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Savannah £}aity §teratd. BY 8. W. MASON AND CO. SAVANNAH, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1566. JKSLARGEMEST OP TIIE SAVAN NAH DAILY HERALD. We feel it oar duty to apologize to our patrons for so long delaying the improvements in oar jpaper which we promised at its start. Its inferior size is as distj|gteful to as as it can be to the public, and the defect will be remedied just as soon as circumstances will admit. We have now on the way from New York all She materials for an enlargement to a suitable «ice for an enterprising daily paper, and for many desirable improvements in its appearance. We shall make several important changes in the style of publication, and believe we shall fully meet the requirements of the public as soon as we can effect them. We hope to issue the paper in. its new form within a week, at farthest. TOtitHl the n, we rely on the appreciation by a Sgenerons public of the difficulties we have en ■eosostered, and prsatise to do all that energy, in dustry and perseverance can accomplish, to rc ward their kindness. The large circulation of the SEerat.o, Ihe extent of its advertising patronage, amfi the tj-ntonrageraent we have everywhere and ait *ll times received, indicates the favor with which our little paper is regarded, and gives pcaasis-e of the greatest success when it becomes Twfcat it should be. We know our facilities for obtaining news to ke of the very best, and with the scarcity of the article, the irregularity of communication with different points, and the necessity, incident to military operations, of conritiing our enterprise *a this department within narrow limits, we feel that an intelligent pub.ic will scarcely require an iu this respect. With the enlargement of our paper we shall important a iditions to our editorial and irepontorial loroe, and an increase of correspon dents *a<d n:\rib a tors. Oddities of \V hlvSki;y w Shop Nomen vjLVfrraE.. —One of the curiosities of Yan- kee .citSes is the almost infinite variety of q&aiut, queer, quizzical names given by the proprietors of Restaurants and Drink ,mg Houses, to their various places of Hairiness. Many of them are appropri ate; some of them are curiously mal apropos ; .not a few are utterly inexpli ,stable, bwt-.&loiaost every one of them is .«icgenurcss. The one object common to ****> H *^visr«e s fisa attraction of cus- IdiLers, onrd a consideration, of by no means slight importance, is the giving such a name to the place that a toddied husband who has been engaged 'of an evening in making merry with the friends of his soul may be able, in an ; swer to the fatal question “where* have you tern.?” put inevitably by his ever vs&g&sitive spv/ase, to tell a tremendous tie with an outward show of truthfulness, fills, however, but fairly due to the iu- Helfigenee of those ladies, who have had -experience in the matter, to state that it iis zs a general thing, (so we are inform ed,) better for the peccant individual to owaap to undue conviviality at once, and sreiy upon their tender mercies, than to •attempt to escape by cheap subterfuge. If you come home so “tight’’ that you Are as loose as a pint of beans in a half Cashel measure, and if your breath smells as if you were a distillery taking an evening walk, its of no use to tell the part ner of your joys and sorrows that you’ve been at the “Offite” all the even iag—nor will she believe that the “Store” T 4vkere you solemnly asseverate you have *«specit the last six hours,is the store where you earn your bread-and-butter. No wondei that very many of the •darlings have a prejudice against the ancient and honorable order of Free Masons, if a husband goes to “The Lodge” three nights in the week, and in .■variably cmnes home in such a state that lie tries to unlock the door with his to bacco-box instead of his latch-key. It is no more than fair to tell the ladies that this “Lodge” is merely the name of a vlrioking-house, and has nothiug what ever to do with those mysterious and secret orders, which are popularly sup posed by the uninitiated to do fearful things to folks with red-hot pokers and unpleasantly ’warm gridirons, to say nothing of performing awful gymnastics in the way of ground and lofty tumbling, assisted by a certain wonderful “goat.” Should you hear your husband cordially invite somebody to “come along” and enjoy the hospitalities of “Our House,” you need not go into a spasmodic flurry of housewifely regret that the “house isn’t fit to be seen,” and “how could Charley bring home a stranger when we've nothing but a picked-up dinner”— don’t fret, my dear madame, Charley's friend won't trouble you any to-day— Charley