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pretty representative of his native state had to
passionately �secede� from the rest of the band,
he applauded and handed or threw her a bouquet, �
when a jolly row occurred in consequence, which
Pancknin and his friends, occupying a private
box, braved with all the pluck in the world.
Woodward has returned from Florida, not
much better in health. Heiss is in Brooklyn.
Lindsay�s �sister� proves to have been his mis-
tress; she was recognized as the wife of one
of the workman at his Newhaven Arms� fac-
tory, by a fellow employee, at Charleston. This
Waud learnt from Mrs. Woodward. (I had
my suspicions at Charleston, and afterwards, but
thought they might be unjust; so I didn�t chro-
nicle them.) After the appearance of the
picture of the Charleston Hotel hall, in the �Lon-
don News,� Waud was questioned a good deal
about the possibility of my having sent it; but
my letter to the �Courier� made it more than all
right and renewed my popularity. �I might
go thither tomorrow, and every body would be glad to
see me.� Will ahd been up to the �Illustrated
N.Y. News� office and seen Sol Eytinge, who
talked about Will�s enlistment, advising him
to be careful &c., saying that it was a good