New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-12
GEO. p RANEY 4:

each letter IN this cipher was not substitute for
another letter. because double Characterization ex-
ample, ee PIP, w, aa mn, IS, etc.occurred too IRE
quonty ami in one the letters was found three
times cOnsecutyely. Probably, then, each letter
in the cipher alphabet consisted of two characters
Adopting this superstition, the translator turned to
the following disp3tch, which beng partly IN plain
English, seemed to promise a cl"N
JACKSONVILLE, Nov. p.
:. PAsco, Tallahassee:
Gave pIHlshSh
charge Of Iiyytn
She N'nt TO ~
pinsi my
D INT tut not 70
tie other. Br,vard returns
sent you to-day M y
ypissaIuy
Gone to Tallahassee ITALIA
with nun aud let me know III
shall scnu rusty mC8,cu2Ir -
This refers to the Democratic operations for col
Letting the precinct returns from all the FIorha
counties before the Canya-slng Board proceeded 10
throw out those which were manlfestly false. IL
appeared to be- nearly certain that tue first cipher
word was the name of person, and the second an"
third were names Of counties. Ii we assume that
each cipher consists of two letters, we must ind
as the equivalent of "ityytus" word of four let
ters the first and third OF which, at" are the same
"Dado" IS the only name in the list Of Florida
counties which fulfls these conditions. The let
ters of "Dade" are repeated in the next word
and Rt in with the obvious Interpretation
Breyard." The sixcharactcrs now decphcred give
as tho beginning Of the first dispatch quoted above
the following fragment:
50" We r''dred d. Marx"
which, of course, can be nothing but Five hun
bred dollars" The construction Of the rest OF the
alphabet was now easy, and In a very short time
the first dispatch made ont to be, Five hundred
dollars sent you by express, to-day " and the second
was read: "Gave Hull charge of &ade, and he sent
10 Breyard but not 70 the other Breyard returns
sent you TO-DAY. Yaruum gone to Tallahassee. IaHa
talk n with him aud let me know If / shall send
irusty messenger"
The dispatches in this cipher are of little import
ance by comparison with the correspondence Of
Marble Coyle, Woolley and Pelton, yet they are
not without value for purposes of illumination.
lbe telegram about Dade and Brevard was in
answer to the following:
(TranslatIon.l
J. j. DANIEL, JdcksORriNe:
We near indirectly tIAt there is Radical majority In
Dade. Have you sent good man theref >. FAsCo'
The Florida politicians trusted q great deal to tho
Democratic visitors from the North, and seem to
have been IN frequent communication with New
York all through tueir time of trouble. One day
Colonel Pelton telegraphed to Mr.. Ranoy, of the
Florida State Committee, two editorial articles on
the Southern situation from The NelC- York Herald
one of then being a column long. For this luxury.
Colonel Peton had 70 pay $l33 20; but perhaps
that was not too much, for we are inclined 10 think
tbatit was the abest dispatch he ever sent in his
life. Mr. Coyles progress from North Carolina to
Tallahassee was traced with the absorbing interest
with which q hungry army watches the coming up
of the commissarIat:
p A. Holt, Lake Cug,
Be nrm; our frenI from Raleigh will be down soon.
A. b. HAWKINS.
The distinguished visitors were called upon for
all sorts of service. The following telegram was
somewhat damaged in transmission, but it is easily
repaired:
JACKSONVILLE. Nov. 10.
GEo RASEY [TallahdsSeeI
Ppyyem uShyy VI N as h n sy ysslte aae
syeshainssspeoiyy nyDss syepia "a
ny OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES msi N N m
ia VI es y IN vi J ianss els ~ mpp nspInssu
pInsimimyy itemyys sPey nm usy sslt
snSrT6w III > ''' 80 DANIEL IE -'
tTranslaton.I
Have Marble and COyle telegraph for influential
from Delaware aud Virginia Indications OF weakening
here Press advantage, and watch Board.
In Baker County, it will be remembered, fraudu-
lent canvass was made surrepttlously by the
n.
tho County Judge, Sheriff. and Clerk, or any two of
them. Taking advantage of brief abseuce of his
colleagues the Clerk called III Justice of the Peace
to unite with him in making canvass which gave
majority to Tilden and this paper he hastily for
warded to the Secretary of State. Aftcrwsrd the
Judge and Sheriff made lawful canvass, showing
small majority for Hayes. When their return was
submitted to the Board by the Secretary of State.
tbe Democrats professed to be astoundod." They
caused it 10 be represented all over the North that
they had no suspicion of the existence Of such a
CANVASS until the Secretary of State pulled the
surreptihous' paper out Of his pocket, and
that nobody imagined there had been any
other count of tho yoJe than that made
by the County Clerk and his improvised
associate. 1t is rather cOmiCal to find, by these
newly translated cIphers, that the Democratic "as-
constituent was purely theatrical. The party lead
ers knew all about the double returns and had Oeen
striving their hardest to collect testimony for the
purpose Of pcrsuadg the Board to revise the second
count; or to quote the fine language of " Moses"
used III reference to the action of the other party
Emlssaries went out state To cook local back
iug for alterntonsln Oerticates The following dis
patch from MIR. PascO was sent before the Board
had opened any returns:
TALLAHASSEE Nov. p.
j. J.DANIEL, JdckS0HptUe:
Regular Board o. guuIzcd. VIII commence work to-
morrow. Thor hHs been now canvass By iull board
c.aouliW ylan snpnse peiss eppe i'm Indispensable
:. PAsCO.
The translation of the last sentence Is There
has been new canvass by full Board in Baker; pre-
clncts Indispensable" So the cmssaries went to
all the precincts and cooked local backing for altea-
tons and as a matter of fact the Board did revise
the count, aud give Baker TO the Democrats. No
doubt they could have reached their end Just as
we'll without the ridiculous pretence of being
astounded.p But the captured kilograms abound
with evidences of Democratic dupucity and non
SENSE
At Fredericksburg, Va, Mr.. w. Seymour White
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