From the B. JS. Journal . ~ . SEW SCHOOL LAW. „The friends of education will be glad to learn that the new school bill, prepared by the Qecretury.of State, Mr. Black, hash* onlly passed both branches of the Legis lature, While the general features of the law do not differ materially from those of the act previously in force, yet some new provisions have been introduced which cannot but have the best influence upon the cause of public schools generally, and which wore particularly desirable in this and some other towns6f the State. Boabd of CosTnoLLEns. —The second section is as follows: Section 2. —That school districts which ore composed of cities or boroughs, divi ded into wards for school purposes at the time of the passage of this act shall be constituted ns follows, to wit: —Each ward shall retain its school property, both real and personal, and elect a separate board of directors which shall excrciso in their respective limits, all the powers nnd duties of school directors ns regards the erection or repairing of school houses, and the pur chasing, renting, or selling of school hou ses nnd Jots, and shall also levy, assess, collect and disburse in nnd upon their re spective wards,all taxes rendered necessary to-the proper exerciso of the foregoing powers, but nil other power and duties pertaining to school directors which are conferred nnd enjoined by this net shall be exercised in such city or borough by a board of Controllers composod of the di rectors of the several wards, who are hereby authorized nnd required to perform j °H the duties belonging to boards ol’dircc-' tors in single districts, wiih the exception, contained in this section : Provided, That; whenever all the boards of directors in any : such city or borough shnll voluntary exe- j cuto deeds of conveyance to tho-board ofi controllers for all the school property bo-! longing to their respective wards, and shall j certify the same fo tho Superintendent ofj Common Schools, then and in that casej such city or borough shall thereafter com pose n single district in the same manner ns districts not divided into wards, but Ijfe number of directors thereafter elcctotfin euch city or borough shall bo..three for each ward. ' This section constitute a board of Con trollers made up of all tho Directors of the town, who meet and elect the same officers aa the ward boards, viz : President, Secre tary and Treasury, and this board exer cises all the power heretoforevested in the local boards (except such as relates to the school property of each ward.) Tho board of Controllers makes general regulations in regard to the schools of the town, lays, a general lax for school purposes, desig nates the number and grades of schools, number and saleries of teachers, employs teachers, and in short, merges all the] the boards in one, —except that each ward j jretains its school property, must erect such new buildings as it may need, nndj remains responsible for its debt s. Collection of Tax The 31st section does away with the present clumsy mode of collecting school lax, bnd provides for the appointment of a collector.. County Superintendents, This is an important feature in the bill, and, we trust, will be found of great prac ticlo bdvnntago. The law provides os fol lows i ■Section 37.—That there shall be chosen ip the manner hereafter directed, nn officer for each county, to be colled the County (Superintendent. It shall bo his. duly to visit os often ns practicable the several schools in his county, and to note the course and method of instruction and bran ches taught, and to give such directions in the art of teaching and the method thereof in each school, as to him, together with the! pirectors or Controllers, shall be deemed! /expedientand necessary,so thateachschool shall be-equal to the grade for which it was established, and that there may be, as far as practicable, uniformity in the course of studies in schools of the soveral grades re spectively. Section 38.—1 t shall bo the duty of each County Superintendent to see that in every district there shall bo taught orthography, reading, writing, English grammer, geog raphy, arithniatic, ns well ns such other branches as the board of Directors or Con trollers may require. In case the board of directors or controllers shall fail to pro vide competant teachers to teach the sev eral branches above specified, it shall bo ‘thfi'duty of the County Superintendent to potify the board of directors or controllers in writing oftheir neglect, and in case pro vision is not made forthwith for teaching the branches aforesaid, to report such fuct to fhc Superintendent of Common Schools whoso duty it shall be to withhold any war rant,for the quota of such district of the appiial State appropriation until the coun ty superintendent shall notify him that competant teachers of the branches afore said have been employed ; and in case of neglect or refusal of the board of directors or controllers to employ such competant teachers as aforesaid for one month afier such notification by the'County Superin tendent, that such teachers have not been provided, such district shall forfeit abso |utely itsi whole quota of the State pnpro priation for that yenr-' Section 39.