Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-09-03

From the Western Christian Adrocafe.
History Of the Methods, Episcopal Church in
Indiana.
] Our readers will DO pleascd to pcruso tho fol-
lowing from tho pen of brother Wiley, who has
boon a resident Of Indiana forty years. His I'M
dortaking is ono Of great Importance, and VIC
| trust every ono concerned will render HIM such
assistance as he can. What is to be done horo
must be done soon.
! The undersigned has intended for several years
past to present tho public through tho Western
Christian Advocate, n series of numbers on tho
riso and progress Of Methodsm in Eastern lndl-
ana, with notices of number of the deceased
preachers who wero the principal instruments IN
the work. lie therefore solicits postage froo) all
tho information friends may hive on this I'M
portant subject. He would be glad to have in
formation on many subjects, but more particular
Iy on the following qucstons-Wh no first preach
ed and formed societies in your neighborhood or
town. At what time did this commence! Who
constituted tho first society, and who wero its Of
fetal members! What amount of support did
Your early preachers received Whom were your
enry meeting houses built! And any othor in
formation deemed important.
As the undersigned was appointed at tho las,
General Conference to receive Information on tho
early progress Of Methodism in Indiana confer
ference, he hopes the friends possession of val
liable matter tho subject will not delay to for
ward the slme at the earliest convenience.
ALLEN WILEY.
Cincinnati, O., July 10, i845.
A letter from Col Todd, Minister the Court of
Russia, addressed the Secretary of the National Ins
tute describes remarkable of undecayed body
which had come under the writer's notice.
ST. PETERSBURG, a,h j jnne 1915
My Dear Sir: There a singular of undecay-
ed body Reva ancient German the prese
Russ shore of the Baltic. | visited the church in
which it is preserved and where exhibited
gers 1t is the body of an old gentleman in military
dress in the 7lO The body perfectly dry
of the teeth and white hairs perfect
The skin IS Of brown COLOR and was rePrese nte when
first exposed to the be worry elastic If you strike
the chest the belly. it gives hollow sound The
stockings nearly decayed but the boots are entire
and the hairs of the wig in a good condition.
Some 30 ago. when the church repaired, the
coffin found in separate under great guam
of furniture and old rubbish. When the coffin
opened the skin of lighter color than it is
By paper found in the coffin and by the church records,
it ascertained be the body of General Duke de
Croy. who a Ere nchman and entered the Russian
service in Peter the Great, about the year
1896, and employed in the with Sweden At the
battle of Narva, which the Russians defeated he
shut himself the fortress of Narva and eapuated
After his from Sweden, he resided
Reveal and incurred heavy debts At his DEATH
the beginning of the 18th century, his creditors did not
allow his friends to bury the body until his heirs should
his debts The body remained in the church unbur-
ed and was kept in dry under ground and. it
by that the composition of the soil (which
is chalk and mestone) preserved it from decay; but
incline to the opinion that the degree of cold that
said have prevailed the time of his DEATH and the
influence of the oak wood of which the coffin made,
this result 1t produced strange
touching the hands and face of dead body buried
years and that appeared to resemble petrifac
c. s TODD.
francis MARkoE, Jr., ESQ,
Corresponding Sec'y Of Nat institute.