The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-05-05
The late Benjamin =. MoultOn.

Mr.. EDIToR.-By giving place in your col
umns to the following briefbut richly deserved
tribute to the worth of young man, who was
widely known in this city and vicinity, and
highly esteemed for his rare excellence, So
cial, moral, and religious, you will crafty
great number of your readers. Mr.. Moulton
came to this city when youth Of only thir-
teen years and entered the office OF the Port
land Advertiser, taking up his residence with
the then junior proprietor, with whose fami-
ly he tarried until after he attained his ma
jority in years.
During his apprenticeship he became relig-
ousy impressed under ADMINISTRATION of the
Rev. Mr.. Condit, of theS2d Parish Church,
and soon after became member of the com
munion. He strictly adhered to his profession
and ever remained TO the hour OF his death,
a meek and faithful follower of the precepts
of his Divine Master.
At the age of 20 years he appealed to Mr..
E.-the proprietor of the Advertiser-for his
freedom from his engagements as an appren-
tice, assuring him that, such was the under
standing in consideration of the early age up
on which he entered upon his duties and, al
though this fact had slipped Mr.. Els mind, he
had no doubt of its truth, aud hesitated not to
yield to his wishes, particularly so in view OF
the faithlnness with which he had performed
his duty, and always with cheerfulness and
alacrty.
He bad already become quite proficient as
t,is,,a H. h..
came ambitious for more extended field for
the exercise Of those faculties he possessed TO
so eminent degree, and having served but a
short time in his new position here, he dis
covered an advertisement in the Boston Cou
rier for Commercial and Marine Reporter
when he Immediately applied to his employers
for commendatory letter to the publishers
ofthat paper 10th as they were TO part with
his invaluable services, the junior member
promised to give him one, on the condition
that he would go and present it in person and
make his application. This, from his extreme
diffidence, he reluctantly consented TO do,
and with such a letter as he richly merited,
he left the next day for Boston, and by return
mail, word was communicated to the writer
that he was successful in his application and
had already entered upon his duties, at a
weekly compensation just double that which
the proprietor of a Portland paper was then
able to pay.
cannot better close this notice than by
copying from the Boston Journal the follow
ing extract from It's notice of Mr.. Ms death,
nor can any words Of mine so felicitously ex-
press the high esteem which the deceased had
secured from a community in which he had
spent twenty years of useful life. The Jour
nal says:
His faithful lsbors in his department won
the esteem and confidence of all interested in
the marine columns of that paper. OF his
personal worth as man, no one who enjoyed
his acquaintance can fail TO express the war
NEST admiration. His gentle and kind dis
position, united to courtesy OF manners, won
the esteem of all, and in every walk of life the
influence of his pure and upright charac ter
was widely felt. His death will carry sorrow
TO the hearts of many friends" l..