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Siltri JSktllaw. THE CLOXEXT SHAVE OF XTY LIFE. | '• BT A tOKDOK DgTECffYK. ' The prison of D If, »»try way coBiidtrd, under * belter organized and •MM system of flfcnioistration (ban env iWler institution I bare known. I hare V Mo aaany, and looked somewhat closely Into their method* of management and dfccipllne, and D-r— - — surpassed all the rest. Vfsitor^, of whom, very proper erly, bat few are admitted, are amazed at the regularity, the order, and, most Singular of >11 the air of security and ex- | seeding quiet that prevail*. , * ll*i wandered through the cbam- ■ ban in the freer part of the prison, we ewe to one from the window of which ! • map wa* looking to anxiously that he ! dW not hear ut enter. When he tarn- j •d round, hit eyes were glistening with • tenrt. The warden aaid he did nothing ' . Ut aland at that window at all timet J when he was wftoccapied He «u a ' tailor, we learned, wboae offenwe was : that he had almost beaten to death a j aomrade for speekiog aligiillj (fioui hi* | wife. He waa in for three year*, six I months of which he bad patted, and Vaa one of the best men about the priiv Hn. tTb«| bad found out that be wa* j accomplished, that them was no better barber anywhere •, ao he wat elevated shove bia fettowa, to tbe extent of a dig- ! nified position and the responsibility of rotors. * "He baa aha red mo many a time better Inn 1 conld have dune it myself. Would yoo like to hate a shave, gentlemet) ?" taid tbe warden. . I thought thsra was something quite 1 * taking in the idea, aad acknowledged 1 myaelfrto be touchod feworably with the ! proposition. I "Johwon, von will abai# this geurie-. men," taid the warden. < I threw off ray coal, and settled myaelf comfortably iu tbe big chair. Johnahn pad* grave preparation*. I always baled a razor. It was a vil- i Ipious noocuhy. I wonder if anybody < thinks it daligbtfal, Jbst hissing of the I efcarpsteel over the cheek, andthat slow i " scrape over the throat, with tbe skin « drawn dram tight. When my fsce was shining with the ' soap, the wirden said : ' 1 "We will leave you for five minutes, 1 Jlr. . 1. that time enough John- j son ?" — "Quite lime enough, sir!" answered Johnaon. The prisoner and I were left alone My CpmpanionsTrent away in another , direction from that we bad been putsu- ■ iug, and khe warden swung tbe door op- 1 en as be pawed through leaving it unclosed. From my position I taw tbem jralk along the top of the wall, uatU ■ ibty caiao to the corner where ikey^sfce a little to the officer iu i charge. Then they moved on, officer ! •ad sM, ont of tight. Upon each corner of tbe prison wall i " * * gaard is always stationed, well armed i to watch that no atucpts at' escape are 1 made. Th# momea; ihi* coa disappear- i ad, I fait a sort of Wat shiser of tbe i raaor against my lip. Immediately al- I ter mj barber coated Operations, walked ktarofy to the door and looked oat, and ; totoralng, panted an ioatant at the window where we bad fbuodhim when we i entered . Then he came back to me i and rosamed his work. I felt ragwly i aUrraed. i 4*t—mUr tie prisoner spake. His voice waa eery low, quit* a whisper, ia- t deed, aad he eot bis words abort. Bat ■ -rf: ] "Do jm m. lit 1" be etked. t 1

{ right iu .our n.ck - Keep rtrv nill and I ; don't stir. I know what would happen ; and so do yon, if yuu stirred or spoke j ' a word." Good God 1 these were hideous j words; bat tbe glare of the man's eye, j as he came roond in Trout of me, was ; appalling. 