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Southland Times, Issue 592, 16 November 1866, Page 3

At a sale of articles found on the Confederate cruiser Shenandoah, which took place at JSTew York, the British flag under which the ship went to sea was purchased for twenty-two dollars by a Mr Derby, and sent to Washington. Bishop Monrad, formerly the Prime Minister of Denmark, is at New Zealand, for the purpose of settling his sons in the neighborhood of Wellington, and reporting the inducements which that province holds out for the location of the many Danish families who desire to escape from the results of their late war. Fikst Advice to a Maekied Couple. — First, there must be no anxiety about livelihood. Whatever the income on which you can rely, resolutely live within it, resolutely keep a surplus ahead, resolutely keep out of debt. This is the first condition. There is no enjoyment at home, or of the thousand beautiful things in this world, with the anxiety of poverty. Live poor, work hard, forego all luxuries, and any attempt at elegance, until you have achieved the practical independence of an honest and assured subsistence. The proprietor of a town site in Hereford advertises his lots for sale in this wise : — ' The town of , and surrounding country, is the most beautiful which Nature ever made. The scenery is celestial divine ; also, two waggons to sell, and a yoke of steers.'