. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . ty being thought worthy to fillthe office. For many years, also, in fact until compelledby age to withdraw from all active labors, he was theengineer in charge of the city gas works. John Tyler, afterwards President of the United States, then visit-ing in Pittsburgh, was chosen to name the steamer, which cere-mony, however, was not performed until the vessel arrived atCincinnati. Our countrys flag was carried to remote ends of theearth by the Allegheny, and with it the name of the littleinland town where she was built; but so
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . ty being thought worthy to fillthe office. For many years, also, in fact until compelledby age to withdraw from all active labors, he was theengineer in charge of the city gas works. John Tyler, afterwards President of the United States, then visit-ing in Pittsburgh, was chosen to name the steamer, which cere-mony, however, was not performed until the vessel arrived atCincinnati. Our countrys flag was carried to remote ends of theearth by the Allegheny, and with it the name of the littleinland town where she was built; but so insignificant was itthen, it had not been heard of, and its very existence was , if no longer ships are built on the head waters of theOhio, it is nevertheless universally known that Pittsburgh forgesthe iron with which the greatest war vessels afloat are clad. Imay add that since the Allegheny, other iron boats for navi-gating our rivers hdve been built in Pittsburgh, the first of thesebeing the Valley Forge, built by Robinson, Minnis & CHAPTER lY. BIRTH, CHILDHOOD, AND EARLY RECOLLECTIONS. I remembei, L remember How my childhood fleeted by,The mirth of its December And the warmth of its my brow, love, on my brow, love, There are no signs of my pleasures are not now, love, What childhoods pleasures were. I WAS born in Pittsburgh, on Friday, August 22, 1828,in a house built by Major Ebeneezer Denny, of bricktaken from Fort Pitt at the time of its demolition, whenas a post of defence against the encroachments of Indiansit was no longer needed. Hence I think I may lay claimto being a Pittsburgher. This house stood on the westside of Market Street, one door south of Third, and wasdestroyed in the fire of 1845. From 1830 to 1835 my parents resided on Front Street,below Ferry, and my earliest recollections go back to aperiod midway between these dates. Certain events ofthe early part of 1832, when I was but three and a halfyears old, have been
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