I asked Miss Pinckney to-day if she remembered George Washington.

She and Mrs.Poinsett spoke at once.

"'Oh, yes, we were children,' said Mrs.Poinsett; 'but my father would have him come to see us, and he took each of us in his arms and kissed us; and at another time we went to Mt.

Vernon and made him a visit.' "Never were more intelligent old ladies than Mrs.Poinsett and Miss Pinckney.

The latter stepped around like a young girl, and brought a heavy book to show me the sketch of her sister, Marie Henrietta Pinckney, who, in the nullification time of 1830, wrote a pamphlet in defence of the State.
"Miss Pinckney's father was the originator of the celebrated maxim, 'Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute.' Their house was the headquarters for the nullifiers, and they had serenades, she said, without number.
"It was pleasant to hear the old ladies chatter away, and it was interesting to think of the distinguished men who had been under that roof, and of the cultivated and beautiful women who had adorned the mansion.
"Miss Pinckney, when I left, followed me to the door, and put into my hands an elegant little volume of poems, called 'Reliquiai.' "They seem to be simple effusions of some person who died early.
"May 9.