Show washington the president flees sirithorn thorn ton EF from rom tho the heralds special cor the president did not announce all the official dismissals yesterday ay he ile wished probably to get away before they had liaa been made public hebeart he bears very placidly the rush of office seekers but never doubts the importunities rt unities of men women and blind children ren which will follow which always follow extensive discharges dischar es of government employees here by wy the time the full list is made public I he and his cabinet ministers will be beyond the reach of personal solicitation the president has to a much greater extent than many of his predecessors placed discretion in theli the hands ands of his cabinet ministers in the matter of electing new and dismissing old subordinates and in fairness tho the pressure ought to be on the secretaries instead of the president but it is not he is the most approachable of men and suffers it is thought the changes to be announced soon will be very numerous an official offic ia I report just published here shows that tho the post offices of the country have ir creased nearly fifteen hundred in number during the last official year the business of the department however increases in in amount in in a much gr greater t m ter rate than tho the offices in number postmaster james said yesterday that the department would enter the new year meaning today to day da aa as a self supporting institution he will soon put in operation here and in other cities several improvements in the way of collecting and delivering the mails these lie ile says will be an expense at first finst but will gradually lead to such an increase in the amount of business as to prove a profitable investment but the carrying g of mails is not a speculation on t alie he part of the and I doubt not con congress ress will speedily decide upon a r reduction iu in postal rates it there should be found a surplus in any given year sir edward arl thornton goes to england immediately he refuses all those invitations and suggestions of public or private entertainments which are called out by the friendly feeling which has so long existed here towards him the dic formal leave taking at the white house yesterday was the occasion of two very pretty s speeches beches those of sir edward and t the e president so far as the proprieties of his position have lave permitted the retiring minister has made personal friends of all washingtonians ians and goes away generally regretted all late advices advises from virginia and washington is a sort cal eal headquarters for virginians are to the effect that Mahon ism to use an astronomical phrase much in use just now has passed its peri eri helion and that though it w will i av I remain visible to the naked eye for some months will disappear in the fall washington july ast 1st |