1 conld not have ottered a syllable if I hnfl died otherwise. "Sow," aaid he, "listen, hut don't move," and he pressed the fist blade against my throat, as if by way of warning. I dou'l like this. I can't stood . it. I'm/going. And so help me God, ijf vow Im a finger to stop roe, or make ; j any noise, both of ns will hare to die ! I I , would a little rather hot hurt you — but ! J -^remember I" He sprang away and caught up my ' i coat and hat, which lay near, still keep- ; ing the razor iu bis hand. Tbe moment its frightful contact was removed, my inI ejtncss vanished. I, leaped op, seized ' the chair in which I had been sitting, and ^brtated losulyi — die turned upon me "Ah, ro^ wilrEave" it then!" and I rushed towards' me. ! 1 thrust him aside with the heavy chair, and lifting it, high in the oir, j brought it down crashing upon him. j He sank for a second but quickly rose j again. He was heavier than I, and \ twice as strong, 1 suppose. Fersoni who have been in positions of great dunger will not bs astonished to hear that I forgot, after my first c»y to call out at all. I thought only of defending myself. This state of things did not last a quarter of a minuted He would have beaten me down soon enough, had I not, iu sheer desperation, made nse of a trick which I had seen successfully employed. I moved my eyes suddenly from him, pointing at lbe.*ame lime and ju the samjjli.reciion wjib my arm. Hi lucky chance I poiuted at the alndow. I think that moment saved my life. He slopped, irrisolote, glanced st the window, Hung his hands over bis hesd, gasped at ifhe were chocking, end, dashing the razor against the stone wall, ' fell trembling upon his knees. As 1 1 stepped swiftly across the floor, he call- 1 ed out to me I > "Don't go, don't go I" he sold. 1 "Stand there at the doorBif yon choose, 1 wait a minute. It's all over now ; 1 and perhaps, If you hear me, you won't wonder thet'jl wwo driven mad." -I hardly knew how to act; but as I involuntarily checked my steps, he con- 1 tinned : "Look out at the window, sir, and . you'H see just over tbe rosd, a woman j 1 with a child in her arms, standing in a doorway That's my wife and baby— ' my poor wife and baby. She doesn't know I'm here — thank God for that ! I { came here under a wrong name, and she j supposes I am far away at sea, I am ■ sort it would break ber heart to know | tbe troth. Well, sir, that's my home. I I've seen it, and I've seen her, everyday I there three mooths. It used to make me crazy, but i beer It better now. Bnt this chance — this greet chance was too j much for me. And to think that I came near loosing all hope af ever see- j her again I" Conld I doubt thoee struggling sobs 1 and tears J There was troth in every lone. - I looked through the window, and saw as he bed told me, a woman i standing on a threshold opposite, with little child. She tossed it np laughonce or twice and disappeared. "Yon won't trait me, I know," said , tbe prisoner ; "bat I want to beg you ( not to let the warden know of this It's no use, I know. Well, I swi ar, that I'll be -tfoa^j^>«aof after this. Nothing bat thrae yeera confinement now, and who «an live through tlpp. ? No, bo, you'll lat this go by, arou't jou? You may believe ma— yon may indeed.'' Feet shuMtng along the passages annoaacwd the return of tey ooasgaoiooi. Tbe fttoiter endeavored to <•%!*• him- j 1

1 self, aud I put on au .air ofMiucouoern i which I think was very successful under • j the circumstances. j "Not shaved yet!" said th« warden, i astonished. If he had out known how . | close a shave I had been through I i "I have broken my razor, "said Johul sou, looking appealing!; at tuc. "See, sir I must hare another." ; i "Very well," said the warden. "Will i ; you wait." he asked mi. ' "I think not," said I. "Another j time will do ns well for inc." So I wiped my face.Vud we went on I oor way? . V** ' | Of cobrse I was bound to tell the warj den what bad happened ; but even ia I that great excitement which naturally ] followed so narrow an escape, I think < r set forward all that 1 could in tbe I poor fellow's favor. The warden received the story with perfect composure, and assured me ho would.»ct in such a manner as he deem- , ed necessity required. Mb condemned ' bis own heedlessness {n opening so avi- : dent au opportunity forevU, with ranch mofc earnestness then he apok^c of the ■ event itself. ! I could not resist visiting the wife of . Jobuson. I discovered' that his story j wak true, and learned bit real name. — , { She was happy iu her igcor&uce of his real condition. I sought lu ascertain j whether she was able to sutnin herself i until he should rrjoiu her ; and then she | told me that Mr.