The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01
SEWARD'S BLUFF.
lLoalsyille Cour.er Journal.

at least-are proveTbiaiiy good story-teil- CTS, and none tell better stories than Ken- lucky politicians. All the cabinet off, eers ;e.l excellent stories, Lincoln espe- cially. He seems 10 have inherited Ii. B.: abou, ;he best story that was told or the whole trip was one of Colonel john Mason Browns. l, was not a humorous story. ba, relates 10 a bii of secret war history ina, is exceedingly interesting. IL is .ouched for by Colonel Brown. The story runs as follows:
 l; may be remembered that abou, 1860 and ,6I, just as the great rebellion was beng !naugurated, there was great talk of he scarcity of ammunition on ,he an Ion s.de. l, was well known that the war wo1.d be a Ti,antlc struggle, the wres;le of slan:s, and the materials of war were not ss plentiful IS were necessary. One day he brother of Mr. Bedemont Duiont. who now runs grea, sunpowder manu factory in Delaware, received a message from NIT. Seward. the minister of war. 10 cone immediately 10 Washington. Ire message was urgent, the time critical and MT. DuFoni knew that il must be grave matter, he hurried on to Washington. and Alr. seward held conversation with h.m immediately after he reached the Cfts
 ioa sne~ how tight we are for aru- cle. II wal. began lhe srea; minister e ao& l want you 70 start immediately fa: Eng! and and buy up III the saltpe,re IT ;..e European market. The govern ue,. Las implioi, confidence inyou. We knos your knowledge of salipetre. and ,haI you are able to buy better and theaiet than any agent NC could send. E45y everything ID tine : 1.d vii follow lei or the nex; steamer
 Nh. Dliaont hurried o'i to New York :fG aash; the ITS, Liverpool steamer. When he arrived m England, ne went ,o the banking house of Drown, Shlpley < C. wi.h whom he transacted all his business. He told them his object m coming there, and asked them 10 advance hina !c. Soooao. The head of the hrm WAS mos; polite; he bowed to the ground. he smiled and rubbed his hand, but really the slm was so large, and really they eoeld TO, afford to give il. They would like he best in the world to oblige Mir. Du.oni, but, etc, eto. sMr. Dulont failed ,o ee, the money. Heposted over to see George Peabody, the millionaire banker. ieabody listened to him with profound attention. interrupting now and then with shrewd question. \, length he sad
 .f yoa will guarantee tha, the gold mll come over by the nex, steamer will advance you the money.
 AI Dal ont immediately started ou, and bought up every pound of saltpe,re in inc market. He chartered a steamer. h.ret. l crew and began loading Il. He was Is, under good headway when sud- aen.y an order came from the foreign cit Lord lalmers,on for5ids the sA.pplng of the salipe,re." Mr. Dul'on, Has cambiounded. and hurried around to he premier office. Lord lalmerston MAS petite and anable, but hrm. They ere munitions ot WAT they couldn't be sspped. l. was n vain ttat NIT. Dul'on, showed his letters in vain that he told Il ..as for his government. Lord Palmer s:on was courteous bu, obstinate Mir Datcni Il once SC, out for home, leaving efGers with his men to watch the sal,petre He has,ened 10 see Seward and told him al.
 There is only one way to do this thing" sad Mir. Seward, we mus, play the bluff game for all that it's worth. Give these letters 10 Lord Palmerston and this open letter to our minister, Mir. Adams Mr. Dalont returned to London, he sent his card 10 Palmerston. Mir. DuPont pushed by the servant-an unheard of thing and marched into where the premier sat, up 10 his eyes in papers.
 An, MT. Dupont, am delighted to see you, sir" said the politest of poli- iieians- You have doubtless come about that sal,petre matter. We'll, sir, am sorry to say that the government has seen no cause to change its opinion. ]"
 Mir. DuPon, handed the letters of Mir. Seward-leuers of explanation and identification. They seemed to have no effect.
 NIT. Seward has written this open let ter 10 cur minister. suppose am a, liberty to read II 10 you," and Mir. Du- rent slowly read the letter:
 To NIT. Adams-On Lord Palmer s,onss refusing to let the sal,petre go, yol are ordered to leave England in- s:an,.y, without presenting your re- specis 10 her maJesty's government return to Washington, when war will immediately be declared against Eng land"
 Without waiting for the dumb founded premier ,o recover from his surprise Mr. DaFoni bade him polite adieu and lei, He drove to his hotel and ordered his breakfast. While he was eating in came liveried and powdered foo,man saying: My Lord palmerston is a, the door. waiting to see you in his carriage The hall was full of men, who were all agog al once, wondering what digna,ar, this could be. Mir. Dupont quietly re piled: "Tell his lordship am eating my breakfast, and will sec him as soon as have finished"
 A buzx went around the room Who was this blasted American who dared sc make England's prime minister wal, .' But Mir. DuPont was playing a bluff game, and he played 1t for all is va. worth. He was nearly through his din. ner, but took another bottle of wine ,e keep Palmerston waiting. Presently hs sent GU, note, telling the great English