Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-09
Letter from Frankfort, Ky.
[FRoN OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
TRANKroRr, Ky, September I. 1876


FRANKFORT, KY, September I, 1861.
Another day of sensations. The morning
train from Louisville brought up and safely |
deposited, apparently in good condition, at
this place, the quondom Hero of Fort Sum. |
ter" and present military commandant of |
the Department of Kentucky. So very quietly |
was his advent made that even the omniver- |
ous and omnipresent reporters were taken by |
surprise, and seemed inclined to doubt the |
evidence of their own senses. That so dis. |
tinguished an individual as General Ander- |
son, could, in these exciting times have trav- |
eled all the way from Cincinnati Via Louis. |
vile to Frankfort without their knowledge, |
and arrived unheralded and unexpected in |
their very midst, was almost beyond belief. |
The fact, however, was palp9bly evident, |
and gulping down their bewilderment, they |
set themselves with commendable persever- |
ance 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 compliment
airy invitation of the Governor to meet the
members of the Legislature, would not do.
| Such an object was not in the least sensa-
tiona and therefore utterly uucongenial to
reportorial stomachs; they must have some
thing better than that, and with praise
worthy diligence and ingenuity they sought
and found it not.
But not alone among the representatives
VI hSnopdPOlo ulu tuO OAClJC1cub pTtNdlls
Rapidly the rumor ran through the town |
that "Major" Anderson had arrived, aud in |
stsntly every body was on the qui UiUe.
'Haye you seen Major Anderson )" "Major
| Anderson is in town. "No;" "Yes;" "rhere
he Isl" s'No, it isn't" Yes, it is-the small
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 debate on the
resolutions introduced yesterday by Mr.
| Johnson-a copy of which l 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 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 con-
fdence 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 excite
ment in the social, as in the physical-system.
They, therefore, desire to force an issue at
once, and by first csjoling the Legislature to
declare in favor of neutrality, and then either
frightening or coercing them to accept the
proposition of the Governors message as
their definition of the word; at least prevent
the State from offering any aid to the Gov
ernment, 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:
"ReSolUed: That as the people of Ken
lucky were opposed to the Inauguration of
the war now pending against the Confeder-
ate States, and as Kentucky by her Legisla-
ture, 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.
"ReSoIUed: That it is the deliberate opinion
of this General Assembly that the indepen-
dence 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 o
the trap so cleverly set for them, and respect
fully decline to fall into it.
Although neither branch of the Legis.
lature seemed disposed to afford us a sensa.
tion, the Fates proved more kind to our wait
) ing ears. Late in the afternoon the town
was electrified by avague but startling rumol
q that the division of the Federal army under
: command of Gen. Banks had been attacked
| ! IL. a I.,& 81. Ne., Foln
f under Gen. Johnston. The Federal loss il
killed and wounded was variously stated a
from five thousand to fifty thousand, and thu
+, different estimates of the amount of arm
a and munitions of war taken afforded a very
good criterion of the credulity or imagina
= tion of the narrator.
Great was the commotion for a while, anC
wonderful to record would have been the
various calculations, comments, questions
and remarks with which each man garnished
his particular version of the affair. At last
however, it occurred to some Of the les
: credulous among us to inquire as to thu
origin of the report. 1t was said to havt
J. come by telegraph from Louisville. Investi
cation, however, demonstrated the fact tina
it had been first received from a passenger
, on the evening train from Louisville, whC
Il claimed to have obtained it from another
). passenger who had just reached there from
. Cincinnati.
= Two nunQreO miles FOunu Dy ratlfO41 is
. rather slow for news in these days, es
pecially when the telegraph takes a direc
$ line of about half that distance, and with
!, shrewd suspicion that they had been sold
q the party adjourned to the telegraph Office
= when the courteous operator informed then
a that he had telegraphed to both Louisyill
. and Cincinnati and that nothing had bee
}, heard of such report at either place.
u You may judge there was some laughtC
y INDUCED in when this fact was ascertainel
= and, as usual, every man seemed inclined I
Il jeer his neighbor for his credulity, thoug
a each one steadily denied having ever S
u u riously credited the report himself
d A band has just struck up "Hail Columbii
4 under my window, intended as a serenade
~ General Anderson, and as he will probabl
" be called on for speech, and as l want
~ hear ii, will close this letter for the Presen
IN GILBERT.
BOARD OF WATER wORKs.-The Board mt
er on Friday afternoon, and transacted OuSlne
liS | n. he xuaakIV scleQule of CLAIM