—That the school directors pr tho several counties of the Common wealth shall meet in convention at the seat of justice of tho proper county, on tho first Monday of Juno next, and on the first Monday of May each tmrd year thereaf ter, nfid select, viva voce, by a mojority pi the whole number of directors present one personof literarynndscienlific Acquire! mems, and of skill tind experience in tho art of teaching, as County Superintendant, tor the three succeeding school years: and school directors, or a majority of them, in such convention, shall determine the umout dnn»° m £f:“ S u tlon -j Or :he coun, y superinten raid’hv (ho 4i | ood . houn(]s are no> TOE WARD TRIAL. The trial of M. F. : Word, of Elizabeth town, Kentucky, for the murder of Profess or Butler, which haß terminated in a full acquittal of the accused, has created quite an excitement among the people of differ ent portions of the state. The murder was committed under the following circumstances: —Professor Butler | had proporly reprimanded and punished one of the youngor Wards for some breach of the rules of his school, who, forthwith!- made complaint to his brother, Matthew E.,' whenJhe two brothers, armed with pistols,! repuired to the school to demand an cxpla nation for the chastisement inflicted—call-! ing Mr. B. out of hisschool they commenc-1 cd an uttnek upon him in tho most abusive j language, and upon an intimation of his resenting tho same, Mutthew F. Ward de- j liberately shot him dead on tho spot. ! With this view of the case, and without! any grounds whatever in justification of Ward for the perpetration of this damna. I hie crime, other than thut he is a member: of one of the richest families of Kentucky ,! we regret to learn that there could bo found j in Hardin county, Kentucky, a jury of; twelve men, who upon their solemn oaths! I could find for tho accused a verdict of ac.-.j quittnl. Tho citizens have taken exceptions to the verdict of tho jury, indignation meet ings have been called, the jury and counsel denounced, Matthew F. Ward burnt in effigy, and ordered to leave the state, which order we perceive by tclegraptllcdespatch es, he most promptly obeyed, and was at last nccounts in Cannclton Indiana. Cloth- ed in a panoply o(gold and respectability , he has thus succeeded in evading the law, but we trust nevertheless, that he may not bo permitted to go wholly unpunished. ) Congressional. — Mr. Richardson of Il linois, gave notice on Tuesday last that he would one week from that lime (yester jday) make an effort to call up the bill for 'the organization of the territories of Ne braska and lvanzas,and remarked thnt he gave this timely notice in order that all the members might bo on hand, so as to avoid any grounds of complaints of unfairness. , On Wednesday, tho President sent into Senate, his veto of the bill granting a por tion of the public lands to each State, for the benefit of the indigent insane. This will no doubt call down upon the Adminis tration the bitter denunciations of its ene mies, who will carefully suppress the sound constitutional reasons thnt suggest this un pleasant course to the President. No ob ject, however laudable and pruiseworthy in itself, can purchase a violation of the Constitution at his hands. Tho Homestead bill will soon bo taken up in tho Senate. Its fate in that body is by no means flattering to the hopes of its friends. Indeed many of its original friends I now seem disposed to give way, or hold off until they see the developements the few coming months arc likely to make. Why' there should bo so much anxiety to get rid of this valuable inheritance as is shown by tho advocates of this bill, it is difficult to understand. If our country was standing' still in its natural increase of population, 1 or if from natural causes, wo were not in- 1 creasing in an almost fearful ratio, both by natural causes and immigration, there might be wisdom in holding out induce ments to bring over the surplus population of Europo. But such is not the case. — Land is cheap everywhcrq in this country, and in many of thooldStatcs, good home steads can be purchased for about ns much as it would cost to “pull up slakes" and emigrate to the far west. Let the price of the public lands be graded, say from twen-j ty.five cents up—mako it as cheap as pos-1 siblet so as to pay expenses; but if you! give “land to the landless,” your charity i will soon bo suspected—it will be bogus —j unless you give “bread to the breadless.” are glud to see such articles as the one that appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph of last week, nbusive of Gov ernor Bigler. Long years ago, the people of the State learned to appreciate the abuse of that paper, and that abuse never failed to servo as the strongest recommendation of moral and political virtue to the assail od. The Telegraph has undergone many changes since it first attained to this unen viable notoriety; but with all its changes, this fatal' propensity has clung to it with the tenacity of the horse leech ; and even jset upon his (rail to hunt him down. But 1 they nro doomed to the samo fate that is 1 always awarded the slanderer and tradu cer of innocence by a virtuous and intelli gent people ; and to the same fate that has always resulted from the abuse of distin . guished democrats by this notorious Tele graph—for the people havo nover failed to .cherish and honor the verv men who havo | | been so fortunate as to receive tho abuse of that defamatory sheet.