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camp. It may not have been quite so favorable as in the two 

 preceding years, as from the army the typhoid fever seems to 

 have been carried to most parts of the country. Still the mor- 

 tality has been less in Rochester by one-fifteenth than in 1862. 

 No pestilence has prevailed in any section, nor wasting disease 

 over the land. Great has been the health of all our forces, and 

 of most of our cities and villages. 



The city railways began operations July 7th, running from 

 Deep Hollow on State street, to Mount Hope ; very successful 

 operation, and gratifying to most whom it accommodates. A few 

 weeks after, another line run from Exchange St. west through 

 Buffalo St. At the close of the year, most of the intended routes 

 were in operation ; a successful and useful accommodation. 



