The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-08
LOnoIs sam.

'oThste' are more: nnoles besides tnoe
Tom. That venerable and perseouted
eeloredG Gant, whose fictitious woes and
fspeied ,tribulations il Mrs.nstowes,:ro-
names. which was. after the Abolition.
ms own heart, and vlung from it oroco-,
dile,teara of.sympstby in its imngihery
and Exaggerated scenes, went the way OF
s sSssTsss 3.sA Astfs1s q, ,Ss'}''ass sts
limbo. It has no permanent place in
literatuge Tho characters whish, ,,liyed
ANDY arpeteds ttbeIr brief 'hours dn@she
stage. born Of fdsehood and 'detract1,n,
have deseryealy faded out 81, Tie popular
regard and popular memory . In .thoae-
oline ot; her popularity. the author was
compelled to enter another department
OF the scandal mafkot.; For q brief
while. al before, sho succeeded in at
tractiDg, attention. to herself, aua,fsome
degree Of Yonder Of tho unheard-of and
disgusting srevelationsi shs prpfesssd to:
make: sThe publio'indignatfon soon set
tled npol Her. aud shecoontiuuesEen se-
Hoped in its cloud. .hhe has found her
level, and her misbegotsen creation has
bsea autpdSntsd ~ another s'hncle" of
. more lively aud verati.e kind, He is
called t..'Uhole sam" but Is, not the tra-
ditional,r good-natursd, and humorous
.fel16&! whom We all regard 80 las0rably
asspresenting our nation" Or. rather
itas1his same character in q new light.
Isis efs Unole Sam: as he appears TO dis
oerning foreign eyes, in his more recent
peculiar deyelopmenta. auf. altogether
nosel and striking chslaoteristids., 'nze i: !
a, oleysf PariaiAns. Mr. viotorieBssr-
don, has been holding sthe rsirror up to
nsturasiu2tna gay capital forftone time
past with great sucesas. He is'thb most
popAlarr oqsdsyigsst sinss the : tins SM
: Scribe. He ID described as oleyer,
bright, hqn4d{ns 1i.tle IMAM With Scoal
shSSasMs iaces ssHs has satirized the ss-
oond empire and the 0ouryeoisie. who
sustainsd, Napoleon inv:s",Fsmille Be-
poiten," and the peasantsy in e'Nos
Bons Villageois. These were followed
by.i3PetNsieY snd ,.Rsbag4,y'tn (ShiesH1
laRer lbs TOOL Of GAmbefta. He hhs
now turned his eyes to the Western
world, md in L'Onale Sam has pre-
sented republican institutions and man
nera y dIey eloped ippthe' United st9tsss'
in pdiat Of vies by!ho msahA hastefing
to our national vanity, but very anus
ing. The play has been interdiated by
the apt6ofittes from fear of disfsasing 6
the A4Atioan COLONY in Paris. But this
prohibition will. no doubt. soon be re-
moved. and Americans will enjoy the
fun Of faths ching 1ne less ,keeply than
foreigners. Correspondents have de.
soribed the plot and giveu SONS ofsthe
soenes, and while atsurd .generx1y and
untrue Is nature, We have found them
diverting. and often hitting the nail on
the head very aptly.
The action of the play begins on q
Hudson Rfver steamboat. Samuel Tap.
plebot aId. his niece, Sarah, are pas
sengers. Samuel is o type of the Yankee,
with the good. and especially the bad,
points Of that character. Having begun
with selling matches at twelve, and, had
varying success in ihe blacking line and
in selling sugar and chocolate, he at last
struck oil and became millionaire.
Other characters are French Marquis-
De Rochemanne-traveling in the States
for observation and adventure; Nous.
Bonhomme, Frenohman OF wealth, an
ardent Republican in his views, with his
wife aud daughters; Elliott, journalist,
connected with the New York press,
O politioian.-a n member Of Congress and
professional fiddler. In the second
act. you are introduced into splendid
hotel on Fifth avenue, New York. The
young Marquis has como to offer bis
heart and hand to Sarah, who evidently
has her fathers turn for business. Thus
she cateohises him:
Sarah-How much are you worth2
Marquis-Worth? don't understand.
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