American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
BROTHER horton, AGAIN.

The truly irrepressible indi-
vidual whose name heads this arti
Gle has again been 'doing wonders"
in his own peculiar sphere-that of
a clerical imposter. Our communi-
ty know Horton too acel! to re-
quire his history at our hands, fur
ther than relation of the recent
incidents that have again brought
his name before the public. 1t seems
he has been in Knoxville, Tennessee
since the Goth of May last, in which
place, his usual good fortune attend
ing him, he has figured as the lion
of the day-playing successfully
the lawyer, minister and Lothario.
(The last seems to be his specially
But our readers will not regret to
learn that he received at the hands
of the Knoxville public compliment
due him from many other places,
but the acceptance of which he has
heretofore succeeded in avoiding,
i. e., Il handsome suit of tar-and-
feathers. From the Knoxville Press
and Herald Of ihe 18th inst, we copy
the following extracts, lacking space
to publish the entire article:
TIE HERO OF ''FIFTEEN ALIASES"
Who figured as w. e. Copeland
at Milwaukee, Baltimore and New
Orleans]; as Ware at st. Louis; as
Horton, at Canton; as Simmons, at
Memphis; as 9. w. Wa, reu, at Will
mington; and as such other persons
as suited him at other places-for
some reason or other selected Knox
vile as the fell OF his summer
operations. so, on the Goth of May
last, lie made his appearance in this
city as Rev. L. F. Copeland. On the
train, he had met with Rev. Mr..
Mauker, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and Presiding Elder of this
District, to whom, after fiuding OF
to which church Mr.. Marker be
longed, he showed besides other
vouchers, his license as il loo u
preacher of the NJ. E. Church, sign
ed by Rev. DIR. Hubbard, of the
Syracuse, N. Y, District Having
ingratiated himself into Mr.. Mank-
er's confidence, the latter, upon
their arrival in the city, introduced
him to Mr.. Daniel Lee, a very re-
spectacle merchant of the city, and
member of, the NJ. e. Church, at
whose hnuse Copeland got board.
Hax-;.,or fuIIp 70 az, in fha S;funtinn
Copeland concluded that for the
sake of the appearance of business,
it would just he the thing to become
a lawyer. Accordingly, at the last
June term OF our Circuit Court, he
applied for
ADMISSION TO THE BAR,
was examined By a committee of
lawyers, and admitted to the roll.
He procured Il place in one of the
Offices at the Court House and hung
out his sign as IL. +. Copeland,
attorney at law" Business did not
come upon him like an avalanche.
nor. indeed, did be seem to care
much. For he still seemed to bear
III mini that it was not alone his
duty to save the innocent from tenn
pOral punishment, but to ''call Sin
ners to repentance IL was but an
easy thing for him to combine world
~ with sacred duties. So, having
shown his license and church letter
(from the church at East Marion,
N. Y.,l to Rev. Mr.. Goldman, pastor
OF the Clinch Street NJ Il Church,
he was, of course, admitted to the
privileges Of the church. On Sun
day, June Goth, OH invitation of Mr.
Goldman, he filed bis pulpit, morn.
ing and evening, preaching with
something of his Canton eloquence
and to the great satisfaction of the
congregation, who accepted him, of
course, as worthy of the calling he
protested. These performances gave
him only a partial Introduction to
our citizens. 1t was necessary that
all our people should become ac-
quainted with SO valuable an acqui-
sition to professional and ministerial
circles. Therefor, our local papers
of June 22d contained the following
unique and attractive notice:
"DoT DoRG."