Show amlo sam and brother jonathan tho the N Y sun on oil request of a correspondent gives the following information concerning the historic origin eri ginand and exact limit of signification of the two patronymics of our country which form tho the title of the article after washington was appointed commander of the patriot army in the revolution ho bo had great dim culty in obtaining supplies on anone one occasion lon when no way way could be devised by him and his bis officers to supply the thi wants of the army washington I 1 around up the conference with the remark wo must consult brother jonathan he ife referred to jonathan trumbull then governor of connecticut in whose judgment he had confidence gov trumbull helped the general out of his difficulties and afterward the expression used by washington became a popular byword in the army and eventually a nickname for the nation the name uncle sam sa M as applied ap I 1 led to the united states is said kotave to have originated rig in abed in the war of 1812 an inspector lisp actor of army provisions altroy named samuel wilson was called by his workmen uncle sara sam one day somebody asked one of the workmen what the letters U S SI printed on a cask meant tho the workman rr replied that he supposed it must mean undo uncle sam the joke aias was afterward spread in the army and thia this according to tho the historian frost was the origin of the national sobriquet |