New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-08
MORNING WITH MADAME IDA PFEIFFER.

Our readers NAV perhaps recollect short
80, inserted few months ago and entitled,
K Lady that has seen the World" II recorded
nv meeting with female pilgrim TO Jerusalem,
who subsequently went round the earth eniifeIy
bv herself and who, when the paper was written,
WAS ON her way home to her native city, vienna
I had often anyiously desired 10 meet again so
remarkable a fellow-traveler, and, by the merest
hazard in the word, CHANGED, through news
paper paragraph, 20 hear that she was az tne
present moment in London, and Immediately CD
famed her address As she was al that time
lodging al friends house some distance from
town. meeting was appointed at his counting,
house IN the city From Jerusalem to Crutched
Eyiays was certainly rather abrupt transition,
and as pushed my way through the muit1arious
obstructions of our crowded streets 10 the place.
of rendezvous, could not help Specializing as
to what changes had been wrought oy inc III
terval Of time and travel tha' had eiapseu siiice
our previous meeting.
reached the house, hurried up two flights OF
dirty stairs. tapped al the door of an office differ
ING IN no respect from the thousand dark and
dlngy ones IN the city Come IN, was the re-
Spouse and on entering, III the shadow OF the
room and looking strangely out 0i place III the
midst of heap of legers and dayhooks, was
sure enough, the well-remembered lace OF my
old fellow.traveleT, who rose and received me
with the most lively expression OF satisfaction
l. too was rejoced to find 10 change Tor the
worse In the appearance OF my iflenu ailef so
severe an ordeal as tourney round the world.
] remarked in my previous paper thai there
was little IN the person or bearing OF Madame
Pleifier (such is the name OF our adventurerl 10
mark her out as the heroine OF such remarka-
BILE exploit Her age may be (fOr IN such cases
we may only presume to guess Nerging, per
haps upon fifty her stature Is small her inquire
slight, her features plain, her dress homey ami
her whole appearance the very reverse Oh com
manding. Her manner is remarkably quiet, not
TO say even humble and 1t rs only IN converse
tion with her. when her dark eye kindles into
animation over the recital OF some passage IN
her travels, that one perceives any outward
manifestation of the courage and enthusiasm
that so remarkably distinguish her.
After exchanging our mutual congratulations
the conversation (Which was carried on III
French, Madame speaking Englsh out i'lPei-
fectly) naturally turned upon the SUBJECT OF her
recent tourney Reminding her OF our original
meeting on the shores of Palestine and OF the
Indifference with which she endured fatigue ana
hardship on that occasion, paytully observed
that 1 considered chat she had served her ap-
premiership to myself, ana that hau always
hoasted of a pupil who had left her tutor so IN
6nitely behind" She admitted that 1t was even
so. and that her power of hearing prlvation,
tested i'm that Journey together with the taste
for travelling she then acquired, had led her TO
mediate still more extensive wandcrlngs'
cit was after my Journey to Iceland, which
followed that into Palestine
4" Iceland nv dear madame" | exclaimed
with sudden start. "Nhy, had not the
slightest notion you had ever visited that couh-
try
"Oh YES, and published book about 1t, was
her que, reply and she Immediately resumed,
latter this Iceland tourney, then, lcit vienna
and embarked al Hamburger Tor Rlo Jrnelro,
and. after remaining sometime ON the coasts OF
Brazil. penetrated into the interior, visited the
savage tribes, and crossing the continent OF
South America, reached Valparaiso, which, as
Won know, is on the shores OF the Paclhc Ocean.
Thence | crossed over to the island of TAHITI,
where. during my stay, was upon the most IN
innate terms with Queen Pomare. Leaving that
beautiful spot, crossed the wide Pacific Ocean
To Canton, with which city | was much de-
lighted"
the interior of the Chinese quarters, into which
Europeans are not allowed To penetrate
"Indeed | do" was her reply. :" am, per
hans, the only person that has ever gone through
A. must admit that the attempt was rash, but
| could not overcome my curiosity Madame
Cutzlafl, the Missionary's wife, assured me she
had never ventured 10 think al such thing
- But how did YOU contrve 10 accomplish IL '
inquired
II hired two native Chinese 10 show me
about" was her reply. ION reaching the pro
hhited entrance Of the city 1t occurred to me
that If paid them there they might perhaps 60
pff and leave me was Obliged therefore to re-
sort to a little stratagem. Making signs that |
had no money. but showing an orier upon one
of the English houses of business, pointed To
the city, and expressing in the same way my de
sire to go through II To the English quarter they
consented to accompany me through the streets.
In ventured Such sight had never been seen
in Canton before, The people gathered IN crowds,
IL hon oh, SOD
along, the curiosity and amusement of the PEG
pie were prodlgious, and your gracious Queen,
on the opening of the Exhibition, could hardly
be more run after than was my poor insignificant
self"
And were YOU no, horribly afraid ;" M
qulred
Not in the least" was the reply,
And did you meet with no insult r."
Not the slightest Nothing could exceed the
civihty OF the people After traverslng the city
my Chinese guides brought me To the house of
the English merchant, who could scarcely he
lieve that had come of sca,heless from so I'M
precedented an enterprise Well, from Canton
visited several OF the principal ports OF China,
and thence, touching at Singapore, made my
way To Ceylon. where, not satisfied with remain
inc at Point de Gale. | visited the capital,
HANDY Calcutta was the next point oi my
tourney assembled the Ganges on the deck OF
a bungalow, and far into the interior, examined
the antiquities, visited the courts OF some OF the
native princes, by whom was kindly received,
and, satisfied With my survey Of India, returned
TO the coast. embarked for the Persian Gulf. and
then ascending the Tgris, looked IN upon DR..
Layard in the midst OF his excavations Al
Nineyeh"
Such narrative OF adventure, and iron the
mouth OF female, might well take away one's
breath. | really seemed TO be dreaming as |
looked upon the irail h,tle body before me. and
heard her describe devious career like this
with far less excitement OF manner than the mis-.
tress OF cockney boarding school would throw
into her account OF the pers of Journey 20
Boulogne What next ," 1 inwardly exclaimed,
as Madame, renewing her narrative, quietly