doesn't mean to invite said friend to our house to eat auything—on the con trary, when Charley says come to “Our House” he doesn't think half so much of eating as he does of drinking. Ask Charley and make him own up. Among the thousand other names there are “The Old House, at home,” “The House by the Wayside,” “The Traveller's Rest,” Traveller’s Home,” “Wayside Home,” and all the innumerable oddities of English tavern names with which we have nothiug to do, our business being simply with Yankeeism. In New York city, besides the “Office” the “Store,” the “Lodge,” the “Counting Room,” and the “Store House,” we have the Senate,” and the “Low r er House ;” also, for the delectation of our English friends, w r e have the “House of Lords,” and “House of Commons,” in fitting juxta position, being next door to each other. Then for the soldier there is “The Re cruit.” the' “Reveille,”’ the “Picket Guard,” the E “Tent,” the “Drummer- Boy," the “Tattoo,” and the “Knap sack.” There is the “Cricketer,” and the “Base Ball Bat.” The house kept by Harry Lazarus, the prize-fighter, cham pion of the light weights of America, in Houston street, is called the “x-!0-u-3” (extenuate); behind the bar of that house Lazarus was stabbed to the heart six weeks ago by Bamey Friery, -who is proprietor of another drinking house called the “Ten-Forty Loan.” The father of the murdered boy, old Izzv Lazarus, is a very fleshy man, and his place was called the “Falstaff,” after Shakspeare’s “fat Jack.” There is the “Shakspeare, ” the “Oyster Bed,” “Oyster Bay,” the “Malta,” the “Telegraph,” the “Ex press,” the “General,” “Corporal Dan’s House,” the “Side Pocket.” the “Flag,” the “Star,”and the “Nobody’s Business,” with which name we beg to conclude our enumeration for to-day. Should any inquisitive person ask where we obtain such intimate personal knowledge of these questionable places, we shall doubt less reply in one of two certain ways, and accordingly as we feel good-natured or surly, we shall either extend to him the hospitalities of “Our House,” or shall in form him that we got our information at—well, it's nobody's business. Fire Near Charleston. —A report ha3 been in circulation that a great fire oc curred in Charleston last week. It was unfounded, its only basis being the burn ing of a plantation house on the oppo site side of the river. An alarm occur red in Charleston, which occasioned a parade of the fire department, but they did not leave the city. Theatre.— We again call attention to the elaborate advertisement of the open ing performance at the Theatre this eve ning. The details are fully explained there, and we will merely say that we believe the entertainment will be a good one, and all that is promised. Purim—Feast of Esther.— The cele bration of this festival by the Israelites s a time-honored custom handed down from generation to generation, and kept by them as a day of feasting, rejoicing and merry-making. It takes place on the 12th and 13th inst. It commemo rates the saving of the race of Israel from the machinations of Ilaman, after the decree for their extermination, by order of King Ahasuerus, by the warn ing given by Mordecai to Esther, who had found favor with the king, to whom she related the plot which caused an ex amination to be bad. Haman was con demned to be hanged, Mordecai w T as ele vated to the highest honors, and the de cree of death aaain3t the Jewish race revoked. The festival is celebrated even at this day by visiting,feasting and danc ing, and closes by fancy and masque balls. The congregations of Mickva Israel and Bnai Berith Jacob will cele brate the festival. The book of Esther will be read by the Rabbi or Reader on the evening of the 12th uhd morning of the 13th. Savannah Typographical Union. This institution “still lives.” At the an nual meeting on Saturday evening last, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : President. —John M. Harrison. Vice President H. J. Middleton. (Re elected.) Secretary.—W. G. Flinn. Treasurer.—Ely Otto. (Re-elected. Sergeant-at-Arms.