The national Republican., 1867-11-18

| hhcHhe nat uUNf Win rkRRErs.-A mos
or Mr.. John Barker, corner Of First street "a,
and street south, vith fsrrsts and dogs. Mr.
Albert Woodley had three fsrrsts, Benz. FIJI
brook two, and Edmund Bart one. The doe,
present were Vic and Mao, belonging TO Wood
ley; English Fan and Nell, belonging 10 Fiji
brook Rose, belonging 70 Burt, Fan, Bslongins
20 aosssi Fancy, Belonging to John Sherman,
Katy belonging to J. Dssni Kate. belonging "a
III. o. Belt, aod several others.
About 10 o'clock the fsrrsts were put in the
ratholes around the building and the owners,
with their dogs, stood sentinel At the mouth Of
the several holes. In Q few minutes large rat
made his appearance, whom q couple Of dogs were
lot loose, and Vic succeeded In gobbling him up.
Anothsr ,'vermin'' had the tsmsrity to visit day
light, which was also ungraciousiy shaken By
Vic, 20 much 80 that Mr.. Rat laid on his back
| and ceased to be A third rat then came forth.
but an ambitious Thomas cat, not wishing that
the dogs should have all the honor. went for
him, and deposited him beside the dsfupct
couple above-mentioned
The rats were slow to start, and nearly IN hour
elapsed before more than half dozen had made
their appearance, which was owing doubtless to
the large number Of persons present, who oontin.
ually walked to and fro, thereby causing the rats
| 10 remain under cover.
One Of Mr.. woodlsy's fsrrsts remaining In the
hole long after the others had come out, appre.
hsnsion was felt for her safety but hnaliy she
came out, showing evidence that she had been
busy killing rats IN their holes This ferret IL a
dark grey, and the mother Of the entire lot
present, having been imported from England by
Mr.. Woodley. The number Of rats chased from,
their holes was only II, which the dog, speedily
killed, but large number were killed in their
burrows, which It was impossible to obtain.
Mr.. Barker, at the conclusion Of the hunt, OF.
tended the hospitalities Of his house to those
present.
The ferrets and dogs we're then taken to Nil.
ler's slaughtsr.houss, on Tenth street, between
and N, where the fsrrets were put In the
holes around the stable. In q short time the
rats had been driven between . partition In the
stable, where the dogs could not get At them.
but an outside plank being taken oa, nest Of
rats was discovered, whom lively tide was had,
the rats running In all directions, with dogs and
men at their heels. In less time than Il takes TO
tell II, some dozen or more rats wero killed, one
gentleman starting at lively gait for fugitive
rat, which he finally booted to death, after ma.
king a circuit Of about one acre. In tho course
OF IN hour or so. the premises Of Messrs. Miller
were thoroughly cleared Of the undermining ra,.
Gals, much to the satisfaction Of the propretors,
but with considerable "neghing" on the part
OF the horses, tho stables Of which wore much
torn up In order to got at the rats.
Tho hunting Of rats with ferrets should be
encouraged, for II Is astonishing to witness how
they scamper when these little animals are
started In the holes, and dogs should be thor
oughly trained to work with the ferrets. In
England rat-hantins BY this means is feature,
but the dogs are we'll trained. There q party
goes to n wheat stack, for instance, and q man
In charge Of the ferrets places them 10 the holes,
calling q dog for each hole Tho ferrets
working underneath, soon start the rats, when
the dogs nab thom, and giving them but
one bite, toss thom aiije, and resume posi-.
ton, watching for the next to make his sp.
pcarancc. Should deg leave his post, ho
receives q tanning from the keeper. We OBJ.
served the thorough training Of Mr.. Woodley's
dogs, they seldom leaving the spot which they
were required TO watch, and by which means no
rat escaped after being started out by the fer.
rets.
LARcESr.-Mrs. Mary Flynn concluded to
move her worldly goods frem one hAbitation to
another, and with that WOW employed Stephen
Taylor, . colored cartmAu, to remove her house.
h"ld furniture. Stephen engaged the services
Of an assistant, Samuel Hanson, and the twain, |
with their horse and wagon went to work Bed |
ding, chairs, stoves bureaus, &c, were all finally
removed but Mrs Flynn, on looking over the |
articles, discovered that revolver had been taken
from one Of the bureau drawers. The lady
lodged complaint, and Taylor was arrested by |
oheer Houls on suspicion Of having stolen tho |
pistol. There was nothing found upon him, and |
Hanson was taken in eharr and escorted by the |
officer to the Central guarlhouse. On tho way |
thither one Seph Brown mat them, TO whom Han |
son spoke very condden,ialIy, slipping the 70. |
yolVer to him, the act not escaping, however, the |
eyes Of the officer. Seph was also arrested, and |
the twain, at hearing before Justice Harper at
the Central guardhOuse, were committed for
court-Hanson on the charge Of larceny, and
seph for receiving stolen goods. Taylor wa, dis.
missed.
BURGLARiEs.-0n Saturday evening the prem.
ises Of Major Bates, Of tho Currency Bureau Of
the Treasury Department, on Ninth street, be.
tween and p, were entered, and q box con.
tanning q revolver and o complete set OF fishing
tackle with other articles were carried of. The
Major Is In readiness for these rascals, as he
has the pate to the revolver taken yet In his
possession.
Lieut.. johnson, Of the Second precinct, has
arrested . colored man, Geo. Ferguson, alias
Jordan, charged with entering the house Of one
Mr.. Spivey and stealing from bis drawers q
pocket.book containing $3.50 and Q small
amount In copper coin. He was committed to
Jail for court by Justice Thompson. Tho pris.
oner offered to return the money, and because
The offer was not accepted he Threatened the
prosecutor.
TRANSPORTS OF REAL EsrArE.-The following
transfers ofreal estate were reported on Saturday:
rwo acres, In county, at $780, part of lot IA, 10
Iquare south of square $40, 10 feet, at 81. 900;
'art Of reservation H. at 81, 2s6 part Of lot ls,
u subdivision of square 700. so feet, at s73T 5O
ubdivision 8, Of square 500, at $780, subdi.
,islon Is, Of square 800. at $780, part Of sub
vision l. in square AL, Is feet, for 800; part
Il lot IL, in square 800, rs feet, at SO, $40.
Also, on Saturday, BY Messrs. W. L. Wall 4
,o., auotioneers, part Of lot l, In square 242,
nth the improvements thereon, consisting of a
arge three.story brick house, situated on the
northwest corner Of Vermont avenue and N !
treet north, to s. P. Hill, for $40, 675.
DID NOT SUccEED.-A few days since Warden
isustis discharged from jail a prisoner who was
earched before he was set at liberty. On his
erson was found letter from ". II. King, the
orse thief, now incareerated In that institution,
o friend, in which he informs said friend that,
he will obtain his (Kipg'O release on bail, he
king) knows where there are $4,000 In gold
In house In Georgetown, In which
he servant girl is known to him, who will lot
I'm In, and he has the tools all hid near George
own by which he can effect an entrance and
Q will get the money and divide the spoils with
I'm. Tho letter was turned over to Mr. Heustis
A New FREEDMEss SCHooL.-In the new