STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE SEVERAL BANKS OF OHIO-CONTINUED.

$43,575 09

$14,000 00

Total resources. $255,133 46

Total...

9,168,025 48 2,496,978 89 942,246 30 821,043 60 15,116,678 47

Total........... 670,650 00 1,036,156 00 1,074,817 36 1,054,069 97 4,226,736 91

The capital stock of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company is $2,000,000, which is loaned on real estate. The capital of $611,226, on which it is doing business as a bank, consists of loans made to the company, on which it is paying interest.

DUFRENOY'S ANALYSIS OF CALIFORNIA GOLD.

A late number of the London Inventor's Magazine of the 15th inst., contains the following account of an analysis of the golden spangles or sands of California, by M. Dufrenoy, read before the Paris Academy.

M. Dufrenoy read an interesting communication on the results he had obtained from a careful comparative investigation of the golden sands of California, New Granada and the Ural.

The French Consul at Monterey having forwarded to the Minister for Foreign Affairs a collection of specimens of the gold of California, a portion of these specimens were sent to the "Ecole des Mines," and these I had an opportunity of examining. They are composed,

1. Of two specimens of auriferous earth, collected at the surface of the soil, on two points of the Valley of the Sacramento.

2. Of auriferous sand, resulting from careful washings of the preceding earths, and in which spangles of gold were observed.

3. Pebbles of quartz and fragments of rock collected in the alluvium of which this valley is composed.

4. Two fragments of gold; and,

5. Spangles of gold brought from three different points of the Sacramento, namely: from the American River, near its confluence with the Sacramento; from the same river, at about 30 miles from its mouth; and from the Pen River, a distance of about 40 to 50 miles eastward of the former. These three points included nearly a fifth part of the Valley of the Sacramento, which takes its rise in the Sierra Nevada (Snowy Mountains,) and empties itself into the ocean at the port of San Francisco. Its course is nearly, from east to west, about 210 to 220 miles in length.

The spangles of California gold are much larger than those which come from the washings of the Ural or those of Brazil. They also differ in their reddish color, which causes them to be distinguished at first sight. Their composition, according to the analysis made by M. Rivot, is

The soils of the Sacramento Valley are light; to the touch they appear soft enough, but on rubbing, a few particles of a hard substance are felt. Their color is light brown; the microscope shows them to be almost entirely silicious; the little fragments of which they are composed are angular and transparent; they easily agglome rate together; resemble, in their color and transparency, a saline mass; by the naked eye nothing but distinct grains are distinguished. The piece of gold sent to the "Ecole des Mines," weighs 47.9414 grammes (nearly 14 ounce ;) it is of a somewhat red color; its composition is otherwise very analogous to that of the gold spangles.

This piece of gold adheres to some white quartz, the surface of which is worn like a pebble; it must for a long time have been subject to considerable friction; nevertheless it has preserved its general form, which is that of a thick vein, flat and irregular. The form of this piece, and the presence of quartz, reveals to us the fact, that in the primitive beds, gold forms small veins, with a quartoze gangue.

The schistose fragments which exist in the Valley of the Sacramento, give reason to think that the mountains which contain auriferous veins consist rather of micaceous schist than of granite, properly so called. This conclusion agrees also with the examination of washed auriferous sands.

NATURE OF THE AURIFEROUS SANDS OF CALIFORNIA.

The general tint of these sands is black. We perceive, at first sight, that the oxydulous iron predominates, and that it is that mineral which causes the color. I therefore commenced by separating the oxydulous iron by means of the magnet; three grammes produced 1-79 of iron, or 59-82 per cent. Notwithstanding the separation of this large proportion of oxydulous iron, the sands still retained their dark color; they were very rich in gold, and we remarked more distinctly numerous spangles.

Examined by the microscope, the sands remaining after the separation of the iron, contained some octahedrous crystals-some with mirror-like facits, and but little altered; the others rounded, but still brilliant. These crystals, by their form, and the color of their dust, appear to belong to titaniferous oxydulous iron; they are mixed with flattened crystals, which their hexahedrous projection, and their red dust, cause to be considered as olegist iron. Lastly, among the black grains, we observed dull, irregular, and soft fragments, which have all the character of manganese.

The titaniferous oxydulous iron, predominates considerably in the second portion of the sand, while the manganese, on the contrary, appears but rarely. This second species of oxydulous iron may be clearly distinguished from the oxydulous iron separated by the magnet; this, which is in dull fragments, is of a rusty color in certain parts.

Mixed with the titaniferous oxydulous iron, we find in the second portion of the sands of California many crystals of white zircon, terminal at their two extremities, the shapes of which are all defined. These are

1. Square prisms, surmounted by an octahedron with a square base, placed on the angles.

2. This same prism, presenting fecits beyond the octahedral pointing, resulting from the intersection of the edges, common to the octahedron and the prism.

3. Prisms with eight faces, formed by two square prisms.

These crystals are, for the most part, short. Their perfect transparency, and total absence of color, cause them at first to be taken for quartz; but where the number of their facits is counted (which may easily be done with most of them,) we can no longer doubt that they belong to a prism having a square base. Notwithstanding the smallness of their dimensions, the perfect form of these crystals is such, that we can measure the incidence of many of their faces.

THE SEVEN SHILLING PIECE.

It was during the panic of 1826, that a gentleman whom we shall call Mr. Thomp ̄ son, was seated with something of a melancholy look in his dreary back-room, watching his clerks pay away thousands of pounds hourly. Thompson was a banker of excellent credit: there existed perhaps, in the city of London no safer concern than that of Messrs. Thompson & Co.; but at a moment such as I speak of, no rational reflection was admitted, no former stability was looked to; a general distrust was felt, and every one rushed to his banker's to withdraw his hoard, fearing that the next instant would be too late, forgetting entirely that this step was that of all others most likely to insure the ruin he sought to avoid.

But to return. The wealthy citizen sat gloomily watching the outpouring of his gold, and with a grim smile listening to the clamorous demands on his cashier; for although he felt perfectly easy and secure as to the ultimate strength of his resources, yet he could not suppress a feeling of bitterness as he saw constituent after consituent rush in. and those whom he fondly imagined to be his dearest friends eagerly assisting in the run upon his strong box.

Presently the door opened, and a stranger was ushered in, who, after gazing for a moment at the bewildered banker, coolly drew a chair, and abruptly addressed him

"You will pardon me, sir, for asking a strange question, but I am a plain man, and like to come straight to the point."

Is it true?"

Really, sir, I must decline replying to your most extraordinary query. If, how ever, you have any money in the bank, you had better at once draw it out, and so satisfy yourself; our cashier will instantly pay you;" and the banker rose, as a hint to the stranger to withdraw.

"Far from it sir: I have not one sixpence in your hand."

66 Then may I ask what is your business here?"

'I wish to know if a small sum would aid you at this moment?”

Why do you ask the question?"

"Because if it would, I would gladly pay in a small deposit.

The money dealer started.

"You seem surprised; you don't know my person or my motive. I'll at once explain. Do you recollect some twenty years ago when you resided in Essex?

"Perfectly."

“Well, then, sir, perhaps you have not forgotten the turnpike gate through which you passed daily? My father kept that gate, and was often honored by a few minutes talk with you. One Christmas morning my father was sick, and I attended the toll bar. On that day you passed through, and I opened the gate for you. Do you

recollect it, sir?"

"Not I, my friend.

No, sir; few such men remember their kind deeds, but those who are benefitted by them, seldom forget them. I am perhaps prolix: listen, however, only a few moments and I have done.

The banker began to feel interested, and at once assented.

"Well, sir, as I said before, I threw open the gate for you, as I considered myself in duty bound, I wished you a happy Christmas. Thank you my lad, replied you-thank you; and the same to you, here is a trifle to make it so; and you threw me a seven shilling piece. It was the first money I ever possessed, and never shall I forget my joy at receiving it, nor your kind smile in bestowing it. I long treasured it, and as I grew up added a little to it, till I was able to rent a toll myself. You left that part of the country, and I lost sight of you. Yearly, however, I have been getting on; your present brought good fortune with it; I am now comparatively rich, and to you I consider that I owe all. So this morning, hearing accidently that there was a run on your bank, I collected all my capital, and brought it to lodge with you, in case it can be of any use; here it is;" and he handed a bundle of bank notes to the agitated Thompson. In a few days I'll call again; and snatching up his hat, the stranger, throwing down his card, walked out of the room.

Thompson undid the roll; it contained thirty thousand pounds! The stern hearted banker for all bankers must be stern-burst into tears. The firm did not require this prop; but the motive was so noble, that even a millionare sobbed-he could not help it. The firm is still one of the first in London.

The £30,000 of the turnpike boy is now grown into some £200,000. Fortune has well disposed of her gifts.

FINANCES OF AUSTRIA.

The last financial statement of the Austrian Government shows an expenditure of 15,000,000,000 florins, against an income of 7,000,000 florins. The money expended in the first half-year of 1848, (November to April,) amounted to 91,000,000, the income being 45,000,000, leaving a deficit of 46,000,000. The financial statement of the Austrian Bank for the month of August shows a decrease of silver money to the amount of 258,821 florins, aud an increased issue of notes to the amount of 1,351,541 florins. In the last six months, the amount of silver in the bank decreased by 6,000,000, and the number of the notes increased by 24,000,000. The army estimates show as high a figure as 41,000,000, exclusive of the expenses of the army in Italy. The deficiency of the last half year amounts to above 60,000,000 florins. It is expected that the present half year will show a still larger deficit, and that of the whole year is calculated at 150,000,000 florins. This sum adds 10 per cent to the national debt.