New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-23
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In liz fall Of 1854 d slender wafeatured and IN
obfrusye little woman, who had roamed alone over
nearly al the earth, took New York IN her course on
| her fourth grand tour Of observation. She was re-
ceyed with cordial welcome, held ieUees after the
annerof distinguished peTsonages and for the space
Of month was the object of marked attentions and
unbounded cvilities. Her stay was limited to month
or two and her wanderings were thenresumed. The
lady was Madame Ida Ptetfer, the famous traveller.
The Vanderbilt yesterday brought the news Of her
DEATH She expired at Vienna on the 27th ut, after
long illness, induced by prlvations and hardships
endured during toilsome journey in Madagascar
Her age vast 81.
Madame Pteifier, apparently delicate woman, de-
voted her life to omneyings in all parts of the world
often under circumstances which would have tried
the fOrtitude of strong men, She explored unknown
localities visited savage tribes scaled mountains
waded breastdeep through torrents saw the wonders
Of the East descended into the mines of Peru, sat
among the ruins of Hindoo temples and shared the
rude fare Of the California Indians received marked
attention from the Sultan and was expelled from the
Island Of Madagascar by the Queen Of that region
saw, in fact, nearly all that is worth seeing in the
world, and has furnished a series of interesting
records OF her experience She was born IN Vienna
in 1897, was married in 1920 to DIR. ]. Pteitier OF
Lernberg, aud for several years after that event
devoted herself to the care Of her family The death
Of her husband and the settlement Of her children
1.-TWO sous) left her at liberty to follow her instinct for
sightseeing, and from her 40th year, until few
months before her death, she was a traveller. Her
first enterprise was a pilgrimage to Jerusaem--"a
spot, she says, on which she always felt an intense
desire to tread.' From Jerusalem she went to Naza-
reth and Beirut and, on returning to Vienna pub,
lished her first work entitled: The IraUels Of a
Pieand Lady to the Holy Land. This tour was
shortened by the exhaustion of her finances and was
relinquished with great reluctance. But the lady,
favored by the success of her work, soon equipped
herself for another journey. The second one was an
exploration of Northern Europe. Norway, Sweden,
Denmark and Iceland were visited BY her IN turn,
and the results of her observations were embodied IN
a volume published at Pesth in 1915. Madame
Pfeifler had now seen the East and the North her
works met ready sale her passion for travel had
grown and she resolved to undertake more extern
siYe exploration.
In May, 1876, she again quilted her home in
Vienna, embarked for Rio Janeiro, arrived at that
port in September and travelled through the Brazlis
went round Cape Horn, and landed in Chill, where
she remained a sufficient period to know the habits
of the Chilians then made flying tGlp to Otahete
and afterwards went on to China, taking Japan IN
her way, and proceeded through ASIA visited Cey-
lOn and ended her tour of the world by careful eX
animation of the manners, customs, traditions reil-
gion and natural wonders OF the further and nearer
India After two years absence, she returned third
time to Vienna. The narrative OF this journey is in
tensely interesting. During the whole tour, Madame
Pieifer was unaCcompanied, except by her guides
but always received kind treatment, her defenceless
condition being her best protection She relates that
she suffered greatly in dangerous regions, that she
knew the extremes OF hunger and thirst that life
was often in peril but that she uniformly met kindly
usage-WaS received INTO Tue tents OF IOe women
among the savage tribes and that in no instance was
she molested as she iOurneyed about staff in hand.
Her extraordinary tact and power of will carried her
safely through. The success of this soon prompted
Madame Pfeit1er to undertake another Having re-
manned in Vienna barely three years, she departed
for the fourth time, vending her way to the Cape Of
| Good Hope. She sailed from London for that point
the ga May 1851 and arrived at the Cape on the
/ 18th Of August following. The Cape presented few
objects Of interest and she soon LETT ii. Penetrating
into the country of Hotentots she carried her expor
\ atiOns some two hundred miles into the Interior
| living among the saYages terms Of amty and en-.
