The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-04-28

Gen. Howard has issued Il circular con.
tanning the laws of Maryland affecting the
marriage of colored people. for their infor.
nation. notifying them that their require.
mcnts will hcncctorth be strictly enforced by
the Freedmen Bureau. This circular pro.
hibits marriage to females under twelve years
Of age. and to males under the age of four.
teen. and the consent ofparcnts or guardians
is required to permit the marriage Of females
under sixteen. and males under twenty one
years Of age. Freed people nearer of kin
than first cousins are forbidden to marry
and no marriage Will be permitted between
negroes and white persons. Before the
marriage rite is performed. II license mustbe
procured from the Clerk of the Circuit Court
OF the county in which the woman resides,
or the banns must be published in some re-.
eular place of public WORSHIP on three sue,
cessive Sundays preceding the marriage
Regularly ordained ministers of the Gospel
are the only persons authorized to solemnize
the rites of matrmony. except in the society
of Quakcrs. General reputation. cohahta-
ton, and acknowledging arc held rs sufli-
cient proof of marriage, so far as the civil
rights and obligations of the parties are con.
cerncd but. although such Il marriage can
not be dissolved at will, yet to be made per.
fcctly valid, the marriage rite should be eel
cbrated in lawful manner.
THE FRENcn IN Mexico. The last arrivals
from Europe confirm previous reports that
Napoleon has agreed to withdraw his troops
from Mexico; put the process VIII be so dlIa.
tory as to give Macmillan all the benefit of
them as long as 81, ne can nope to MAINTAIN his
throne there. he troops are to be with
drawn IN three installments-the first to take
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place III November next the, second IN May
lS61, and the third IN November following,
allowing more than eighteen months to eapse
before the last, should there be any left by
hat time. shall leave Mexico unacceptable
shores. Even then the principal ports are
to be occupied by way OF security. The
Emperor hopes tins Will be satisfactory to
the American government.
The CuoLERA.-This fell disease is cett;ng
nearer and nearer to us. Last week the
steam packet England, arrived with it on
board at Halifax +; subsequently case oc.
Cured at Portland. the sufferer. 1t is averred
having escaped from the England. On
Thursday last the British steamer Virginia
from Liverpool, arrived at New York with
l0i3 passengers. On the passage there were
80 died from cholera the disease breaking
out, as IN the case OF the England, when
tour or hvc days at sea, and amoung the
HermahS. Inc vessel now hes IN the lower
pay anu has no communication with the
shore.
terrible ExpLosIoy AND Loss or LIFE AVN
pporrnry AT Asn;nwaIl m tho I'd ;nst
a terrible explosion. caused n;trn ylvccr;nc'
occurred on the steamship Enronean d;strov |.
ing the snip and four hundred feet of her
wharf. About nifty persons were killed /;
many OF the bodies were blown into the
water and were devoured by sharks. Nearly
every house IN the place, was damaged. so
great was the force OF the explosion. The
loss OF property is estimated at Sl.0o0.O0o.
similar explosion lately took place at San
francisco, with fatal result ; and Col. Otto
Burnstenbender has been arrested in Hew-