HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,
Saint Joseph, Mo., April 30, 1 864.

Major-General ROSECRANS, Saint Louis, Mo.:

All quiet in the northwest. The militia are mustering in great numbers. I hope to do the country good service with them by producing large crops of corn, wheat, hemp, and tobacco, and shooting every bushwhacker we can find.

CLINTON B. FISK,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,
Saint Joseph, Mo., April 30, 1864.

Captain W. B. KEMPER,

Company K, Ninth Cavalry, M. S. M., Parkville, Mo.:

CAPTAIN: The general commanding directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 22nd instant, and to reply that you will, until you receive further orders from these headquarters, make such disposition of your force as may seem best for the interest of the service, remembering to keep your men on the alert and as actively employed as the nature of the service in your vicinity will permit. The general will be pleased with any arrangements that may be made by you having for their object the quiet and order of the country, and the peace, prosperity, and protection of loyal citizens.

I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. T. CLARKE,

First Lieutenant and Aide-de-Camp.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,
Saint Joseph, Mo., April 30, 1864.

B. W. LEWIS, Glasgow, Mo.:

DEAR SIR: Your communication of the 20th instant, addressed to John D. Penny, Saint Louis, was placed in the hands of General Rosecrans and has been forwarded to me. I have already ordered troops to your section, and you may rest assured that all the means and power in my hands shall be used to put down and keep down the rebels in this district. It is my purpose to visit your county at an early day. I will then be glad to meet yourself and other loyal men. I shall not hesitate to lay hold of wrong with vigor, and desire the co-operation of all good men.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

CLINTON B. FISK,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,
Saint Joseph, Mo., April 30, 1864.

JAMES H. ROBINSON, Danville, Mo.:

DEAR SIR: I have just returned to my headquarters, after an absence of some days, and find your valued favor of 22nd instant and others from you here on my table. I thank you for this information, and shall promptly take steps to put down the villains who would stir up new troubles. We must take off our gloves and hurt