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The Grofon Monument.-Erec,od :. memory of the storming of Fort e,i 1' world, Con. has been completed is. :. stands on the top of the hill near tba ois Fert. opposite the centre of New ~ =" don, l30 feet above the tide water IT. foundation is 24 feet square, of massS a.S granite blocks, with split faces. eaeI three feet high and weighing , or ( lore The dye is p feet square, F feel biab of granite, with an eniablature. D. this is raised square obelsk. 20 feet base, g feet high and 10 feet at ton . large, rough faced granite, in regnlas courses. At the summit is a look o,,t with an iron railing, and a conical skp light.of glass, which lights the inte5ior through which is a stair case of Iea stone steps. The view of three sidesis unohstrIcted by any near emincnce. and is very fine and extensive.

 The following inscription is places over tile door, which is on the west side. ''Ihis monument was erected under the patronage of the state of Connccticnf Anno Domini 1890; and in the 55tb year of the Independence of the United States of America; in honor of the brave Patriots who fell in the massacre in Fort Grswold, (near this spot. on the 9th of September, 4. D. l1el: when the British soldiers. underthe command of the traitor, Benedict Arnold. burnt the iowHs of New London and Groton. and spread desolation and woe through. out this region"

 On the south side is inscribed tic 18th verse of the 5th chapter of Judges:- Zebulon Napthaii were people that ieoparded their lives unto the death. in the high places in the feld." Beneath this are the names of Col. Ledyard and his companions.