The synopsis of the newspaper reports of the Tennessee battle was read both in the Senate and House. It was listened to with unusual silence in the latter branch. There was some slight applause, which suddenly ceased. The latest dispatch from Com. Foote was also read, and this was enthusiastically received in the house.
The Secretary of War has submitted to Congress a communication on the northern coast defences, enclosing an elaborate report from Edwin S. Johnson, of Cornwell, known as a practical engineer and connected with the joint commissions of 1817 and 1819, for running and marking the northeastern boundary line.
Mr. Johnson recommends the passage of Senator Morrill’s bill, and the adoption of the policy of placing in the hands of the President the necessary power to accept loans of money from the several States for the public defence, as therein proposed.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, April 10, 1862, p. 1
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