marke
 reached bedrock, buying on the ''long" side
 He bought everything that he could raise
 borrow or beg the money for-consols notes and bills When the news of Yelling , ton,s victory arrived Sforty eight hours afte Nathan had begun to manipulate the mar
 ket, and when he was "long" of everything