Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-08-07
From Blackwoods Magazine.
Extract from Madame Pfeifters
sWANDERINGS ROUND THE WORLD"

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Ths earliest portion of madame Pteitler's
book il the least Interesting. On the 18th May
she reached Hamburg, just in time to embark
on board beautiful brig, naneaake oi her
own, which was TO ssil Oh the 10Th. but shs
was bound ta wait for her travelling compan.on'
a certain Count Berchthold, who was To- JOIN
her at Hamburg, and who very ungaiiahtiy
made her wait. They did not get oil I'LL the
middle of JuLe, by q Danish brig bound Tor
Rio. The voyage was ureven'iul. Madame
Pfeiffsr's account of it, and Of the brazilian
capital, presents little novelty. There il greater
interest in her excursions into the INFERIOR OF
Brazil. One of the first Of these was to the
new German colony Of Pe.ropolis, founded lit
,ls more than a year previously and situated in
the heart Of an aboriginal forest, at height Oi
two thousand five hundred feet above the level
Of the sea- The chief occupation o: the colo
nists was intended to be the production OF va
rous kinds of European fruits and vegetables
which in tha, climate thrive only at oonsidera
bls elevation. Hence the choice OF the locaii-
ty. Petropois is at seven leagues from Porto
d'Estrella. great depot OF produce from the
interior, which is thence sent by water to NO.
In the capital the colony was reported TO oe IN
a state Of wonderful progress and rapiu ceVe'-
opement; but Madame Pteitfer seems 10 have
been very slightly impressed BY Its prosperity
and marvels at the misery her poor country,
men mus. have endured in their native land,
for them TO be induced to abandon It Tor the pos
session OF niggardly plot OF land IN '"e ce"'e'
OF ali American forest.
Her excursion to Petropolis was chiefly re-
markable by the occurrence Of her first adven'
ture Of auy note She and the count were at
tackled by a negro armed with u lasso and long
knife. Their only means Of defence were theil
para,ols, and a clasp knife, which the lady car
ried in her pocket, and with which she valiant
ly defended herself, being resolved, she says t'
sell her life dearly. She received two wound'
in the arm, and inflicted one on the negro's hand
but she and her companion, who showed very
little fight would to all appearances have 60
the worst of it, had not two horsemen come up
The end of the affair was that the brigand wa
pursued, captured, bound, and, as he refused
walk, 90 awfuliy beaten about the head, tia
Madame Pfeiffsr ignorant apparently of the ex
.cessivs hardness Of negro skulls, expected q
see his brains knocked out. She merely g.
her wounds bound up, and prosecuted her jour
ney, so little d,,cum posed by the encounte
that she had speedily forgotten it IN the oon'e,n
plation Of the enchanting landscape. W
should have mentioned that, the better TO EMO
the country, and because she wished to collee
insects, and the Count to botanise, they pei
formed the journey (seven leagues on foot r.
turning in like manner after days stay al i.
tropolis. No feather bed traveller, 1t must
owned, was this middle aged lady from v'enr
whose next expedition was to Novo frourg
or Morroqueimado, founded fifteen years p'
ivou.ly BY Swiss ard Germans, but which,
the time of her visit, did not yet contain quite
hundred mason built houses. Eight leagues
a steamboat, twenty leagues on mules, took I u
travellers from Rio to Novo FIibureo. II
twenty league, were accomplished slowly
the rate of three or four day, along mo
picturesque, aud for the most part sxcee
iugly mountainou. road. Madame Pieiiier "
especially struck by the gorgeous inxur'an
osthe tropical vegetation. Beautiful oeyo,
all description" she says, "are 'he paras,
plants which not only completely cover u
ground, but are so irter,wined with the IRE,
that their magnificent. flowers hang from u
topmast bough., looking like wonderful BIO
SONS growing from the trees themselves. ~
trees there are whose yellow cnd red blo''o'
resemble the choicest flowers, and others u
bear great whi,i.h flowers tha: lean like
YER from out the ocean Of green leaves. su
forests may truly be styled the giant gardens
the world" Novo Friburgo wa. but
half way house of this journey, whence
travellers proposed going on yi'h TO Inc
dian aborigines of the country. On''rnha''
q wound in the hand, which the Count had
ceived in the skirmish with the negro' haa