The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-21
Reports from our Telescope Nan.

part Va Tic AaEAbi anu Ah6 NDAa VI TIE
latter, our telescope man, who as We
announced, had been. sent to the top of
our Office, TO watch Governor" Harris
progress in planting the rebel flag on
the dome of The Capitol, remained at
his post, -anxiously awaiting the first
peep Of dawn, to get glimpse Of tae
'Great Deliverer His reports, from
time 10 time, are as follows:
SEVEN O'CLOCK "A large sibly tent is
ding of to the South, on which is
written Office of the Governor of Ten
nessee" No one stirring near it was
something resembling a barrel, sup
posed to contain corn bread, or some
thing made out Of corn.
EIGHT O'CLOCK Governor appeared
at the door. "Sam-corner stone of
my State government" he shouted to &
muscular contraband, athe barrel
bring forth the spirits Deys gone,
done gone, responded the negro The
Governor was chop-fallen. "Oh, for
the power TO cali spirits from the Vastly
deep but hav'n Mt got it. They won't
respond, no more than my dear, dear
friends, TO whom I appealed to enter
the army; both are alike dead to me.
This barrel Once you contained all
that is necessary in this life your con-
tents inspired me when ! wrote, and
when ] run fight never did they
say they have properties that make
men belligerent; believe it not
have taken into the inner man my fall
share, but they never inspired me to
deeds of daring
NlSE O'CLOCK Governor called Sam
again. 'Here, Sam, is a greenback, the
currency Of our enemy but necessity
knows no law; we must use it. Here
it is-a cool hundred; it was given me
by a good friend at Nashville-one who
had taken the oath of amnesty to save
his property, though good Southern |
Rights man. lie failed to respond in
person, to my call; but do1 blame him2
When ] reflect how I hate villainous
gunpowder, can't, in my soul, blame
him. he showed his good will, by |
sending me this hundred dollar green
back that was great deal; therewere
several amnesty men in Nashville who
sent sympathy-but this man did bet
ter-he sent money. And what would
the State government have done with
out 80 lis al it has-the last dollar,
and must be expended FOR the best in
terests of the Estate" that is, in fur
nishing the whereWithsl for the inst
tution-that's myself--to run. Sam,
expend this for subsistence.
Tx sCLocK-"Here, Governor; lie
spent de money heres de stuff"
what did you ges2 you black ras-
call mean, corner stone Of my State"
"a barrel Of whisky, and pound of
bread
william. why did you buy SO much
bread ? Half 8 pound should have
been the proportion who ever heard
OF man eating a pound Of bread,
while consuming barrel of the ar
dentY
ELEVEN ocLocE-"Governor' Harris
is sitting beneath tree, lunching his
victuals are ia bottle, and he eats
them from n clasa tunobIer
Noox-The Governor is evidently
preparing for his work getting ready
to plant that flag on the dome of the
Capitol
(Here our telescope man, for the first
time, complained of the weather;
asked 10 come Gown; said he was J
shivering; sent upa bottle, and prom
ised pension TO his wife and thirteen
children, if he lost his life, while Gov
er.ior' Harris was charging" when he .
announced that the weather had ''mod,
er,.ted" and that his nerves were |
once more all right, and he continued $
his report
The Governor pointed some huge 5
instrument at the city, which looked q
like a Dahlgreen gun; second look o
through the glasses proved it 10 be :
green bottle Governor sees me Q
looking through glasses; he looks a
through glass too.
oSE ooIocK--The Governor" advan>
ces twenty or,thirty PAGES to the
rear. A white something is seen at :
tached to the rear Of his pants, but car :
not tell whether it is flag of truce, or
his handkerchief hanging from his coat
pocket, or something else; think it is
something else. 7
While apparently delibefating on
some proposed strategy, a shell fred by
some Lincoln Hireling," bursted in
the vicinity Of the Governor OBJ :
served that .thc flag of truce" or
: something else" suddenly changed : :,
color; at first thought it was soiled, but : =
afterward concluded that its yellow II
hue was in anticipation Of The change Z
Of the flag, as proposed in the rebel :
the Governor being aux. v
ious TO have the honor of being the first -
20 employ the new design. =
Here our reporter appeared greatly -
iemoralized, and retreated to new =
base; said base being the Bottle OF
Robertson county, which we had in
hanks to Capt Brooke for removing D,
he blockade-sent him up through "a
he speaking trumpet in the morning in
The base seemed satisfactory he at As
,nce recognized, and brought his 90
glasses 10 bear again. d,
Two o'cLocK:-The Governor r" has
been accommodating during the last
aalf hour The glass employed was p,
Jingle barreled, and very much resem- vi
Dled that frequently seen on the coun. II,
iers of bar keepers, and which some. ia
lines cause men TO see doa5is, though co
cooking through but sis5is tense He an