The New York herald., 1874-12-24
THE STEAMER SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE STEAMSHIP STILL ASHORE ON BARSEGAr
sHoAL-ARRIvAL OF PORTIONS OF HER
cARGo-HopEs OF GETTING HER OFF IN
SAFETY.
Homes are entertained by Messrs. W. p. Clyde
Co., the owners OF the stranded steamship, mat
should the weather remain moderate she may oe
rescued from her present perilous posluoh on
Barnegat Snoal. She lies near the scene OF tne
wreck OF the California packet Flying Dutcnman,
and almost in the same spot where the ocean
steamship Nederland stranded few months
back.
ARRIVAL OF CARGO.
Three vessels arrived in this city yesterday
bringing portions OF her cargo, which had been
thrown overheard by the South Carolina ana was
drifting out TO sea under the influence OF westerly
winds. The following Is list OF what notsam
arrived in this port yesterday by vessels passing
near the wreck
The schooner Ida Thayer, Captain whitman,
hating from Islip, L. L., fell In with SIX baies OF
cotton yarn, duck, &C., which are 10 be landed at
Woodruff l. Robinson's wharf, Brooklyn.
Schooner william Young, OF Port Jefferson, L.
L. tell IN with thirteen bales OF compressed cotton
noating and but little damaged. Will be landed as
above.
Tugboat Cyclops picked up thirty one bales COM
Robinson's stores. These are held Tor the ac-
count OF whom it may concern, subject to the re-
spectve claims f0r salvage. 1t Is possible that
many bales OF cotton found az sea by passing YES.
>ses, bound for long distances, may be quietly sold
by the captain, when an opportunity offers. and
no reports made OF the same to government au-
thorisies Any American or British vessel guilty
OF such an act Is liable to heavy penalty. To
prevent the indiscriminate bagging Of treasure
Jroye at sea IN this matter the following notice
win De made public to-day and Will be placed IN
the Merchants Exchange, Produce Exchange and
other places Of mercantile resort
NOTICE TO sHIpHAsTERs.
Masters OF vessels others who have picked cot
New Jersey after the 2st Of December are directed TO
justers Of the wrecked steameE south Caroline
A number Of shall Steamboats, lett this city yes
terday to try their luck in picking up the notsam.
HOW SHE LIES.
In conversation with the captain Of the schooner
Ida Thayer, woo had passed The South Carolina on
hts voyage here he stated she Is lying inside the
outer bar Of the shoals, into which the breakers
are rolling .'She heads, as nearly as could make
out by observation from the masthead. east, by
south. thought that the vessel had gone ashore
head on, and that kedge had Deengot out which
mad caused her to M swing round % & 70 aer m present m
neve she can be saved. l saw boats alongside ner
and people working on her deck. Before sne can
get or she will have to make her way across the
breakers near where she went on.n'
THE MANIFEST
No manifest or tne cargo mas yet been received
in this city, and Messrs. ". r Clyae Co. sent
Instructions to the steamers pursey TO send the
original or copy Of II forthwith. The agents IN
Charleston are Wagner, Huger Co. 1t Is thought
at the Cotton Exchange by the superintendent
that the 1900 bales shipped IN the South Carolina
may be intended Tor some thirty or forty different
consignees In this city. He had not heard M TO a
late hour yesterday afternoon the names or any
frm expecting cargo
The nearest railroad station IN New Jersey to
the scene OF the wreck ls Barnegat, on the New
jersey Southern Railroad. TO reacn 1t the pas
sengers and crew rescued have had to pass
through Barnegat Inlet and across the bay, about
five miles broad, TO the mainland.
THE VESSEL NOT LEANING.
The following despatch In relation to the
stranded steamer South Carolina, on Barnegst
Shoal was received by the HERALD from Squan
Beach, N. J.. late last evening"
The South Carolina is in good condition She has made
water. She lies inside the shoals schooner, with
Us bales Les Of ksn e Se Ss
About 200 bales cotton thrown overheard. The
Wrsctng S e laying cables and M snsh0 ANA
Thomas Clyde Is at the wreck.
THE CAPTAINS REPORT.
Messrs. Clyde h Co., win probably receive to-
day report from Captain Beckett, telling 4 he
had made good use oi the mariners three Us
VIZ, 1.-the lead, line and the lookout" with refer
ence to soundings, 1t may here be remarked that
the bottom approaching Barnegat Is OF nne sand,
ana when IN It's immediate nel0hOorhO0d consists
OF small pebbles.
RETURN OF A TUGBoAT.
The Iugboat J. S. Smith, which lowed down two
scho0ners from New York to the wrecked steamer,
Wrecking Company's steamer Relief lays near by
and 10 capable Oh carrying 500 or 800 bales.
COMMUNICATION WITH THH VESSEL
Measrs. w. P. Clyde Co.. the owners, sent
oown the steamer Regulator to the South Carolina
yesterday afternoon