First  Bible  printed  in  America.  Christo-
pher Saner,  at  Gemiantown,  Penn.,  printed  a  Bi-
ble there  in  the  German  language  in  1743.  At
the  same  time  a  German  newspaper  was  printed
weekly  at  Philadelphia.
First  Bishop  for  Neiv  France,  The,  was
Francis  de  Laval,  abbot  ofMontigny,  a  prelate
who  came  over  in  1659,  bringing  with  him  for  the
first  time  monks  of  other  orders  besides  Jesuits.
First  Blood  shed  in  the  CSvil  "Wax  (1861-
65).  When  the  Washington  Artillery — one  of  the
Pennsylvania  companies  which  hasteued  to  the
relief  of  Washington  city — were  passing  through
Baltimore  (April  18,  1861)  they  were  followed
by  an  excited  mob,  who  assailed  them  with  in-
sulting words  and  a  few  missiles.  A  colored
man,  sixty  years  of  age,  supposed  to  have  been
a  runaway  slave,  was  attached  to  the  company,
aud  was  in  military  dress.  His  appearance
greatly  excited  the  ire  of  the  mob,  who  i-aised
the  cry  of  "  Nigger  in  uuiform  I"  Stones  and
bricks  were  hurled  at  him,  and  he  received  a
severe  wound  in  the  face  from  which  the  blood
flowed  freely.  His  excursion  through  Baltimore
was  never  a  pleasant  memory  for  him ;  and  he
was  heard  to  say  that  he  would  go  through  the
infernal  regions  with  the  Washington  Artillery,
but  never  again  through  Baltimore.
