News from Texas.
Independence, Mo., Aug. 7
--The Santa Fe mail has arrived.
There is considerable excitement in New Mexico and Texas, and the security of public property is threatened — About one thousand troops, who were returning to the States, had been recalled.
Two Federal officers had deserted and joined the Texans. The Texan forces at Fort Bliss were 700, with pickets within ten miles of Fort Fillmore, which was defended by thirteen companies of regulars.
