HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,
Glasgow, Mo., September 23, 1864.

Lieutenant-Colonel MATTHEWS,

Rocheport:

COLONEL: I shall move a force from here toward Rocheport to-morrow morning, thence up west side and through the Perche Hills. Please get word to General Douglass and let him move up the east side and through the hills. You will co-operate in these movements.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

CLINTON B. FISK,

Brigadier-General.

GLASGOW, MO., September 23, 1864.

Lieutenant KERR,

Commanding at Boonville:

Have you any information of the guerrillas crossing from near Rocheport to the south side within the last day or two? If so, in what numbers?

CLINTON B. FISK,

Brigadier-General.

BOONVILLE, September 23, 1864.

Brigadier-General FISK:

There were no guerrillas crossed from the north side of the river since the 19th and 20th. We arrested a deserter from Thirteenth Missouri Cavalry; admits he belongs to Captain Turley's company; detailed to Captain Mayo's company; named George Smith. What shall I do with him?

J. T. KERR,

Lieutenant, Commanding.

GLASGOW, MO., September 23, 1864.

Major F. D. EVANS,

Mexico:

Have you any intelligence from the bushwhackers or from General Douglass since he left?

CLINTON B. FISK,

Brigadier-General.

SAINT LOUIS, MO., September 23, 1864.

Major-General CURTIS,

Leavenworth:

Staff officer, left General Steele's on the 16th, reports Price's force north of the Arkansas at 8,000, cavalry and mounted infantry, and that General Mower was moving after him with a heavy column of cavalry and infantry. Sanborn's scout - a woman - reports from Strawberry Creek, Ark., Wednesday, that Freeman's, Tracy's, and Speer's commands were there, and they told her Price was moving northwest and would enter Missouri by West Plains with 400 wagons chiefly loaded with ammunition and plenty of artillery. Queer! Why did they tell it? Colonel Ford has orders to you, but we have 1,500 tons of hay at