Josiah King, now proprietor of the _Pittsburg Gazette_ and James H.McClelland called at the _Journal_ office and subscribed, and with these two supporters, the _Pittsburg Saturday Visiter_, entered life.

The mechanical difficulty of getting out the first number proved to be so great that the forms were not on the press at 3 P.M.By five the streets were so blocked by a waiting crowd, that vehicles went around by other ways, and it was six o'clock, Jan.

20th, 1848, when the first copy was sold at the counter.

I was in the editorial room all afternoon, correcting proof to the last moment, and when there was nothing more I could do, was detained by the crowd around the doors until it was after eleven.
Editors and reporters were gathered in the sanctum, and Mr.Riddle stood by his desk pointing out errors to some one who should have prevented them, when I had my wraps on ready to start.

Mr.Fleeson, then a clerk on the _Journal_, stepped out, hat in hand, and bowing to the proprietor, said: "Mr.Riddle, it is your privilege to see Mrs.Swisshelm to her lodgings, but as you seem to decline, I hope you will commission me." Mr.Fleeson was a small man and Mr.Riddle had drawn himself to his full height and stood looking down at him, saying: "I want it distinctly understood that Mrs.Swisshelm's relations in this office are purely those of business.