The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-01

4 QUESTION OF DIPLOMATIC ErlQUETTE--A
few days ago Baron Arnlm, the Prusslan min
lister in Rome. drove to in audience OF Anto-
nelH at the Vatican. in a one horse brouy ham.
His coachn1an and footman were in full Prus-
sian livery At the entrance Of the great yard
Of San Danlasso, a Swiss guard, as usual,
stood on sentry. On the approach OF the one
horse vehicle, he challenged and stopped it.
None such, he declared. could be allowed TO
enter. A solitary quadruped in shafts did not
comport with the dignity of the courtyards of
the Pon,i6cial Palace The PrusSian Envoy
therpupon aposrophised him in pure High
Dutch, stated who he was. and claimed Imme-
diate MASSAGE. The Swiss, who was an Aus
TRAN, RESPONDED in the best Viennese, to the
effctthal his orders were to let no one but
the Austrian Ambassador enter the Vatican
in % one-horse carriage; that the enTl"oie
privilege WAS strictly limited to the represen-
tative of Francis Joseph and tina. though MS
Prussan ExcelIency were the great bismark
himself, his duty would compel HIM to turn
him hack if he came with less than a pair.
Baron Arnim is reputed a most amIable per
SON but it seems that he does not easily give
IN point, and that the discussion between
him and the Swiss Austrian lasted some time,
for the hour of the audience passed away, and
his Excelcncy had to depart IN spite OF his
explanations and his Prusslan llvelles, with
out getting into the Vatican. On returning
home he at once wrote 10 Antonelll to explain
his non-apprarance at the appointed hour, also
10 REQUEST him to give orders to the guardians
Of his rates to allow the PruSslan minister S
horse brougham. the same privilege OF
massacre AS was conceded to that OF the Aus
trisn i Ambassador. The communication re-
manned four days unanswered. On Saturday
last Antoneli's private secretary paid morn
;n,r viSil to Baron Arninl, and informed him
that the Cardinal had received his note, that
the Swiss had only done his duty, and that he,
the Cardinal Secretary of State. regretted he
could not make the exception IN his favor Tor
which he had petiuned. Such is the story
rs told in Rome, and in the main facts II is
doubtless correct. The difference made be-
tween Austrian and Prussian ENJOYS is doubt
less based on the fact that the former is an
Ambassador. and the latter only Minister
PienipoIcntlary.
Florence correspondence London Times lstat
Mr. Thomas De Woes new book. " The
Market Assistant" gives an account OF the orl1
gin of the term porter-house steak, winch
Is IN substance as follows: Years ago d hh"n
named Morrison kept in New York what was
known as a porter house, which was patron,
ised mainly by seafaring men; the standard
dish Of its bill Of fare was beef steak Vne
day, having had an unprecedented run OF Gus
tom, Murrson's steaks we're exhausted, SC
that to serve customer he was obliged to cu'
up a sirloin of beef which he had procured
for his own family dinner. The custom
err was SO well pleased that he ordered q
second, and ever after would have nothing
else but roasting piece steaks The butcher
who furnished the meats for Morrison used Il
direct his men {" to cut up the Steaks for the
porler-house which by natural process
soon grew into the order to cut the porter
house steaks" and by this name they have
been known 10 this day.
Twenty years ago there were no newspaper
iRsCalfornia. To-day there are twelve dailles
one ri.weekly and forty one weekllfs IN Sal
Francisco alone. In the remainder OF tn
State there are twelve dailies, one trlWeekl.
and seventy three weeklies
The Hon. George Evans. formerly Senate
from, Mama opI for r,anv ,raors president q