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The Daily Dispatch: June 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], Military signals. (search)
ocks, at 11 o'clock, in the Board of Brokers at the Merchants' Exchange, the prices at which the stocks chiefly dealt in sold at would be given to the flag man on top of the Exchange, who would communicate the quotations to another flag man in Jersey City, or on top of Bergen Hill, and he to the next, until Philadelphia was reached. The sales in Philadelphia would reach New York by a similar method. The order in which they were sent indicated what stocks were referred to. "The flag was antendent of the scheme was said to be a broker in Philadelphia, who retired with a fortune. Lottery dealers also contribute to sustain that or a similar line, for the purpose of transmitting the drawn numbers of successful tickets.--Some wealthy men in Jersey City, at one time extensively engaged in lotteries, it is said, derived important advantages from this kind of visual telegraph.' It is clear that similar signals can be applied to military purposes over a large extent of country.