Tuesday was far worse, though the forces of order had begun to gather. The mobs too had swollen so that an army was needed; when bands were dispersed by the military, they gath ered elsewhere and continued murder and depredation. Twenty negroes probably had been murdered Monday; far more perished Tuesday., and whole negro neighborhoods were burned out. Lieutenant Wood with 150 regulars from Fort Lafayette fired ball cartridge into a mob, killed a dozen and broke it up, but no officer could be ubiquitous. Colonel O'Brien, who had dispersed a mob, sprained his ankle and stepped into a drug store; ordered out by the terrified proprietor, the mob murdered him, and dragged his carcass up and down the street, mutilating and tramping on it. Governor Seymour issued a proclamation summoning the rioters to dis perse, but it was so insufficient that he was forced to issue another putting the city under martial law. Meantime the Secretary of War had ordered home the militia regiments in Penn sylvania, and they began to arrive on Wednes day; the draft was announced as temporarily suspended; and the mob was so thoroughly beaten and cowed on Wednesday afternoon that cavalry regiments paraded the city at night with out meeting any resistance. Isolated gangs
prowled about even on Thursday, but they were mere criminals and soon slunk away. The property-holders had formed associations for self-protection, and the danger was mainly at an end by Thursday morning. The losses of these four days were never known. The bills of mortality for the week were 450 above the average; 90 deaths from gunshot wounds were reported; and it was said that many rioters were secretly buried by their friends. Claims for property damage were filed to over $2,500,000; though heavily scaled, something like $1,500,000 was paid. The draft was resumed on 19 Au gust, and ended on the 28th. Consult 'Official Record (XXVII, Pt. 2, 1889) ; Fry's New York and the Conscription of 1863' (1885) ; Greeley's Conflict' (VoL II, 1866).