"'Loss upon loss, and no ill luck stiring [_sic_] but what lights upon UNCLE SAM'S shoulders,' exclaim the Government editors, in every part of the Country. The Albany _Argus_ of last Tuesday laments the disasters and disappointments of our Border War, in most pathetic strains &c. &c." In a note is given this explanation: "This cant name for our government has got almost as current as 'John Bull.' The letters U.S. on the government waggons, &c. are supposed to have given rise to it" (p. 3-3). In the _Lansingburgh Gazette_ of late in September or possibly October 1, 1813, appeared the following: _"Land Privateering._--The following is a short sketch of a recent battle, under the act[52] to encourage land-privateering, between what are called in this part of the country, _Uncle Sam's Men_ and the _Men of New-York_:--On Friday se'nnight, a quantity of goods were seized pursuant to the act aforesaid, by a custom house officer at Granville, in Washington county, under the pretence that they had been smuggled from Canada. On the Monday succeeding the owner obtained a writ of replevin, and the sheriff, after meeting with some opposition, succeeded, in possessing himself of the goods, according to the laws of this state. _Uncle Sam's Men_, however, feeling little disposition to be deprived of their booty in this manner, (for secure as they thought of the whole, they had _plundered_ but a small part of the goods,) raised a band of war hawks, and attempted a rescue. The sherriff called the posse of the neighborhood to his assistance, and the parties being nearly equal, altho' the war-hawks were rather the most numerous, a battle royal ensued. It was long and obstinately contested; but ended in the complete discomfiture of _Uncle Sam's_ party, who retired from the conflict, marked with many a broken head and bruised limb, leaving the _Men of New-York_ in possession of the field of battle and the goods."[53] In a communication dated Burlington, Vermont, October 1, 1813, appeared the following: "The _patriotic_ Volunteers, who have _marched_ here to guard the public stores in the absence of the regular army, are taking '_long furloughs_,' and volunteering for _home_ by tens and fifties, and hundreds.--The pretence is, that _Uncle Sam_, the now popular explication of the U. S., does not pay well; and that the cold begins to pinch."[54] From a paper published at Herkimer, New York, on January 27, 1814, is taken the following: