...f the heart of the city, and known as "Ball's Place"--a notorious rendezvous for blockade runners, as it is just outside of the picket post. This farm is going to be cultivated this year by one Esquire Roberts , of Illinois, who is to pay Mr. Ball $7 per acre rent. He has 450 acres in cotton, pays the contrabands $12 per month, out of which sum comes their clothing, medicine, and bacon; besides, the least...