- tlw warden of i the prison, h«d also come to tier, for' which she could not well account, and j assured her of his aid and protection in any need that might oogwr lu ber. She J was most grateful, but woudered why • be hud done so. A few months ago, the following, newspaper paragraph appeared It wus j' much copied, and 1 suppose will be | rasdilj remem^ered:^,. "It is the enstom at the prison of j D to permit prisoners whose terms j are within a few weeks of expiration, to | Work outside the wails, auder the sn'pcrvision of an officer. This privilege j is, in most cases, gladly accepted. A | few weeks ago, however, it was declined a man, who, as his time of freedom drew near, appeared more restless uudcr bis confinement than others. On inquiry it was found that this prisoner bus s wife and child living nircctlj within view of the walls, and that for nearly three years he had seen her daily, she i being all the while ignorant of his im- | prisonmeot, nnd supposing that her bus- ; band, who was a sailor, was at sea on a ■ long voyage, lie was unwilling that, at the last moment, the fact ahould be I yeveale'l to her ; end at bis own request ! he eontioued within tb» wltilt nntil his ' liberation, which took place last week, Excepting one occasion his conduct while in prison has been without btera ish." the kayk hew jebkt vdtth. | We say it wilhoat fear of contradiction, that aiaoog the haadreds of thousand* of . Union soldiers who have figured ia the war, : none have acted a more brave or more effi civet part than those of oar own State of New Jersey. Indeed, this Is noiversally acknowledged. And among oar reximeots, none have won richer laurels than tbr Ninth, in North Carolina. Ia the battles of Roanoke and Newbern they ware conspicuous, as alt will recollect. Last weak, in our local columns, wa referred, briefly, to the part they acted in tbe more recant battle at tba capture of King •ton; and we propose here to make a few detracts from tbe despatch giving tbe nr. eoont of tbe affair, a» we find it iu tbe Philadelphia Inquirery-of Dec. 22d. And wa do it with tba more eowfldeatfe from the feet of finding it in a Philadelphia paper, aad net one of oar owo State, koowing Chat they are by ao means backward in axto! ing their own troops, .to tbo neglect of those of New -Jersey. The ftrat sssdWqs is irafWmss* a*

i " December 12. 1862. — During the peat j r night the Ninth New Jersey Infantry, un I d«-r command oftJol. liickmsn. advanced j tbrnagh um tMBp end look. op a petition j within tliroo mileeof Trenton, engaging the j enemy succesifolly for a short lime." A little farther ou we read st follows : i "Near ton o'clock the Niuth Naw Jvr j svy Infantry was brought into action ; alto i Morrison's battery, of the Third Now York | ' i Artillery. By the aid of both these forcea ' i the epemy «u* soon driven from his posi- ' tioo. Ae sunn as the battery ceased firing, the Ninth New Jersey forded the creek Sn<l i charged upon the batiery. The battery , waa taken, ond th* old flag of tbe Union waved over it and ghtnrs were given, and au interesting scene enacted. " While tbe bridge waa being rebuilt, and while the " black pioneer brigade " Wu* j Isaiii making itself eminently useful. Col. I litekmau futiied forward with the Ninth ! , New Jersey, aggyv engaging tbe enemy. | capturing a Kodtnuh gun, kyii.ng three of j tbe enemy, and taking a few more prishn- I * Colonel II. was soon after supported j . by Brigadier-General \V ein-ll't Brigade. I j "Just a* the san waa sinking in the west | I wo came upon two regiments of Kebi-1 io- 1 fan try and two of their ptvees of artillery,: posted on .a use of ground behind a dense I '■ roods- ld» Ninth New Jersey oner more ' advanced and drove the -enemy back npo'i j their guns, after a rapid an-, sharp Urj, j when l>ptasu Morrison's battery, of the ! j Third New York Artillery, farced htm to , retire from his position, ceasing his fire al | ! together. Before the Ninth New Jersey got engaged. Captain Cole, with Co. K. I ; tbo Thliil New York Cavalry, charged the | eot-tuy, clearing the road and driving tbe j ecemv to the woods. In this cbarga Frauk- ■ . lin Chapmun was wounded in the leg. — i I Night having set in-, we encamped shout! three aud a half, or four in. lev from King. [ ! slon. In the eveaing affair our loss was Cliflord, of the Ninth New Jersey. jaw broken, and — N'cncominor, of the »4mo regiment, taken prisoner. ! ' Dec. 1 4. 1862.— Almost immediately , after commencing anew, our advance, ire ! came npoo a farco of the enemy, entering ' into a heavy skirmish aud then a general i engogumeut. t " I he Ninth New Jersey advanced slow!y down tbo road and thee, into the wood, on either side. These skirmishers stood I their ground until, their entire stock of am munition was exhausted, when the Eighty. Fifth Pennsylvania was ordered np to sop- ; port the Ninth. '1 fcev did their duty well [ I'll is was about ten o'clock. The enemy 1 having brought his artillery into action, no returned a similar and much more effective fire from Captain Morrison's battery, of tbe Third New York Artillery, the latter being posted in a small field, on a rise of ground, aithio right hundred varifs of tbe enemy Soon after. Captain* Scbeuck'sand Janet's batteries worn brought into play from dif | fa rent audi available positions on either side of tqe ras?^Ar,d still farmer wo fkafc ; "■Tbe Ninth S'cw^H^rspH aftor su-taiu-ing a terrific Sre from the enemy, obtained a position close to the bridge, being hand toraeiy supported^ hy tlm Seventeenth MasaacboiAafa, acd then jt was that we fonnd ourselvos ahaotliathe bank of the Neuse river, with a long fortification on the opposile side. This fortification, one hundred ■ acd soveiffiy-five feel long, thoroughly commauded all tbe apprdaebes to the bridgo. in it, and sapporting it were three companies of light artillery, foor companies of heavy artillery, two North Carolina regiments. the Second, .Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-Third South Carolios regiments, a portion of the Third North Carolica Cavi If , part of Major Nethercole's battallion. and the Raleigh detach men'., under command of Oolonel Mole tt, who was wounded in the leg— ia all abort six thousand strong." — v After a few mora paragraphs, tbe following occurs : " After a sharp engagement for oewr three boars, wo drove the enemy frowt bis -•ulrenchment* and got possession of tb* ■•ridge. The Utter waa fired in three places, but the Ninth New Jeney, a fear of the Third New York Artillery, and tbe Pqpvost Marshal, Major Franklin, advano ed ia haste and pat out tbe flamee before the fire had done any materiel injury." And to cloae the extracts, we copy the following, to show tbe appreciation la 1 which lb»ir nervines were held, and duly acknowledged : • " * ** ■'■ A, " 1

