New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-07


Glasgow" and Edinburgh" are frequently found
preceded by numerals, and never found alone
1t would have been easy to guess that
they stood for hundred" and Thousand"
respectively but guessing is quito unnecessary the
care with which Mr.. Tilden's agents teleUaphed
tbs figures of majorties supplies us with the proof
of these interpretations
IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS.
We explained the other day the manner in which
the COX" of these dispatches was rec
Ognized as G. w. Woolley-a recognition so
complete that there is not q word more to
be said about it. Max" in the same
way is proved to be Colonel COyle, and Moses" to
be Mr.. Manton Marble. The correspondents, when
using the cipher. signed their real names, ana
yet it is almost always easy tie determine who they
were. For the kilograms always addressed to
the real names of the persons for whom they were
intended, and large majority Of them either give
or call for an answer, or else belong TO series
of continued dispatches, all r>lating to one
transaction and under the management
of one person and in the course of such
series the Identification of the writer
is sure to be established When we
find telegram addressed to Colonel Pclton and
signed Moses" and just afterward another tele-
Marble and signed Denmark" we at no loss
to decide that Marble is Moses" and that Pelton
is Denmark
DUMB WORDS
In many cipher systems the use OF dumb words"
or nuils," t1at is, words thrown in merely to con-
fuse, Is common There is something OF the same
sort in the transportation and substiutIon-cipher 1t
was necessary to fill the sequence of numbers
exactly or else the key woud.not fit, and when the
dispatch fell short of the proper length " nulls
added to complete the measure. In
tho form in which the cipher was sent
these unmeaning words appeared scattered all over
the dispatch, but when it was Tansposed for trans
lation they all fell together at tho end. There were
only few of them-Anna, Charles, Thomas,
Jane, Captain, Lieutenant, etc, and, of
course. they easily recognized. There Is one
dispatch which really consists only Of the
three words, Matters desperate here but
TO these seven "nuls" arc added, in order
to make ont the sequence Of 10. 1t was
hardly worth while perhaps, to go through so much
for the sake of getting little; but many foolish
things TO be found in the cipher dispatches.
THE VOCABULARY.
The following list contains some of the substitu-
ton ciphers whose meaning seems to be distinctly
proved. There are many m0reof which we feel quite
confident: but we prefer to wait until we have an
opportunity to put them to further test We desire
to give nothing in this table but what il proved.
Copenhagen .Greeubacks.
Denmark PeltOn.
Observation-Disclosures. NOOey.
Greece ......................-...Ha Hayes.
Havana -.--.------------..-----l Sa'ilcals
Ithaca Democrats.
Idn,a ............... accept.
london. Returning Board.
Munroa. County.
PaTis................. draw.
Petersburg ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS deposit.
Rochester ............y votes.
Russia ................. Tiden.
syracuse. ajoritys
I'tica............... 1900. trading.
Warsaw telegraph.
Winning. Uelley. .,
RIVER.
Rhlnc --.--------..-...------.-l.
MOSellc. -......-...--.--....---.S
lDaiDes
nuusOn .-...'.--..----.-.-.--.t
Danube. .-------'-.--.-.-.-..--O
Potomac: inconvenience.
SChu}Iklll. ....-...-.------.-.--
Mississippi. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MISSOUfl- .---------
Glasgow :-------.----.------- hunurc'i.
Edinburgh. -...........-........tho thousand.
Thomas
Jane
Anna nolla
Charles
Daniel
Captain
Lieutenant