added greatly
to the comfort of these helpless men, if the rebel authorities had been
so disposed. But their hatred to Union prisoners was so apparent, that
the interest which this angel of humanity took in the condition of the
rebel sick could not shield her from the indignation of the secession
officials for her good feeling for the Union men. However, with a
determination to do all in her power for the needy, she labored in
season and out.

The brutal treatment and daily murders committed upon our soldiers in
the Andersonville prisons caused Clotelle to secretly aid prisoners
in their escape. In the latter work, she brought to her assistance the
services of a negro man named Pete. This individual was employed about
the prison, and, having the entire confidence of the commandant, was in
a position to do much good without being suspected. Pete was an
original character, of a jovial nature, and, when intending some serious
adventure, would appear very solemn, and usually singing a doleful
ditty, often the following, which was a favorite with him:--

"Come listen, all you darkies, come listen to my song:
It am about old Massa, who use me bery wrong.
In de cole, frosty mornin', it an't so bery nice,
Wid de water to de middle, to hoe among de rice;

When I neber hab forgotten
How I used to hoe de cotton,
How I used to hoe de cotton,
On de old Virginny shore;
But I'll neber hoe de cotton,
Oh! neber hoe de cotton
Any more.

"If I feel de drefful hunger, he tink it am a vice,
And he gib me for my dinner a little broken rice,--
A little broken rice and a bery little fat,
And he grumble like de debbil if I eat too much of dat;

When I neber hab forgotten, etc.

"He tore me from my Dinah; I tought my heart would burst:
He made me lub anoder when my lub was wid de first;
He sole my picanninnies becase he got dar price,
And shut me in de marsh-field to hoe among de rice;

When I neber hab forgotten, etc.

"And all de day I hoe dar, in all de heat and rain;
And, as I hoe away dar, my heart go back again,--
Back to de little cabin dat stood among de corn,
And to de ole plantation where she and I war born!

Oh! I wish I had forgotten, etc.

"Den Dinah am beside me, de chil'ren on my knee,
And