A Noble Example

The Washinglonian temperance movement lias been die mcatl nf great gooil In this suclion of the country, nntl iiKitiy of our misguiled and degraded ielliiW bi-ings havo, through ihe effecti of kindiiLSs am! sympathy, regaincd their gelf-rcspect, and liceome uscful members of rociety. A striking instancc, in illustration of the iiifluence exerciéeJ by tliese potent agencies, 3 ihuf relaled in the Danbury, (Ct.,) Times. " non. George S. Catlin, late M. C, and present nominee oí the Democratie party, in the State of Connecticut, as their candidate for Governor, was at one tuno one of the most wretched inebríate in this city. An old friend found him in a condition which too plainly tok) the tale of his misery, and prevailed on him to return to his native State, whicli he did, m cumpany witli him. Mr. C. in a short time, by the gentle influence of those he loved, was induced to sign the pledge. He soon becarne one of the most popular lecturesá on temperance in the State. He resumed the practice of the legal prefossion witli sucress, and, all being happy to contrilmte a he! ping hand to hts struggles to repair his reputation and retrieve his broken fortunes, his party in the con"Tossional district, composed of New London and Windham counties, elected him to Congrcn, where he sustained a high character; und if his party happen to be in the majority, ho will certainly be elected Governor of the State1, as he is a very populrr man. Such an cvent would alike becreditable to him and the ' land of steady habits." We speak .without reference to politics.