Cincinnati Daily Press

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

FRANKFORT, Ky., September 7, 1861.

Another day of sensations. The morning train from Louisville brought up and safely deposited, apparently in good condition, at this place, the quondam "Hero of Fort Sumter," and present military commandant of the Department of Kentucky. So very quietly was his advent made, that even the omnivorous and omnipresent reporters were taken by surprise, and seemed inclined to doubt the evidence of their own senses. That so distinguished an individual as General Anderson could, in these exciting times have traveled all the way from Cincinnati via Louisville to Frankfort without their knowledge, and arrived unheralded and unexpected in their very midst, was almost beyond belief. The fact, however, was palpably evident, and gulping down their bewilderment, they set themselves with commendable perseverance to the task of finding out what very secret and highly important design had prompted this visit. The simple explanation that he had merely come up by complimentary invitation of the Governor to meet the members of the Legislature, would not do. Such an object was not in the least sensational, and therefore utterly uncongenial to reportorial stomachs: they must have something better than that, and with praiseworthy diligence and ingenuity they sought and found it not.

But not alone among the representatives of newspapers did the excitement prevail. Rapidly the rumor ran through the town that "Major" Anderson had arrived, and instantly every body was on the qui vive. "Have you seen Major Anderson?" "Major Anderson is in town;" "No;" "Yes," "There he is;" "No, it isn't;" Yes, it is-the small man with gray hair." Such seemed to be the staple conversation during the forenoon.

At noon the Senate met, and a large number of people were in attendance in the lobby and on the floor, anticipating a debate on the resolutions introduced yesterday by Mr. Johnson-a copy of which I sent you with my last letter. The resolutions, however, were not called up, and after hearing the appointment of the Standing Committees, and passing and referring a number of bills, mostly of a private nature, and none of them possessing any general interest, the Senate adjourned.

There is a manifest determination on the part of the Union members of both Houses, not to allow themselves to be drawn into any discussion on mere abstract propositions. When the proper time for action arrives, they will act, but until then they do not care to have their position weakened, and the confidence of their constituents undermined by the specious fallacies and misconstructions into which their traitorous colleagues are studiously striving to decoy them. The Secessionists evidently feel that their case is already desperate, and growing weaker every day by the inevitable rule of reaction which always follows any unnatural excitement in the social, as in the physical, system. They, therefore, desire to force an issue at once, and by first cajoling the Legislature to declare in favor of neutrality, and then either frightening or coercing them to accept the proposition of the Governor's message as their definition of the word; at least prevent the State from offering any aid to the Government, even if they should not be able openly to range her on the side of the rebels.

The resolutions of Mr. Johnson, offered in the Senate yesterday, and the following, which were presented to the House this morning by Mr. Ewing, of Logan County, plainly indicate this programme:

"Resolved: That as the people of Kentucky were opposed to the inauguration of the war now pending against the Confederate States, and as Kentucky by her Legislature, and by the popular vote of the people, has expressed herself in favor of neutrality, that Kentucky ought not and will not pay one cent of the taxes which are authorized by the General Government to assist to carry on said war."

"Resolved: That it is the deliberate opinion of this General Assembly that the independence of the Confederate States should be immediately recognized, as we believe this is the only way to save our country from bankruptcy, to spare the precious lives of many citizens, and to restore peace and tranquility to our country.

There is no fear, however, that this scheme will succeed. The Union men are aware of the trap so cleverly set for them, and respectfully decline to fall into it. Although neither branch of the Legislature seemed disposed to afford us a sensation, the Fates proved more kind to our waiting ears. Late in the afternoon the town was electrified by a vague but startling rumor that the division of the Federal army under command of Gen. Banks had been attacked and utterly routed by the Confederate troops under Gen. Johnston. The Federal loss in killed and wounded was variously stated at from five thousand to fifty thousand, and the different estimates of the amount of arms and munitions of war taken afforded a very good criterion of the credulity or imagination of the narrator. Great was the commotion for a while, and wonderful to record would have been the various ejaculations, comments, questions and remarks with which each man garnished his particular version of the affair.

At last, however, it occurred to some of the less credulous among us to inquire as to the origin of the report. It was said to have come by telegraph from Louisville. Investigation, however, demonstrated the fact that it had been first received from a passenger on the evening train from Louisville, who claimed to have obtained it from another passenger who had just reached there from Cincinnati. Two hundred miles round by railroad is rather slow for news in these days, especially when the telegraph takes a direct line of about half that distance, and with a shrewd suspicion that they had been sold, the party adjourned to the telegraph office, when the courteous operator informed them that he had telegraphed to both Louisville and Cincinnati, and that nothing had been heard of such a report at either place. You may judge there was some laughter indulged in when this fact was ascertained, and, as usual, every man seemed inclined to jeer his neighbor for his credulity, though each one steadily denied having ever seriously credited the report himself.

A band has just struck up 'Hail Columbia' under my window, intended as a serenade to General Anderson, and as he will probably be called on for a speech, and as I want to hear it, I will close this letter for the present.

GILBERT.