Records O The War

Lieut. Col. Scott, in charge of tho publicatiou of the official records of the war of ;he rebellion, in bis annual report says that during the year volumes xiv, xv. and xvi. (in two parts) of series 1 have been ssued, and the index of part !2. volume ivli., is completed and in type. This part of volume xvii. nnd volume xviü. will robably lie issued by Dec. 1 next. The ;oxt of the supplement to volume xü. (the record of the Fitz Jolm l'orter court m:u - tial) has been stereotyped and indexed, and will probably be iSsued beforó congress as.,(mbles. Up to Oct. 10, 188,854 had been expended for composition and stereotyping.