ver every inch of territory
from the hills of the Aroostook to the waters of the Rio Grande.

Just as the fort struck her flag, an incident occurred which was
somewhat remarkable. A sloop, which had been at anchor in Tybee
harbor, was broken from her moorings by the violence of the wind,
and driven by wind and tide, she floated up the Savannah river.
With her Union down, she passed immediately in front of Pulaski,
and turned into Wright river, where she was run ashore. Twenty
minutes earlier, and she would have been blown to atoms by the guns
of the fort.

An almost incredible amount of work has been done by our investing
army, in accomplishing this glorious result. Rivers and creeks had
to be sounded, obstructions removed, roads made through swamps on
marshy islands, where our officers and men had to work day and
night, often up to their waists in mud and water; heavy Parrotts
and columbiads had to be carried by hand across these swamps, and
erected on platforms inundated by rising tides; dykes and ditches
had to be made, while all the time our men were exposed to the fire
of the rebel fleet. When all this was accomplished, and
communication was cut off from Pulaski, then the nearest points on
Tybee were reached by our forces located on that island, and four
or five batteries were planted, which, in turn, have done their
work, and the result shows how wise were the plans and how
successful was the execution. The stars and stripes now float over
Pulaski, and may they never again be polluted by the touch of
traitor hands.

* * * * *

Those persons who 'collect' street literature (there be such) may be
pleased with the following:

PORTENTOUS PLACARDS.

_New-York, May, 1862._

Since the publication of the 'Bill-Poster's Dream,' and of the extracts
from Richmond papers containing the prophecies of the handwriting on the
wall relative to the accomplice States of America, few things have so
generally attracted pedestrian attention in our down-town streets as two
enormous placards. The first bore the following legend:

THERE'S
A TEMPEST
BREWING.

Persons given to cryptical studies were inclined to consider this an
esoteric form of advertisement, intended to convey to the initiated the
information that A. STORM had gone into the beer business. But
conjecture