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Show THK CHILIAN VESSEL Orders lo Capture llie":iala'MI(ll(tril to Hue Ileen ltnfd to Ailinlr.il Ilromi. THCAUTHOBITIIBOtCLINCTOTAklt or TMC MATTCR-a l'ltot DIM, IVIio Took Her Oat of the Harbor or MitilllrgJ .lrrciteil. Uy Talf xrapb to Ihe Hawa.l Til -arrATA." Aumlrel Kuan Is llelleteil la Have llrtlera lo I'aplttre Her. Wakiiinutun, May 10. While there are no now developments regarding regard-ing the rtfiorliHl taeuanco ot orilen lo the cruiser Ctiarttttcu and the men-of-war comprlalug thu Mouth 1'aclflo siuadruiittfRoaflrrand telle the In. aurgent 'vessel Jiata, which is now Mipiuacil to bu on her way to Chill Willi aruia token from the echooner y.Vr( will Mlml!, It Is Ixdleveil that orderahave lieeit wut Admiral llrown, commanding tho 1'Ael lie station, aud to Admiral McCanu, comniaiiilliig tho shlpa of the Month Taenia atatlou, to caj ture tho Xata by rorce If necessary and take her lo thu first American port. Tlie greatest air of recrccy surround! tho allalr and tonight It la utterly Impossible Im-possible to lirn that any orders of any nature regarding thu JXata havu been Issued by the navy dcaulment or would bo Issued. Herniary Tracy left ihe city yrsleniay oil the IHipalcli, In company with Commodore Com-modore Kolger, to Inaja'Ct the now tmvalprovluggmmid down the I'oto-lnaonlidliasnotetreturiied. I'oto-lnaonlidliasnotetreturiied. At Ills houaolt waasalif that he had probably continued hlalilp to Fort Monroe, or gone down the Chesapcaku li slay over Kuuday. Hn lelt word that he would not return until noon tomorrow. Commodote Itamscy, chief or the bureau of navigation, and who Issues all orders directing the movements of hloflho navy, was seen tonight, butdecllne-1 lo say anything on the subject. Theruaro the strongest reasons rea-sons for liellovlng orders wero lsued before Secretary Trvy left the deiart-iiieiitnnd deiart-iiieiitnnd that the CfturttUim Unovoti her wty south after the lata. Commodore Com-modore Ilainaey laid tonight that he received an uuofllclal dlapatch this inornlugfroiii Hail P'ranclsco, saying the UtarleUon had gone to sea to test tier guns, but had not returned, aa tud been slated. Orders were Issued some limn sgo by tho navy department for tho CViiirfcstViri to go lo sea for the pur iomi of giving her eUht-lucli rifles a trial In tiring whllo the hip executed certain maneuver, but whether thu orders wero supplemented by aeuloj orders or not cau not be learned. etKt.L'V WII.I, .NUT T.U.IC. Aiilatant Hecretary of tho Nnvy Beeley haa been absent from the department de-partment sluce Thursday. Wheusecu tonight lie declined to ray anything that would throw any light whatever ou the subject. Heeley said he was not fully Informed ai to what had transpired trans-pired at tbo department during lila absence and was not In n osltlon lo say anything In the absence of the secretary, who would return tomorrow, Hn also deellned to nltlrm or deny that any orders had liven Issued by Die department de-partment in couaeiiuence of tho sudden departure of the HaUi. Naval olllcera In Wialilnglon who are conversant with tho coat! of Lower California, any Ills likely the schooner JluUrt ami Mutuie may have deiaislted tho titles Intended for tho Chilians on some one or the small outlying Islands near the coast aud tho J-ufu procured them there, Instead or taking chancei or sighting the schooner at tea, as this was the moat practicable acheme nud, moreover, vould not arouse the suspicion sus-picion of the United Htatea authorities, ns would bo the caio should the tchoon-,er tchoon-,er be seen ou the coaat. HmClttlTloN W Tlltl "CTATA." The JZata Is an Irou screw propeller alilp or I'.'Od tons, and was built In Kug-land Kug-land In 187:1. Hho baacomiound rn-glnoa rn-glnoa of antlpistod make, and U not cable, probably, of steaming more than ten knou an hour. Hho wot formerly for-merly owned and operated by the Chilian Hleam Navigation company, and how tho came Into the tianda of the tnaurgenta Is not known here, unices un-ices she was slr.J by them at tho beginning be-ginning of the luaiirrectlon, Till! I'.NITCU STATF3 VK9.SKI.ll In Chilian waters aro tho Jlallimort and llagihln Jteniionfn, with Hear Admiral Ad-miral McCann In command, Tho 5uii franottat when laat heard from 'kI left I'eru and will likely Join tho Jla'limore ami iVntacofri early this week. With the Vliarleitoit tho admiral ad-miral will have under hit command three of the flnett ships of the navy, betides, the l'tntoculu, which It tho beat of the wooden clu lu the service. Wlthtlioeo rouralilpslt It notautlcl-ptttetl notautlcl-ptttetl by naval olllcera that mucliopiio-altlon mucliopiio-altlon would be nut with should (ho United Htatea tee lit to capture the l!tatii even thould the be reinforced by the beat ihlpt of the luturgenta. SUM ''OIIAI!l.r.a,TO. IN l-UIUIIIT. Ban Kiiancimu, May 10, A mor-nlnz mor-nlnz piier tlalea that the commander or thu (Viorfeafoii received a cipher dlapatch trom the Navy deinrtinent which took over three hours to translate, trans-late, All vlaltors were then ordered ashore and the Uittrlcttoii hastily put to sea, Tho Vlinrlctlon la provlaluued and malcd for a long cruleo and In-ateadofgolugoulaldoto In-ateadofgolugoulaldoto try her gum at waa the gener.il tupimalllou, It la attte.l ihe hia gone in tairault of Ihe Mala. U tho Vliarlciton doit not catch her the orden aro tu keep on until Admiral llrown Is encountered In Chilian waters. Thu Hatu haa a atari of thlrty-tlx houra aud fire hundred miles. A HAN Ot1 WATt KKOJI 8AN,llll:uo. Han Dikiio, May 10A UnlUid Hlalea mjii-of.war steamed out of Ilia '.' ,r yt'rday and after insalng tho lleds stood out to tea In a southwesterly southwest-erly eourar. Commauiler Cromwell received a niaai or corretpottdeiicu In cipher from the uavy detriment, and It It understood haa Inatrucllont to crulae around the Coronido lalaudi aud Hail Clemelite In find out If ial-Ue ial-Ue where the J.'uUrt ami ftlnnlt met thu JMita, and to pick up the tchooner If lighted. Ml.l, ahui:tku. Un Aniimmh, May IU. r.eforn the chooner ICvUrt and Mvmte wan captured cap-tured by the United Hlatea marshal, Huprreargn Itiirch and 1'llot Dill, who look the Ltalu out or Han Diego liar-U,r, liar-U,r, went ashore. Dill was arresUtl at Han l'edro. Ilurclicnnie tu I x Angeles An-geles and was arretted by a dcteillve, and la now In custody of tho United Hlatea marshal. Ilurch sayt he landed thonrme, but decline 10 aay at what Iilnt, titlt It IsaupimMnl lo have been at CatalliiaorHt. Clemctili. |