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of the Freedmen.
   The Mayor of this City has had complete charge of all municipal affairs for some time.  He has been compelled to admit negro testimony by the provisions of General Slocum's order.  In the cases that come before him, when it becomes necessary for the negroes to testify, he goes through the form of receiving their evidence, but I have yet to hear of one instance where it affected his decisions.  The testimony of one white man is considered as of more weight than that of a dozen Freedmen.
   The admission of Negro testimony will never secure the Freedmen justice before the courts of this state when that testimony is considered valueless by the judges and juries who hear it.
   It is no consequence what the law may be, if the majority be not inclined to have it executed. A negro might bring a suit before a magistrate, and have colored witnesses examined in his behalf, according to provisions