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Show Till! tllAlll I STOV.- Kbe lassai Aenimteo In I'ursnll of Itie -'LUIM." WAIIIIviiTo-r, May 18. This afternoon after-noon the natal deportment received confirmation of the rest ilhqaitches to the eUect that tho "Charleston" sailed southward from Acaioilco last evening, leaving thu "Ksmeralda" In port. There was no word of the "l.taU." The presumption It that the "Chailcalou's" commander was satls-lloJ satls-lloJ that the'M.Uta" lasted Acapulco, either Urore he arrived there or while ho lay In ert, and reaumeil a long chase. It It estimated that the "l.tata" Is steaming along at atout seven knots, aud as she was ten days out last Friday night, she should at that lime have heuu at Acapulco, where It Is retorted from that place she met the "Lsmcralda." Aa she I, a mucli smaller vessel than the "hymen-Ida" and burns much less coal. It Is ngarded at within the probabilities prob-abilities that the vessel might have tut piled her with thla necessary article, ar-ticle, which would acvouut for the strait, the warship It now lu respecting respect-ing u further supply of coal. If It be true that thu "LtaU" was off Acapulco I'll lay night she had two full days I hi. start of the "Charleston" when the latter tarUt again In loir suit last night. This It about the tame lead she had from Han Diego, but If thn two vessels follow the same course the "Charlislou," steaming fourteen knots, should como up with the "LUU" before tomorrow night. This, of oourse, la ujion tho auppotltlon, which It not founded on strong probability, pro-bability, that the two vcan la air steer IhXixaclly the same course. If Iho Charleston" panned tho "l.Uta," thu next iiort where they am likely to be heard from la l'anams, about 1200 mlleafrom Acapulco, or Pay ta, l'eru, still further down the coast. At It Is, Iho vessels have probably covered lest than half tho distance to Iqulque, tbo nearest Chilian port. |