—Geo. 0. Ulmer. Mr. Ira T. Freeman, an enterprising merchant, advertises in another column a very large and well assorted cargo of goods, at wholesale, at Hilton Head, S. C., on board the schooner Challenge, just arrived there. Merchants desiring to re plenish their stocks cau do so much quicker and cheaper by purchasing from him than by procuring their goods from New Y T ork. The cargo arrived in prime condition, and all the articles are of the best quality. From our acquaintance with Mr. Freeman, and our knowledge of his business connections, we can re commend him to all who wish anything in his line. The list of articles he has for sale is specified in his advertisement. szsz.?,. . ■■ ■ • _ The Steamship Fulton. —We pub lished on Saturday a card from the pas sengers of the steamship Fulton, com plimentary to the officers of the boat, to which *we wish to add our hearty en dorsement. The compliments it con tained were all well deserved, as thou sands who have been passengers on the boat can testify. The residents of Port Royal, and all who travel between New York and there on government transports are fortunate in having two such ocean steamers as the Fulton, Capt. Wotton. and the Arago, Capt. Gadsden, on the line, commodious, safe and well officered. Towed Off. — The steamer Cosmo politan, which was ashore on the north breaker in Calaboga Sound, was towed off Friday night by the powerful steam tug Achilles, and arrived Saturday at 10 o’clock a. m., at Hilton Head. The Cos mopolitan at the time when she went on the breakers had in tow the schr. Autie tam, which ran into her, slightly damag ing the after saloons. Personal. —Brig. Gen. Seth Williams, of Gen. Grant’s Staff, arrived here on Saturday evening, in the steamer Canoni cus, on an inspecting tour. He Ls ac companied by Brevet Captain Woolsey. Capt. Gouraad and Major Gray, of Gen. Gillmore’s staff, also arrived here on the C monicus. Marine Disaster. Saturday after noon last the ship Lawrence, Capt. N C. Johnson, of New Y'ork, burthen 1,000 tons, loaded w T ith 237 G bales Upland and Sea Island Cotton, while getting under way from her anchorage in Tybee out er-roads, drifted on the North breaker The ship lay thumping until six o’clock Saturday evening, wffien she commenced to leak at the rate of sixteen inches the hour. Saturday night about 12 o’clock under sail, she. floated off the breaker! when the steamer Resolute towed her into Coekspur Roads. The U. S. Revenue steamer Nemaha, Capt. McGowan, also Assisted in getting the Lawrence to a place of safety. Her car go will be discharged. The ship has lost the greater portion of her false keel, and has ten feet of w T ater in her hold.— The Lawrence is owned by Messrs Lawrence, Giles & Cos., York. She is kept afloat by her pumps, with which she is well supplied. Steam Transport Stanton. This fine steamer of 350 tons burthen, Capt. JoJju Daley, on her trial trip, arrived at the dock in this city, on Saturday last. The following are the dimensions of the Stanton: length overall, 130 feet; breadth of beam, 40 feet; depth of hold, ; 4 engines of 4 cylinders.diameter of each, 1G inches square ; nominalpporerw r er oi en gines, 85 horse. The steamer wais de signed by Norman Wheeler, Brooklyn, New York, built by Wm. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, and is intended as a general transport. She has large ac commodations for the w’ork designed. “Our House." —This popular estab lishment has changed hands, and is novr under the management of Mr. C. F. Hersey, formerly of the Parker House, Boston. He is keeping the place in good style, and gives as good meals as the market affords, at reasonable prices. There is a peculiar revival going for ward at Sheffield, England, under tbe direction of what is called “the Hallelu jah band.” It prevails chiefly among the lowest and most ignorant classes,and the prominent converts are prize-fight ers, poachers and pickpockets. At a late meeting, “Harvey Teasdale, the con verted clown,” appeared and burnt his stage dresses in the presence of the mul titude, who cheered and cried Hallelu jah. The demonstrations at the meetings are of a very noisy and not verj r pleasant character, but the conversions seem to be real, as manifested by the amended lives. Gen. Terry is said to be greatly pros trated by the poisonous malaria in his system, imbibed during his southern campaigning. Were not his duties *> important and onerous he w r ould ft®* compelled to ask a leave of absence from duty for medical treatment. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrived—steamship Ashland, Conroy, Hilton Head; steamer U. S. Grant, Dobbs, Hilton Head; steamer Wyoming, Snow, Hilton,Head: steamer Neptune. Baker, Hilton Head; schoon er John G. Whipple, Carr, Hilton Head; schooner Deftnis, Nichols, Hilton Head; steam- • ship Geo. C. Collins, Pendleton, Hilton Head. Cleared—steamship Crescent Latham, Hilton nacd; steamship Ashland, Conroy, Hilton Heao, steamer Wyoming, Snow, Hilton Head; steamer Standish, Moore, Hilton Head ; schooner A.- Manchester, Wheldon, Hilton JUST ARRIVED, At Ililton Head, per schooner Challenge, GROCERIES. DRY GOODS, , BOOTS AND SHOE?. ALES AND WINES FISH. PRESERVED MEATS. JELLIES, FANCY GOOD*. HARDWARE, Ac., &c„ For sale at WHOLESALE, on board SCHOONER CHALLENGE, Just arrived at Hilton Head from New • mar O—i IRA A FREEMAN-