The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-08-12
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST IL, 1854.
A Distinguished Visitor.

FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST IL, 1854.
Distinguished visitsr.
Madame Ida Pfeiffer, the distinguished lady
traveller and authoress, arrived upon q fyirp
visit to St. Paul and vicinity, by the Galena on
Tuesday, and left yesterday morning for Lake
Superior, via Saltwater and Taylors Falls
There have lived perhaps but few ladies since
the creation of mankind. who saw the world az
Madame Pfeiffer has seen it. In the works Of
travel which her pen has given to the world
her readers have found her one year amid the
SHOWS of the Northern Isles, and the next ira
versing the deserts between the Red Sea and
the Jordan-one day LAYING her wearied feet in
the heated waters of the Geysers Of Iceland,
and the next refreshing her parched lips from
the snow distilled fountains of Mount Lebanon.
The sledge of the Laplander, drawn by the
faithful reindeer over his eternal SHOWS, and
the ungraceful seat upon the back of the Be-
douin's camel, are as familiar to this true hero
inc Of our day, as arc the most gaudy trappings
ofroyalty and wealth that roll through the
streets of Vienna, st. Petersburg and London.
After the publication of her interesting
work descriptive of tavels in Iceland-dedicat-
cd in the most delicate terms springing from o
true mothers affection to her sons, "Alfrcd
and car,''-Madame p. resolved to cease her
travels, and pass the remainder of her days in
the possession of that domestic quiet which
would seem to allure one of her years and
princely income to its enjoyment. But just at
that moment, the summer of 1851 opened. and
with it came the opening of the Worlds Fair
In London. The repose of her retired home in
the suburbs of Vienna had no charms for an ac-
tive mind, such as hers, when the limits
OF Hyde Park enclosed the "industry Of all ma
tions," and the ,rOrid was there to see and be
seen, as we'll as the products of the worlds
science, industry and art. Madame p. informed
her household that she was off for the Worlds
Fair;' and that journey to London has not yet
been concluded.
After the close of the Grand Exhibition, in
the autumn Of 1851. she continued her travels
TO the British and Dutch East Indies, China,
Borneo, the Philippine Islands. Australia and
the Islands of the Pacific. Thence she journeycd
TO San Francisco and through the interior of
California and Oregon and over the Sierra
Nevada ranges, often on foot, and many times
resting content for the night by the camp fire
Of the trappcr or Indian. with no civilized be-
ing of her sex within hundred, of miles of her.
Since then she has made the tour of South
America, and glanced over the graphic pages
Of her great countryman, Humboldt, seated
upon the rocks of the Andes which he de-
scribes.
Returning to San Francisco, Madame Z. took
passage few months since for New Orleans,
blythe Isthmus : and after passing a few weeks
among the planters Oh " the coast" of the Low
er Mississippi, she came up to St. Louis and
finally reached st. Paul two days ago. While
here, she was the guest Of William Hollnshcad
Esq. and passed the day OF Wednesday in an
excursion to the Falls of st. Anthony and vi
cinity. She took the stagccoach yesterday for
Saltwater. and will go through to Lake Supc-
rior by the st. Croix to its head, and thence by
the usual route to Superior City.
1t is matter of much regret that Madame
Pfeifer did not remain in st. Paul sufficiently
long to allow to'many who wished it, an oppOr-
tunity of making her acquaintance. She is I'M
doubleday, in the way of q traveller, the woman
of her age; and if the rising generation wishes
to produce her equal, that same generation will
be under the necessity of rising very early eve
ry morning. Upon reaching the end of the
journey she yesterday started upon, we feel
certain she will receive, as she deserves the
kind attentions Of certain Ladies of the Lake, y
who could be named, were it proper to do SO.