Squatter sovereign., 1856-05-27

lndt the properly IneTe ueStIoveu etiOnSeu
to unofending persons. We publish below
an article from the Kansas Herald of Free
dom, of the 10Th of. April showing Cor what
the Fort was built. 10 whom it belonged,
and the purposes for which il was to be
used. Further comment we deem un-
necessary:
The ssTree state EIoteY' Finished
In April, 1866, the New England EN-
igrant Aid Company, through their agents,
commenced excavating the foundation of
first class hotel in Lawrence. The cellar
was dug, the walls completed. the studding
Tor inside partitions put up, and the roof
put on during the summer and fall. About
the last Of November, the war difficulties
commencing, further work on the building
wa, suspended, it being used for the ac-
commodation of ;he officers and soldiers
of the Free State volunteer army. The
| benefit it rendered our cause, even in its
unfinished state, at time when the city
itants threatened by the Border Rufiian
mob, cannot be estimated in dollars and
cents. IL ,ras into this structure the peo-
pie intended TO retreat, if driren from ercry
| other position, gather around them their
| household treasures, and make last des-
perate effort an The defence Of their k0es
and liberties. But fate ordered otherwise.
Immediately upon the opening of the
present Spring. additions were made to
the force of latorers, and the work resum-
ed with increased vigor; and ON this, the
twelfth of April, one year from the day
the first spadeful Of dirt was thrown up,
the FREE STATE HOTEL is finished.
The dimensions and particular descrip-
ton of the structure are as follows The
building is on the corner ef Massachusetts
and Winthrop streets, fronting on Massa-
chusetts street; so feet front, 20 feet back;
three stories above the basement; contains
80 separate apartments, besides hall in
each story. The basement is divided into
three rooms, each Is feet square--two to
he used as pastry and meat kitchens, the
other as storehouse OF cellar. The frs,
story is II feet from floor TO ceiling, is di-
vlded into nine rooms the dining hall
Is feet wide and IL feet long haIl 9 l-2
feet wide, entire length Of building Gen
tlemen's parlor, Is feet square Ladies'
parlor, 1Sx20; Reading room, Is feet
square; Sitting room, l6xlS; two bed
rooms, feet square office, 6xl4; side
hall from office, with entrance on Win
,hrop street main entrance on Massachu-
setts street; two flights of rooms lead TO
second story. Second story, 10 feet from
floor to ceiling Is rooms-six of them
11xlS, balance 10 feet square hall en-
tire length Of building. Third story 8 #.
from floor to ceiling same number of
rooms, same dimensions as the second sto-
ry; stairs leading to roof, which is fiat,
and affords fine promenade and splen-
did view OF the surrounding scenery
Thsre are thirty or forty portfolios an the
acalts, which rise above the roof plugged
mp no,o wifh stones, rhich can be knocked
out Nth a blo,e Of the butt Of Marp's
rifle. The apartments are papered and
well ventilated.
i The entire cost of the hotel probably ex-
ceeds $4,000. The out-houses are of the
neatest kind. The stable, in the rear, is
not yet finished, though the walls are up
/ It is calculated to accommodate fifty horses
and give shelter to vehicles.
Mr.. Geo. w. Hunt, formerly of Fitch.
! burgh, Mass. had the contract of the
t wood work, and Mr.. Benz. Johnson, for
: merly of North East, Erie county, Pa, o
the stone and masonry work. These gen
: .lemen have filled their contracts in tht
: most satisfactory and praiseworthy manner
c Both of them are superior practical me
! chanics, and their first job IN Kansas viii
E be the best reeomme ndation- they can pos
!. sibiy give. The hotel and grounds occup,
i four lots-50x125 feet each-two Of
), Massachusetts, and two on Vermont street
< One of them, Con the south of the hotel,
: is to be devoted entirely to shrubbery. 1
neat fence will enclose the whole.
The furniture for the hotel was shippe
on the steamboat Lizzie; but as she car
= not navigate the Kansas river. teams hav
ho..n despa sched after the goods nd the