The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03

Of slaves in Georgetown is 577, in WASH
ington, LIZA, and in the remainder Of the
county, 1874, making total Of 1886. Free
blacks in the district, 11,l3l, and the total
population Of Washington is GLIB.
If the New York Tribune Of the 10th
tells the truth, there is Connecticut Colt
it will do to break" It says:
/ We are assured by letter from London,
date Nov. 20, 1861, that agents of Col. Samuel
Colt are actively engaged in England in aiding
rebels. These pistols are paid for in cash on
delivery, and our correspo assures us he
saw 4 quAntities of them the other day going
on board a British steamer, to be smuggled
into Charleston" y .--.sss-'
by the following from the Liverpool
Mercury Of Dec, it will be seen that the
lady rebels on the. Trent endorse Lient.
Fairfax as gentleman ga
It has been stated in some of the papers
that Lieut.. Fairfax, who boarded the Trent,
behaved in rude and unbecOming manner
whilst in the discharge of what even he must
have considered very disagreeable task. We
are glad to be able, on the authority of lady
member of the family of one of the commits
sioners, to contradict this statement. We are
assured that the Lieutenant, in carrying out
the orders OF the commander, behaved with
the utmost courtesy, and personally conduct
ed himself like an officer and gentleman.
The st. Louis Democrat of the 23d,
says 1.-THE city will be shocked to learn
that the we'll known citizen, Thornton
Grimsley, died suddenly Saturday morning.
He went to his store at the usual hour, but
complained of an oppression about the
chest. A short period afterwards he sud-
denly sunk away, and by the time be was
conveyed to his residence was past recovery.
He died about twelve o'clock"
The Boston Iraveller is informed that
Gen. Phelps, the hero of the Ship Island
proclamation, has been in former years sub.
ject to occasional fits of insanity. The fit
seems to be on him now.
The steam -four and saw mills of W.
F. McMillen, at South Charleston, Ohio
were burned on the night of the Goth inst,
with four thousand bushels of wheat, etc.
Loss $4,000, insurance $4,000.
Lieutenant Colonel Bushnell, of the
Lincoln Cavalry, is now on trial at Wash.
ington, before an Investigating committee,
for treason. Information was lodged some
months ago, but was disregarded for insult
ficiency further information rendered a
trial imperative, which may involve others.
he was arrested on Wednesday last, and
confined in the city Jail. -
There seems to be no end to the Har,
tung case, at Albany. The woman has
now been in course of trial for the murder
Of her husband for three years, once or
twice being convicted, and last of all, a
week since, released by order of court. She
has now again been arrested, on bench
warrant, and her counsel will move for a
writ of habeas corpus.
-Ex Governor Hunt of New York,
came very near bleeding to death a few
days since from the extracting of tooth.
After the tooth had been extracted, he
started from his home at Lockport for New
York city, and it bled the whole distance.
When he reached New York, physician
was called, and it was some hours before the
eftusion Of blood could be stopped. He
was reduced by the loas of blood to dam
gerous condition, but is now convalescent.
Richard Gatewood, of the First Ken
lucky Regiment, suffered the extreme pen.
atty of the law for desertion, at Camp Cox,
near Charleston, Virginia, on the 10th inst!
The court martial was held on the 18th oil
November, on Tompkins' farm: The exc
cution took place in the presence of the
First and Second Kentucky Regiments,
and Captain Pfau's Cincinnati Dragons.
At three o'clock in the afternoon Of the
10th of this month Gatewood was conveyed
from the Jail of Charleston in wagon, sit-
ting upon his coffin, accompanied by two
chaplains. Arriving at the place of execu.
ton, the culprit was removed from the
wagon; his coffin was placed upon the
ground, and be was seated upon it. His
eyes we're blinded by the Provost Marshal.
Seven men of the Twelfth Regiment APP
preached to within twenty yards of him and
fired: -Four of the bullets entered his breast,
killing him instantly. Not groan or a
struggle was observed. His body was in
tered near Charleston.
The imports of foreign dry goods at
New York during the month of November,
were less than half as large as the CORE
spending total in either of the previous two
years; and more than half consists of WOOL
en- goods, chiefly imported for army pur.
poses.