Show Capital Chips WASHINGTON jo taperThe President appointed Wm T Austin ot Seattle W T register of the land office at Vancouver W T The AttorneyGeneral has given an opinion to the Secretary pf the Treasury Treas-ury to the effect that the court of commissioners com-missioners qf Alabama claims is a legally constituted body as at present organized The opinion applies pnlv to I appointmentsofthe judges and does I not touch on the general question of i the legality of appointments of other officers of the court Bayard Secretary of State and Romero i Ro-mero Mexican Minister are about to i exchange ratifications o an additional article to the commercial treaty be tween the Lnitejd States and Mexico of January Spth IS83 extending the time to May 20th ISSG for the approval of necessary laws to carry into effect the operations of said lr commercial treaty = |