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Government of the Confederate States sees fit to order otherwise. Our intelligence from the trans-Mississippi Department, entirely of a reliable character, is calculated to inspire us with confidence and hope. Our friends over there, although separated temporarily from direct and unimpeded communication with the rest of the Confederacy, are up and doing, and Taylor and Magruder are quickly bringing order and strength out of the chaos and weakness that hounded there sometime ago. If Gen. Holmes were only relieved from duty there, and a man like Hardee, or Ewell, or Price, placed in command, the West would soon throw a cheering light over the whole country. But things are working well there, nevertheless, and it may be safely predicted that the ensuing fail campaign will witness some glorious Confederate victories on the western bank of the Father of Waters. The Yankees and the Contrabands in Arkansas--the Yankee soldiers don't want them. The St. Louis Journal has a lett