* We, therefore,' hope it may continue its assaults upon Gov.! ' Bigler. The people have tried him. They! havo weighed him in tho balance, and notj t found fifth wanting—but a safe and sleep- i ! less guardian of their dearest rights. LATE FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF TIIE AFRICA. Terrible Massacre at Prevesa—Turkish \ Disasters bn the Danube — The Austro- Prussian Treaty of Alliance Signed —; The Greek Insurrection—No News of < the City of Glasgow—Advance iti Drcadstuffs, and Colton, tyc. j Nen York, May 5. —The Royal Mail steamship Africa arrived at this port this j morning. 1 Her dales from Liverpool ore to April 22d, three days later than were received by the Pacific. The Franklin, from New York, arrived at Cowes on the 20lh ult. Colton advanced in the Liverpool mar ket l-IGd. for grades above ordinary. The sales of the week were about 40,000 bales, of which 6,000 were on speculation and 2000 for export. Flour had advanced sixpence. Western Canal was quoted at 38s. Cd.; Philadelphia and Baltimore at 38s. Wheat had ad vanced two pence. Corn was unchanged. Money was easy at previous rates. Con sols had declined, and closed on Friday at HIA for money and b 7 J for accounts. Trado in Manchester was improving England. I The English operatives at Preston have ' resumed work. At Stockport an attempt was made to reduce their wnges, but it had beer, resisted, and some fifteen thousand | operatives turned out. I All the English men of-war had left the 1 Roadstead for Copenhagen. From Wilmer rf Smiths European Times. Richardson Brothers' Card la Relation to the j - City of Glasgow. I To the Editor. —Sir: Many inquiries ; being made at our office os to any parlicu ! lars we can furnish of the City of Glasgow steamship, which left Liverpool on tho Ist of March, and had not arrived at Philadel phia on the fcflh April, and somo anxiety being felt for her safety, we consider it our .duty to lay the following particulars before the public, for the benefit of those who may have any friends on board that vessel. The vessel was in a stale of perfect effi ciency nt starling, her compasses having been adjusted within five days of sailing. The number of persons on board was 3:3 souls, including infants, being equal to 339 statute adults, and 74 officers and crew ; tho vessel being 1067 tons register. The water on board was the govern ment allowance for lor forty days, besides 1 which there is the power of obtuining con- 1 densed water. I The provisions on board were 1 lb. her head of fresh and salt meats per day, for j '46 days, for every person on board ; and ol bread, flour, &c., I lb. for each person.| each day for 54 days, besides rather more I than six tons of potatoes and vegetables' and three ana a half tons of lea,coffee and j sugar, as well ns other smaller stores, &c., I These provisions, with economy, are cnl-j culnted to last sixty or seventy days. The ; coals on board were for a passage of twen- i ty-five or twenty-six days. | Wo believe the vessel to bo detained in; the ice on the bunks of Newfoundland, and unnblc to make her way out of it; in cor- \ roboration of which view, the Baltic steam-1 cr was three days in it, tho Charity screw ( steamer was nine days in it, and a sailing! vessel, some yenrsngo, in tho same place, j was thirty days in it without being able to move. The steamers of our lino having been before tried under canvass, (and this steam er having been for several days under it, against adverse winds) are capable of going to the westward under it; and the commander is aware that it is our wish that, whenever ne.cessary and practicable, such a course should be adopted, in case of any derangement to the machinery, which left this porta month before tho City of- Glasgow had only just arrived. .For these reasons, we ourselves feel no anxiety for her safety. We remain, sir, yours respectfully, Richardson Brothers. Liverpool, 4th month, 21, 1854. Spain.—The utmost anarchy prevail ed at Barcelona and Snrdgossa. Numerous incendiary fires had occurred. The Church of San Francisca de Paula had been consumed. The leaders of the late outbreak had is sued an address to the operatives and call ed upon them to stand firm. They are well supplied wiih arms. • The Black Warrior Case. —The cor respondence of the London Times says that the affair of the Bluck Warrior, so far from being settled, has been urged on with extrome violence by Mr. Soule, tho Ameri can Minister, and at present wears a threat ening aspect. It instated In a letter from Madrid that Mr. Soule has demanded tho recall of tho Captain General of Cuba, and that an of ficer succeed him having full power.to set tle, upop the spot, such disputes ns may, arise with tho American government. It is olso stated thut he has demanded on im mense amount of money by way of in demnity. The result of these, demands ia not known The Spanish Government haslssued a highly important decree