, 1870-12-28
Jilr~, Co1e. TfNE, W9F>f.
Min. SIC. Min. !Sse-
,t,s. ,-e M 1 10 Is p O.,
4its4arr S0 90. 10 On 81 ~
Nct. nrr IN. s.7 50 - :


Urcu the whole Of The G1c,t Eoetorn ex-
rt,i,ncnts Me-err VaElay. CyTur Field and
1in.upton reported a. fcllowe: 1--WE hare !
Witnessed several trisls OF Major HostoE's ;
ayr.tn, Of codinE nictrsecs These have h:et: :
transmitted through The Atlsntie cah1s-firs:
b< tic Morse n!phate: in full and then coli
fed. The messages have been correctly t1ane- !;
nai!trd, and the tine occupied III doing 80
through tie cAble has sh! VII eaHnG in Isol- !;
tnn's code Of from so u 400 per "ent.. accord ;
irc to Tho patufe OF the message The e5t- j
TEN itself ia expressed by words, gFu1pa OF !
lettete or groups Of figures. at the option Of !
the hepdeF.
TIC book i. divided into three PARTS Part
ore expresses numersss. tie ic!tsEa oi she !
irh.het, marks at punctuation. &c. aud il
limited 10 wctds Of thrtc letters. grsurs OF
t~o letters, or groups Of three figures Part
Two il q private code c1neiA1tng Of 100 pages.
with 100 blank lines m e'ch page, to 10 filled
MP 1t the option Of the owner, aud is e1-
pressed by Words ct four 1etter+, groups Of
th1ce letters, or grtnrH Of fonr figures. Fart
three contains vf1c1'.n1arv and senten,s rodc.
It comprises every wcrd of the Euglish Inn
gusge alphabetically Artangoi. the esrFe
!e.eea being seIeetea froH Ea1lous ,, ms.ssss a
All words. lstters, and seutenccs being
Alphabetically arranged Of courzc reference
tu tbesc If easy enough But it mas! !n asked.
ho1 shout the eEort'r Of ASurcss They are
int ss easy Of reference as Words Evofy
mage contains two columns OF fifty lires each.
from 0-90, exclueive. T1us. for example,
n F1oup OF four bEnse-, tas 20iG, il reraired.
it IL 1T once keeu .llat it IL tho taiF'y-sixth
line aren Of page, .1d .ting rroup Of or o1.y
sssis,. i76:5 iH the tna. fifth ~ upon p7En
III, snd teirg group ri lire figures the re-
ecitrr know. At ntcc shat ho III t.
look for it in tl'r general cotle. 4
trial ct tho syfttm vat m1dts or, thb lnia
between Birmingham n,d Luud"n, wlc.
100 u,etnaeee were de*natc''el, averaging l.
-25 ,svrds. Isy Mhr-e'r ~ Item ttaey occnp'tsi
: loust. 1a minutc-, a'd rs rPcoofz: hv tire
code, l hour and Is +ccc,a,s: the aysr1so OF
eirort- at THO tsme time. being. with tho cttte
11.tesn, per re1t.: ui.., t!,n Mofse uysteu..
71er cent. and tlt- ity operators we'll Ac-
1ra'nled with the III, re abrhal'st. brt witI
were trying the code numerical s1.tefa t..
the first time.
cunlns1.iee Now le' liz see !sow i!.is colo vii
operate to tile advantage Of tho sender Thhr+
are nenv r. CUTS II n,e.+aErs CONSTANTLY IL
use amorE III, kerr snefcs.AEts AID lusines
m+n- generally that are to con
ttantlY ,ecutriE: tl:.: 1,r thu exerraEa nf SIM
ingenuity they mss be cs4litif~t a,nt cxpres-e.
ii, o,c WORT. 1.y the u.e Of lsolton's cod,
groups Of these Tnc+raCen may be usltsd, am
t'.us \ letter n*x he conl nsei lEto a fss
code words Or tieur4-. It i. easy to see hoy
1hin l,aretitp the RI pdor. For instance. uer
chant in New iorL aibts-t IL telegraph tuent,
ptr1t 10 E0n Fratt' i+c7 the price ~ tie pres
emf thrift in Eve spltarr fgf ten words, 1u1
th.rty-thrce ctnta for zach exceeding word
making eight doll.1- an4 thirty Cent?. TakinI
tho smallest ptr.itIe- ns1hunt or 81,
ing By the crtl", this mersage woul
Eo condensed into ten words, AND =
go fer Eve dollar. lcAviug ratu Of ?a.a0 Q
tt,c single uaees7gc. We :,aro here taken til
smallest possie1a aa,on,;t nf saving by tn
code. but it IL muc, mora likely thirty word
would be easily -e1.t fJ1 tbs same amount. "
could easily mn'sip!s in-t4cces, bnt ono X.
L. a. Stf
too much 10 aay that, in every telegram, word
End ofteu int or,Ant sold, A-e loft Oat 10 RI
tlllcc the exr,er,aa ~ u.u.,i ~ possible, trus
ipE That the receiver viii ill them 10 cortectl
whirh may or may Ent he t.o case: hHnca =
,1ors so cnnssa1tly o-rrF; whcrea- IN tha rod
erely sentence @l s e mplese IN itself. t:
code word for tths scn'crco hetng ssa'eM
ted. there eau be nu 1sn.stu1e mit.nke.
But secrecy is. p"rhspt. tie greatest OF .
its Recommendations, 4. tIr tt,o nso nf ve
simple key messages are 1nade utterly uui
teslie1hle except to th% sender and receiyt
A third party mav b. iu possession ut Il
code. and perfectly Awxro + the code wor
u=cd, 4nd set tntalty ~ The l1rk as TO Il
meaning OK the lnt~ssEe- Tits ia one OF tho
great advantages connected viii the use
The code that cAnn1' Ill 20 be universally q
p.eci1ted. A mrd,tied farm Of tlis code h
bern eou1e time III u-e 10 the british arr
and navy service, Rnd rendered +iEna1 seTvi
during the Aby tsin.an wsr- Avd tho code ito,
is TO Lc alorteo hy tic Eritish Gorernu1et
as suou - 1t il i-eu.d. " is hoped this CO
viii lcfore the AMeric leor1e in The cour
OF week OF tu.'. and they Will then have
p1acacsl oppns.uaifs Of Judging its merits