The Arkansas banner., 1849-01-23
CU RA

We have received fsom New Yosk asmaIl news- paper, printed in that city, part spanish and pars English. called La Vesdad-- 7Ae TyutA--edited hy Cora Montgomery, and is devoted 10 the cause of Cuban independence, the prcenFsor of annexation to the United States.
 The name of ;he editor--the etltTeSs, we should sayis not ds gssFrs, as we at first thought it might be- but the real name of real individiai of the fair sex, as We have been informed, light of wrong; an intelligent lady. we understand, who has dedicated herself to the cause set forth above.
 We do not take part in the discussion of this qnes- ton, which will. at no remote Hay oceapy no little of the public sttention in the United States; and is IS one--the annnexstion of Caba--thai will find many adyoea'es and many opponents We dc not regard ourselves, ai present, either the the other. We do not very vehemenily desire the ae. qnision Of that valuable island, nor are we at ali opposed 10 i. But if it s destined to become part and parcel of our Cohfederaey, we wisb 10 ace if become so by some legitimate sad satisfactory pro- cessieaving all interested parties ssiished. and sIi pleased. These parties. as we view the subjeei srs Cuba, the United States ,and SD iin, and no other We do not know whether Great Bdta woald op- pose, CT not, our purchasing Cubt. She would probably m th. spirit of her ancient jealous and monopoiizng policy. which has almost al~ays ted her to oppose aBd repIess, if she could. tho growing fortunes nf every naval power, because such powe. she regarts nstinc lively ss an snemy, and then-dstsada est caStAsgo. Heare her nu- n,ereus maratitne wars, unieriakea mostly for aa
 
 say, for God never intended that people should appropriate what intended for all aud the na- tioas of the earth will not permit is So that any supremacy Of this so't although n may b. constant. y asserted, eaB'ioi be permanently maintained.
 The Vefiad dedicstes itseiE in psd. lo ab sxpo. sure Of what it regards Government abuses ii. Cuba: and aulong thstn. the lottery al Havana is made to figure. This ia on a gigantic scaie, sud cannot but have a most pernicieus edset The Government takes about 33i pes cent of the whole amount; which lax atnoans to s7s5,000 annually ao inconsiderabls sum io bc levied apoa inc gam bling passion of man This is. among all people of spanish descent. fsvor,te game, M game H is allowed 10 be called; for there many moral peo- pIe who wosia be shocked al Inc idea of gaming. and yet who hsbssasisI'ecals;o s iostsrs <k- cts, not only among the Spaasrds and their deseeu- dants, but likewise anosg the Anglo. .Ssxcas and their kilh and Kin.
 So intense aud absorbing Is tLis passion fos lot- teFy gsHibiins, thai, iB ibe Spanish AmesieAn States where thesc is etess 4iea of if t is Boto- that the necesstiioa. rl deprive heselses not obly oi cos oTts, bat ot ssases, 10 eRabis them Co purchase lottery tekets--teh0y sEeyles as they say: sad ai LiH,s, where they have gtasA snBps lottery besides monthly subordinate e1es. is IS Laowa tssf, that alod time previous to the dTswing tlsefe ls considerable faliing oA ia the sse Of breai-~the cause ei this being, thst the mobey wh,ch ought to 6e expeBded fer the stsg ol file Ia expsaded npsa lottery tickets .
 Wash n ton Globe.