\ j0yng excellent opportunities for observation.
Returning to the Cape she sailed for Singapore,
went thence TO Borneo where sheresided for month
among the fierce tribe Of the Dyaks then went over
the mountains to visit Snngau and Landek, and after
several visit to the settlements bent her steps
towards Java, where she received hOspitahe enter
taament went thence to Sumatra, lived another
month among a tribe of cannibals, and came away
entire, although they proposed to eat her and were
only dissuaded theretrOmi she ayers, by her repre-
sentati0n that she was old and necessarily tough.
The islands Of the Archipelago were all visited by her
and the Sultan of Ternata afforded her all possible
facilities for exploring bis particular island. The
lady rode through his domniOns in q conveyance
drawn by twenty man powerh as she describes it,
for His Majesty owned no beasts of burden, except
men. Afterwards, she went to the Ceebes, and,
having finished her sightseeing there, returned to
java and embarked at Batavia for San francisco.
The VOYAGE was pleasant, and Madame Pfeiffer
the wet diggins,' examined the quartz formations,
wentup to the Crescent City lived among the Indians
in Oregon, ran down to Acapulco, viewed the mines
Of quicksilver at San Jose, and then went down the
coast to Lima, and made the tour OF the Peruvian
mines.
Thence she went to Guayaquil and thence to Quito,
and in this stage of the journey suffered numerous
perils and bardahps the rainy having set in
and the roads rendered nearly impossible. Once she
fell overheard from canoe, and owed her life to her
skill in swimming. Quito offered no temptations to
detaiD her, and after short visit she returned to
Guayaqutl and departed thence for Panama. Cross
ing the isthmns at Aspinwal she took steamer
passage for New Orleans, and then began her trip
through the United States which ended in this city
in November, 1864, exactly four years ago. From
New Orleans she first went to Arkansas, then up the
Mississippi to ST. Louis, thence to the Falls Of St.
Anthony thence by way of Gaena, Chicago, Mil
waukee, and Sault Ste. Marie to Lake Superior
thence by way Of Quebec and Montreal to New York,
arriving here in September 1854. During her soi0urn
in this city, Madame Pteter was the guest OF DR..
Aigner, editor Of the Near Yorker DemOdrat. Re-
farming to London at the close of 1854 she prepared
her notes OF this extended tour for publication ana
the narrative is simple and interesting. Her last
journey undertaken about a year ago. She re-
visited Africa and attempted to explore Madagascar,
but prevented from the ulHllment oil that part
Of her plan by the Watchul jealousy Of the Queen,
who subjected her to sundry indigntes, and finally
expelled her from the territory, While in Madagas-
car she contracted violent fever and did not re-
cover from its effects. On her way hOme after her
expulsion, she visited the Mauritias aud sailed thence
on her RETURN on the 18th March last. She reached
her home safely and Immediately busted herself with
the preparation of another volume Of Travels. The
illness which still elpng to her, however terminated
fatally.
Madame Pfeiffer withall her roaming propensites,
was not a course or bold woman. In person she was
below the middle size, had dark hair and brilliant
eyes, was always clad with extreme plainness, and
in manner was quiet and reserved, Ia a letter writ
ten to friend, few years ago she describes her
self: !" smile she says, I" when think of themany
who, knowing me only through my travels, fancy
that my character, manners, even my figure and
movements, are more like those of man than
woman. How falsely do they charge me! But you
who know me, know that those who expect to find
me six feet high, with bold imposing gait, and
dagger and pistol in my belt discover in me the
very reverse and that in every day life am palmer,
quicer and more reserved than thousands Of my own
sex who have left the seclusion Of their native
villages
A SCENE IN New YoRK,-We fad the following in
the New Rnrk Times of the 18th:
Last evening, at ten minutes past o'clock the
east side Of the City Hall Park was the scene Of
miniature Morrissey aud Heenan exhibition. In the