The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-09-14
DECLARATION OF INpEPENpHNcE

Il Valuable Historical Documeuf Rscentiv
Found IA Cdrteret County, ~ c.
The Raleigh Observer gives the following
account Of a Declaration of Independence
made in that Stat. iu 1777:
''The names signed to the paper are well
known as those of the prominent men iof
their day in the State, aud the genuineness
of their signatures in very many Instances
can be easily proved by inspection and COM
parison. This paper, it may be as well 70
state, is not mere copy but an origina5
with the signatures in tho proper handwrit-
ing of the signers, and in some instances
with the dates of signing attached. The
paper ought to be preserved with the great
est care aud Photographic copies made of
it,
"Thc paper was found by Capt. Appleton
Oaksmith, of Carter,t county, on the Sth
day Of May last, while searching among
somo old papers at the house II Cicero
Green, Esq, at Clear Spring, III Craven
county which house was erected aud occu-
pied by Mr.. Green's great-griudfather,
James Green, Jr, of Revolutionary fame.
The document is in good preservation, ap-
parently in tho handwriting Of RiEhard Cas-
well, being first signed by hiur and one
hundred and cighty-fvc promineHt patriots
of the State, of Revolutionary tiiies, among
whom arc Willie Jones, Cornelius HarnStt,
William Graham, Hezekiah Alexander,
Robert Irwin, Zaocheus Wilson, John Bro,
ward, Waightstill Avery, Joseph Hewos and
John Sewer. The following is verJatim
copy of this precious document:
DECLARATION.
"Wc the Subscribers do declare that We
will bear faith (sic) and true Allegiance to
the Independent State of North Carolina,
and to the powers and authorities which
may be established for the Government
thereof; And VIC will, to the utmost of our
powers, maintain and defend the same
against Great Briton, and all other Powers,
Enemies to the United States of America
And this we do most Solemnly and Sincere
ly declare without any Equivocation, Men
tai Evasion or Secret reservation whatever"
The SEVEN WISE MEN.-Most people
have heard of tue "scven wise of Greece" 1"
but very few know who they were OF how
they came to be called so. Here Is the story,
and the mora! OF it is worth remembering,
1t their names arc not:
The seven wise men of Greece are sup
posed to have lived in the fifth century be-
fore Christ. Their names are Pittacus.
Bias, Scion, Thales, Chilon, Clcobulus, and
Poriauder. The reason of their being call
cd wise is 8 ivcn differently by various au-
thors; but the most approved accounts state
that, as some Coans were fishing, certain
strangers from Aliletus bought whatever
should be in the nets without seeing it
When the nets were drawn in they were
found to contain golden tripod, which
Helen, as she sailed from Troy, is supposed
to have thrown there. \ dispute arose be-
tween the fishermen and the strangers as
to whom it belonged, aud, as they could not
agree, thcy took it to tue temple Of Apollo
and consulted the pricstess as to what should
be done with it. She said it must be given
to the wisest man in Greece and it was ac-
corGingly sent to Bias, who declared that
Thaics was wiscst and sent it to him.
Thalcs sent it to another one, and so Oh, until
it had passed through tho hands of Ill the
men, distinguished ahcrward by the title of
the "Ssyeu Wise Men, and, as each one
clainied that the other was wiser t,Ian he, it
WAS finally sent ~ the TompIc Of Apollo,
where it still remains to teach the lesson
that the wisest are the most IisIrusLful OF
their wisdom.