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Battle flags.

--In the late battle each corps had its separates battle-flag. The New Orleans Delta a correspondent says that that of was a blue ground with a white globe or circle, that of Bragg was our ordinary battle-flag with yellow trimmings, that of Polk was a tasteful banner of light blue with white stars on a red ground. They were distinct and enemy recognized at a distance.

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