against the slave trade in Cuba, according to which nil slaves are to be immediately registered, after which nny slave found on'the island with out a copy of tho register, will be looked upon as fraudulently imported and declared free. The decree nlso provides for the in troduction aod organization of white la borers. Numerous incendiary fires have occbr red at Barcelona. The War. —Austria and Prussia havo signed a treaty of alliance, offensive and. defensive. Tho news from the Danube is interest, ing. There had been three battles during' which tho Turks retreated, nacording to orders from Omar Pasha. They fought valiantly, however,during the engagements. The French squadron, under Admiral Deschenes, consisting of twenty-seven lino of battle ships, frigates and corvettes, had left for the Baltic. ; Letters from Constantinople stato that the soldiers at Prevesa had sallied out.burnt fifteen villages, massacred tho men, viola ted the women, and carried off everything ■-valuable. ' . The French navy has nowsG,ooosailors! afloat. There was still some ice in the Gulf of Finland, but not enough to interfere with cruising. The frigates, were watching the Russian movements closely. All the Russian ports in the Baltic are now under blockude. There have been altogether, ten Russian merchant ships captured. A decree has been issued in England, prohibiting the export of iron to ull parts of Europe. The Journal of St. Petersburg, of April I3ih publishes a manifesto replying to the English and French Declarations of War. It throws the’entiro responsibility of the war on France and England, and says that the generous confidence of the Czar has been abused. The convention between the French and English governments, which was signed a few days ago at London, has already been ratified. It is asserted nt Copenhagen, that the Swedish government has positively enter, ed into a secret treaty with Russia, by which an absolute enactment forbidJing more than four ships to enter a harbor has been restored, and the, same extended to Norway. The matter is, however, taken up by tho Sweedish Parliament. CoqjpHßnts are made of a wont of suf ficient accommodation for the allied troops at Gollipoli. Tho Russians have advanced within ono hundred and Twenty miles ofVerna. The export of arms from Austria to Montenegro has been prohibited. A Greek conspiracy has been discover ed nlConslantinople for attacking tho Turks during tho hollidays. Count Nesselrode, the Russian Premier, has issued a circular to the Russian diplo matic agents favorable to the Greek insur rection. The English fleet was off Gothland on tho 19th of April. Eighteen Russian frigates are lying at Helsenfers, and Admiral Plumridge has been watching for them with four frigates, waiting for Admiral Napipf to come up with his squadron to attack them. The Greek. Insurrection. —Accounts from Athens state that on Anglo-French note of a menacing nature has been re ceived. A Greek ship with ammunition has been captured off the Island of Negropont. It is rumored that Thessaly, Macedonia and Sulonica are in a stale of revolt* I ho government churches of Groat j Britain, observed the 26th of April as n 1 day of fasting, humiliation and prayer — What Heaven may bo thus propitiated and land mercifully disposed to let the Czar of , Russia bo well thrashed both by sea and land—in the Black Sea and the Baltic, and wherever ho mny show his armaments.— But the worst of it is. tho Czar has been offering up prayers anti propitiations too, imprecating nil manner of bad luck on his enemies; so that we cannot venture lossy how the decision will bo. It is rather a nice case.— Pkila. Mail. Czar has ordered sixteen stea mers to be built for tho Caspian Sea—— which he considers one of his own lakes and by which he means to carry rein forcements into the Caucnsus—seeing that the allied fleets will not permit him to con vey them by tho Black Sea. But he will be driven from the Caucasus. Tho Sultan Schamyl is said to be at the head of 40,- 000 fighting Highlanders, and tho steam ers may have to 6ave and carry off tho fugitive Muscovites. OCrThe Pottsville (Pa.) Press cautions its readers against counterfeit $lO notes on the Farmers’ and Planters’ Bank of Balti more. Vignette, agricultural implements, sheaves of grain, railroad cars. Also, counterfeits On the Harrisburg bank—6’a altered from I's relief "issue. Vignette, a marblemason at work. Five dollar coun terfeit notes of the Farmers’ and Mechan ics’ Eink of Georgetown, D. C., ure said to be in circulation in Richmond, Virginia, (K7"The schooner Canton from Jamaica for Now York, saw near Castle Island, Bahama, on tho 12th ult., a large black 'three-masted screw steamer, having the op | pearance of being at anchor or aground, but not looking at all like a wreck, though no one could be seen on board of her. Her sails were clewed, and her yards square. This is supposed to bo tho City of Glas gow. (K?rA sailor looking serious in a chapel, in Boston, was asked by a clergyman if ho felt any chunge; whereupon tho tar put his hand in his pocket, and replied, “Wota durned cent.” ■ snow was eighteen inches deep at Staunton, Va., on the 17tji ult, when the loft, and continuing to fall rapidly.