Letter from George Albert Smith, 27 July 1856
Brother Woodruff: As a sunday morn-
ing pleasure we sit down to write altho the
weather is so hot that our river run like oil.
The House of Representatives have refused to pass
the Army appropriation Bill, without a proviso
that no part of the Army should be used to support
the Territorial Government in Kansas against
the Free State party. Two Three weeks now closes
the session and very little can be done to benefit
anybody, several hundred private Bills must
be laid over. The Country is suffering from
severe drouth. The general cry from all quarters
is for rain. The wheat harvest has been
very abundant. When I first came here
and learned Brother Bernhisel's feelings
I felt quite uneasy and half a notion to ^try to^ push
our Bill into the Senate Dr or no Dr, one
day while ^praying &^ reflecting upon the subject I dropped
to sleep on a Soffa and dreamed, that there
was a large train of Cars that I had to start
I laid hold of them and pushed with all
