Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-23
The Disqualification Affair.
ITnlnnram to the Richmond nisnatch

WAsHINGToN, Oct. 2l.-The Dispatch cor
respondent called upon Col. Hughes this even
ing Tor the purpose Of obtaining some expression
from that gentleman with reference to the
statements that have been made concerning his
course in the difficulty between MesSrs. Clark
son aud Fowler. | found the Republican can
ddatc for Governor of Virginia ia company
with two or three Of his friends who had called
to see him, and without any delay acquainted
him with the object Of my visit, assuring him
that the Dispatch would be glad to have his
views regarding this Wldely-talked- affair.
Col Hughes was, however, 10th to hold any
conversation upon this topic, aud though ex.
cecdngly courteous aud urbane 10 manner was,
nevertheless, positive 10 declining to make any
statement whatever in regard thereto. The
next best thug to do was to talk the matte:
over with gentlemen known to hold Intimate
personal and political relations with him; and
10 this your correspondent met with more sue
cess, as there was DO disposition on their part
to refrain from converslng freely upon what
certainly must, and does, seem an awkward
subject. Their sentiments any one would natu-
rally correctly infer, are not at variance With
those of Col. Hughes. The authority upon
which the following statements are made | re.
gard as the very best attainable that do not
come directly from the lips Of the gentleman to
whom they particularly relate. In the first
place, COL Hughes does not consider that his
action 10 this matter di>quaifes or DISTINGUISHES
him, for the reasen that even had he been the
bearer of hostile message the fact that the
whole proceeding was outside the limits of the
State, Of itself prevented any disqualification;
but Col! Hughes does not consider that there
was a challenge in the correspondence, and
there was none intended Had his particpa-
ton in the affair been such as to disqualiiy him
(Col Hughes), those who speak for him say he
would not have been permitted to register as
a voter; and his view of his rights in this re-
spect are based not only upon his own legal
knowledge but also upon eminent legal au-
thority. But the gist Of the claim of legality
as candidate for Office lies in the denial
which is streuously urged, that Col.
Hughes went to Bristol in belligerent Ca
pacity. 1t is insisted that, on the contrary,
he visited that place in the interests of peace,
and knew from first to last that there was to be
no fighting between Mr.. Clarkson and Mr..
Fowler. COL Hughes further expresses the
opinion, as your correspondent learns, that he
is in no way disqualified by the part he took IN
this affair."
The subject has been one of great comment
here to day, and it evidently seems, despite
the good face put upon the situation by the
warm supporters of Mr.. Hughes and those who
reflect his opinions, that the dilemma is one
which is apt to occasion some trouble Ooe
prominent Virginia Radical was asked to-day
what would be done about it, and he responded
that he could say nothing except recall Mr..
Lincoln's homey remark about the danger Of
swapping horses while crossing the stream
lIp' do RI mr. m n q
field at this late day.
The FATHER OF AMERICAN METHoDIsM
"A granite monument thlrty-one feet high aud
six feet square at the base, erected to the mem
DRY Of Philip Embury called the Father of
American Methodlsm, was unValed With ap-
propriatc ceremonies at Cambridge, n. Y,
Monday. The most distinguished men of the
Methodist Church were present, and suitable
orations were delivered by eminent ministers
of that denomination. The story of Philip EN-
bury is simple one, though of great results.
10 l116 he was poor carpenter 10 New York,
having a shop on Branack street, now the site
of the City Hall. 10 this shop be preached
the doctrines of Wesley, whose followers we're
but few at that time in New York. AS more
people attended at the shop than could be &C
commodat ted, Embury transferred the scene of
his sermons to sail-loft, which he hired 10
William street.
Then money was raised among the members
of the English Church, ard the first Methodist
meeting house in America was built on john
street, Philip Embury having himself attended
to the carpenter work. Soon after this helpto
the struggling new church came from John
Wesley, in England, and Richard Fillmore aud
Thomas Rankin, the first regularly ordained
Methodist minister 10 the United States, came
over TO aid the brethren here. Mr.. Embury,
after their arrival in New York, moved to Ash
Grove, in Washington county, and continued
to preach there uotl his death on August %,
1893, in his forty year. He was buried at
Camden, 10 the same county, and sixty years.
atterward his remains were removed to Ash
Grove. ln 1868 they were again removed-this
time to Cambridge, near Ash Grove, where the
is to be unvailed His nephew,
Philip Embury, of New York, and other mem.
bers of the Embury family wlllattend the cere-
monies