Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-28

Of Ethiopia.
Nou.COmmittal.
The Republicans of Iowa DO not see"
to be disposed to face the music, by al
expression ofprefercnce for the author Of
the irrepressiblc coufict. Their repre-
.entatives 60 the Chicago convention
unpledged oste'ssidly for any particular
candidate, having been left free to ac1
in accordance with their individual pre-
elections. If the work of the conven
ton is to be, as the Gazette says that o
the canvass will be, "a labor Of love,
we must know something about the
opinions and prejudiccs Of the delegates
in order to speculate, with any degree
Of certainty, as to whom they may give
their support for nomination. The first
and leading member of the delegation is
WM. PENN CLARKE, than whom there
is no more ultra Aboltionist in the state
of Iowa. On the Cd day of Dec. las, he
politically proclaimed that, 10 his opinion
the death Of John Brown would make
ten Thousand Republican votes out of
men who, until then, called themselves
Democrats, and voted the Democratic
ticket. A man who could utter this SEN
tment will vote for nothing less than an
out-and-out Abolitonist as the nominee
for President. Surprising the Iowa del
egatcs to act in concert with Clarke, the
ultra Abolitionists of New England may
count upon Iowa, with certainty, in the
Chicago convention.
OF course it is none Of our business
as to the complexion Of the Iowa repre-
aentation, or for whom her delegates
may cast their votes in the Chicago con-
ventlou, but we are free to say, that it
would rejoice US very much, if the indi-
vidual whom Penn Clarke may support
may be the nominee. We woulc then
have a standard bearer whose an ecc.
dents would be an index of the real prin-
ciples of what is called Republicanism,
but which is, substantially, Abolitionism.
Premium POrk-Illin0is Against the
World.
We yesterday saw so head Of dressed
hogs at the transfer house Of the Mich
gan Central railroad, which we have no
hesitation in saying were superior both
for fineness of bone and the evenness
with which they were fatted, to any 9TH
er lot of hogs that we have ever secp.-
They were all either part or full blooded
Suffolks, and we're raised by three farm
ers living near Aurora, and shipped here
by Messrs. Valentine & Stewart, of that
city, who will take them through to Bos-
ton in one of the Michigan Central live
stock and goods cars. Heretofore the
hogs raised in the west have not brought
as much by from SOL to Is cents per hun
dred in the Boston market as eastern or
state hogs. But the tables are now be-
ing turned in our favor. The SUPERIOR
ty of pork which has been fatted on
corn is becoming universally acknowl-
edged by all judges Of the article. This
of course gives western corn fed hogs the
preference with eastern packers over the
slop ted pigs Of the eastern states. And
as great improvement has been made in
the stock Of western hogs during tho
last five years, we may safely count on
our pork bringing the highest prices
wherever it is known. An old provision
dealer from the east informs us that if a
barrel of western corn fed pork, and a
barrel Of eastern pork arc placed side by
side, and opened during the hot wealth
er of July and August, the western pork
will be found as firm As whea it was
first packed, while the eastern pork will
be fabby and soft. This fact a'one
must Of course give the former article the
preference.-M Chicago Herald.