"_Uncle Sam's_ teams are continually passing thro' this town, with cannon balls, &c. for the fleet at Vergennes. These balls are transported from Boston, at an expense of not less than _twenty shillings_ for every 100 wt. i. e. every 32 lb. ball costs a dollar for transportation only. Now it is well known there are several foundaries in the vicinity of the Lake, and one very extensive one in Vergennes.--What then could induce the contractor to resort to this useless waste of the _sinews of war_? Quere. Do not the contractors have a certain per cent? If so, the larger the bills are, the better for them."[59] An extract dated Baltimore, June 22, 1814, reads as follows: "A detachment of 260 Uncle Sam's troops, under Major KEYSER have embarked from Baltimore, to aid in raising the blockade of BARNEY'S flotilla. [This is as it should be,--The regulars are paid and fed for the common defense.]"[60] The following passage is dated Keene, New Hampshire, November 5, 1814: "The soldiers, drafted for the defence of Portsmouth are mostly on their return home. By some _arrangement_ between the Governor and General Chandler, the latter, it seems, undertook to provide for, and _pay_ the troops. The _names_ of those poor fellows are on _Uncle Sam's_ pay roll; but not a cent of money have any of them received. This will come when the government loan is filled, and this loan will be filled when public credit is restored, either before, or _after_ 'the _troubled night_ of this administration departs.'"[61] The following story appeared in the _Columbian Centinel_ of December 3, 1814: "_UNCLE SAM_ AND _JOHN BULL_. "U. Sam pays his soldier-servants in Paper Money ('Chequer Bills) which the poor fellows carry to the brokers, and sell at a loss from 20 to 30 dollars in a hundred, and which Uncle Sam thinks is so much saved. "But _John Bull_, an old fool, carries his Paper Money to market himself, gets as much gold and silver for it as he can--and pays off his soldier-servants in Ready Rhino, thereby losing all the discount himself. "Who then shall say, that Uncle Sam is not a prudent, calculating fellow--and John Bull a fool and a spendthrift?"[62] The _Plattsburg Herald_ of December 9, 1814, contained the following: