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Show CONTOETIONS OF THK GAS-PIPE It ia the proper time to call Capt. Codmao a liar when be ia on the way 1 to New York, ua it waa beforo when be was on the way to Friaco.eapecially since ho has plainly declared that be will not notice auch blackguardism again. But the letter in the Tribune ot yesterday, in which the writer eo fully maintaina bia obaracter aa a gossip gos-sip and scaudril monger, implicates another gentleman well known in this community aud conveys the idea that he would employ, and agree to pay, the hireling of a New York newspaper news-paper to put a mining property upon the market in a disreputable manner. man-ner. The facts regarding the Parley's Park mine, first called the Ontario Hill, we understand to be Iheae; Mr. Morgan bought and consolidated sev eral claims, comprising the Lady of the Lake. Parley's Park. Central and Switzerland proper tio3 immediately adjoining tho Ontario mine on its eastern end. fie then wont to New York, aud with the aadittnceoi Oapt. . Codman incorporated the company. The meeting of the atockholdurs took placs in the oflice of a frleud of Cupt. Codmau. This gentleman was elected president, and another of the captaiu'a trienda is the secretary. It is due buth to Mr. Morgan and to OipUiu Codmao to stale that it was distinctly declared by them at this meeting, as well as on all occasions where a question was raised ab to the va.'ue of tho property, that it wis purely speculative and depended de-pended for its euocess on the cbance of catching the Ontario vein. There was no catch penny trap about this. These gentlemen were all men ol means who could ri&k a omali sum of money iu the venture aud the prospect pros-pect has not been put upon the stock market, nor will il be until it is a mine. As Mr. Hollialer will peraial in parading tho private business of gentlemen before the public, we think we are in a position to f-ive it more reliable information than is to be obtained through a gossip or a gna pipe. We have already Btaled the nature of tbo Morgan-Cod ru an agreement shown to our reporter. It was simply that if Captain Codmau'a friendB sue ceeded iu disposing of the property in New York, (of which Mr. Morgan keeps one-half himself aud allows two-thirds of the purchase money of the other hall, namely, JjO.OOO, to remain as working oopiUl,) then the said Codruaa was to receive 1,000 shares, beyond what he subscribed (or himself, as a commission. Here ie the agreement verbatim, and nothing that Mr Hollieter csn say or imagine that Mr. Mor-an or Captain Codman have said or even that either of them could say, would be convincing that it means anything but what it explicitly declares. Captain John Codman: Z)t-ar Sir; In case Meiers. L. D. Beck, Anthony Dy and I. L. Walsh iucceeJ in placing the capital sleek of tho Ontario Hill alioing Company upon tho terms agreed upon by ihera and me I agree to give you one tbouand (1 Ouo" shares of the stock in addition to the one thousand (l.iXXJj you subscribe (or. Verv truly, (Sigd) B. W. Mosovn. Captain Codman did place a large part ot the stock. Subsequently tome of the subscribers withdrew and their places were supplied by friends ol Mr. Morgan. On these grounds Mr. Morgan Mor-gan objected to the transfer ot the whole number of shares stipulated, j proposing to transfer three hundred : only, and his proposition wis accepted. ac-cepted. This ia the statement of an ordinary business transaction, out of which, by perversion and contemptible contempti-ble inferences, this clumsy architect baa buitt his baseless fabric Clearly is a lunatic. ( |