t j " General Foeter will recomrnnd Oottncl nickmaa. of the Ninth New Jereey.for 1 , » Ericauifr Cenaralsbip ' ; ai f~ ' Bj The joaraals of other States are usually s j *r sparing iu doiog honor to New Jersey, ^ — - . that we have copied tfievo a* s rarity. But wa discover that w«r have omitted , j on® little ftom pf ao mean importance, J i which w* will suld. as fallows : - v •' >1 -T be New Jersey Ninth raptured tba , I regimental dag of a South Carolina regi- . mer.t before crossing tbe Nense bridge, and oo« carry it as a trophy of ibeirJgaUautry." I We are proud, to know thai our^own coonj ty of Capu May is honorably representsd j 'n the •• fighting Ninth N«-w Jersey Itegi- ! ment," thongh with only a %mall number. And to close wc propose the following : " The Fighting Niuiii "V^taay she fight | j her way through to the capi^ti of RebelI dora, where she may meel^ail ber N'evr|Jerr | s*y compeers, fi om the First to the TlurtyI First." I ' I WELLIlfOTOS't BTHXTSOT. J On a ceetuir occasion during Welling - I I ton's oampairii ou the. 1'yrcneve, that j** Uicat Captain " being itivpleaw-d with j J the -disposition General pictoo had math. for receiving the a«saall of .Mai thai 5*0 nil, 4 "ho nu-uaend bun in front, i-rity^ed the plan , j to b* i-ntiiolr changed, lfat tbo difficulty , wa« to delay tbo attach 0r the French unlit ( j the change conld bo affected. This the j Iron Duke " accomplisliod in .person.' In , the f-ltowing manner Dotfing his coeked , j h-*t »"«' ws' ing it in the u.r. be lode forioa.dy to the head of a regiment, oa if about to order b charge. Thereupon arose « Itw- ^ meodniM cbu.-i from tho umu, whicli was ( taken up by corps after corps, nqtil it raj vrrberated along the whole extoot of Picj ton's line. At tbu roar died away. Wellington was heard to remark musingly, a* ft | addressing hrra»rlf-."Boalt is a skillful but j a cautious commander, and will trot attack in force until hu bus ascertained tbe moen- | lug of these closer*. This will give time for the sixth division to como up, end wt shall beat him." It tnraed out as ho anticipated. rioult, naturally enough, supposed these trcmuoduM .shonls announced the arrival of large reinfa; cements, and did not attack until :oo late. Had be struck at the right moment he would have won aa easy victory ; as it waa. he met with * bloody repulse. 1'his was strategy. Not the strategy of hooks, but tbe strategy of genius, engendered and executed at the lame moment.* LITTLE DAVID. t We roinrliir.es hear David spoken of as of small size wh.-n he killed Goliathe. Ha , !• called " little David." as though be srere , but a half grown lad, whom, by a miracle, , God enabled to overcome the Fhiliatioc. From the sacred writings, however, it seetnt qnite clear that ho was a fall grow* ( j man — a yooog man, iudeed, hat prucocioM in mind and body. Inferior to Goliath a* ( he was in size and ego, he was, nevertheless, himself a young giant in size and muscular grower. He wss twenty, perhaps twenty too years oragj.and probably id'vtrb feet in etatnre, st rife time of that reraaraable duel. V. ♦ aii,lie was thirty yearV^id wbea he earns to tbe throne. : He bad beau io exile about 1 ten years. Accounts anl( traditions differ. 1 bet uonei I believe, make him younger - than twenty when be eras auoiuted by Sam- ' uel, whica was hut a very short period before he met Goliath. I tlieceforw pntraie • age about twenty-oD* at that time. Other -. facts indicate that be was not a boy. He r was an accomplished musician, •' cunning in playing: (I Bam. xvl, 18.) afli muncisa for - the royal presence, e Ho w4s " prudent in 1 matter t " " a mighty valiant man," " a ma* 1 of tear." (ibid.) He was tho keeper of bis " father's sheep io the wilderness, infested by ' bear* aud lioue. (I Sain, xvi, II, aod xrii, ■ 28, S4.) He was thus a yonug maa of I judgment and experience.— /nUUigenctr. Mr*. Partington aaysr — "It is a coff-. federate shame for tbe Cabinet peopl* r at Washington to allow our men of wa i i on the Potomac to bug the Mary Lands ' Shore so much." f The slowest advance* to greatness as*, it the most secure : swift rites are oftew attondsd with.pref ipilate faile ; and wbut w ► soon got. is gtoeralljr short (a the potsaefioa. ) ty Trffio1* Union Hpeacbee for Ml* , at this office, for S9 oente. Swd iiM**dtat*ly m4 bey. a ropy. h