, 1879-02-18
Of slxtcen lines, Of which three aru given as
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Of .lxtcen lines, of which three aro given as
R4h3sa3lo3e7aosno7oo4e ea,3s5s
:E,'GE!o3i :i.,,,:? e? iKil:.5,i5i i5iL:NHG.i!5EENE'aHH
D.. 1NEsa87 71o!7s7
lhe dntc signature, mud address, led In tic sup.
1osatlot' ttat the ntrsangc might refer TO dis
pute abuut the powers Ut The tlovcrnUr In cat,-
xMaas!llE TIC Presidential rcsurns. Tho word
,,eanysas wns accordingly acarel'cd for, a'nl ut
2f numbers va. found; ii, TO- q, 81, W, p, u.
lhla proved to be fortunate gtless, nti,t, hay
lnE s!x letters to bealn will. thn nIphabct was
completed hsct WITHOUT further it1!sul,y r,
hers substituted for certain .tclI-tata" words.
These we're rea wt.l, moro or lcis assurance Of
coTreGtrss " collatng several tspntsics al
Of most Of tl,e words is no bet
ter i,n ,1a,. taan ,glesa-w9rl, a,'l t cannot
WAY. cIcIto stlsplcinn, md they were nut ctn-
ploycd Tor communications Of mitch Importance
except III combination with nno.Ier system, to
be examined later. The ;" Dictionary Clpier"
every wor.t In The mcssaRc by turning certain
nnlhbcf o. I'ages In q vocabulary previously
chost1t. Tie gtcnter part Of tho Oregon coEre-
spondsnSs n;, was conducted IN thls epcr he hook
ttonsary,hs published Ia London. Tho secret was
betrayed BY somebody who bad employed the
aamo code IN business transactions. Rnd the pro-
cess Of decipfer'nnE nfter tl'at was 1lttlc moro
na1ehos H. .i,. up9sa.'on. ~ 'u'na.s % " u!a.
nn, T. ~, ~ Einri.I i1pneL' tu"cncs' VETO
dles. without .any cle~ to TIC book by which
they were mnde: 1t was assumed that l1lc vol
~. NM ,at s,t.t one' anay 20 eaIs! III trAVe
m,In,rr of nnors 10 ~ ha ,rr,eJ ,,nd ~, 'o m
nras III ~ t,o, ~. Nv Ely; e.'
~ ta I,sn"tnin .1 ~ ns5 MN wv @ u.,o
At n.t ofio VIII, "vohs,nr,sS sLnt n'a.ia,s Mns
a.. + Thu kev uarIai hesv n,,itoH hv tu-ni",<
tsre four ~ Sro 1n ,.gos ft"no, t,a .wo,
iato vnn rnor ~ M tnv vi tin!a. w..
nun,er ri nat,es MA nsnnva fonr 'I, S,o ";n,,nm t
ary cIpher IL clumsy 10 ras. easv to detccl md
r"rtnd ~ ''A"1''' "Is'' aEo i'ot 'eao's Cut"
H. 1or H.. ,,r,..+ =, ,..,, =, .h.. ,..
mentom. no-t ~ H. 10 as,,' ns t.S aTs. n.o"
spondece Was Conducted by caSs Of a., ela1o. %
cinnaI! =! a noS ,9. a'.. t,aispuf1ation
arst ta tono ~ ta eausalsn.s "erc
toa ,,,,rsf. p,,i .3,., y. tu lposnt OF el
tfassDo:sd n :! 9 Ts substituted sSpivssns we1e
aagcn), a.,a , sometimes numbers. The tra9spo,
Jules taas or LEG sequence o. numbers nia tte aGn-
teaces were 1Iea1range4 tor trans!at!oD BY The
usu VI uupn.ga!c, . koy 70 te na'ida OF the per
~, ~ st "to,. 'aI u'spa.cu Nas au1sesssu+ ilcre
VI sRHsi.i,cn VI hGssaGo from Coafnnla TO
.sis Ngw ausR ). y oniy tae BEGINNING Of long
selesta out te sense Is eomplctc as far as IL
Roeas
Now bring safe rivcr. thing etufr river Warsaw
man would ~ a.i conenf4gen to have on Warsaw
so, tot senayak,it sIsomsh IochGster schuykt! TO-
s'I'ns l'ses 'as !ooss u panuoe "ofK received
y ss tle communion ot tue transportation nnd
sn6stltatlon sSstc1Es which makes this cipher
di1lcnlt TO Interpret Dislocated senteuccs can
oo rcarTangcu With little pattcnce wtien the
measiIng u tle words is known; nnd substt-
luton ciptcf, II Gnough specimens Of 1t q" at
atld, can pe feadi!s interpreted ny the context.
Nut here ths Significance OF the most Important
Wofns Mlau tte eonte1t arc Doth u'lKno~n. Tile
pfob,en1, nccortllnsly, 10 to reArranEe trans