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h of the peace. If there was such an intention, better counsels prevailed, and everything that could excite ill-feeling was carefully avoided throughout the day. About noon, among the exciting rumors put in circulation was one that Lieutenant General Scott had tendered his resignation to the President, which produced a most disheartening effect on the friends of the Union. It was soon ascertained that the announcement was merely one of those canards which have been so prevalent in this season of National humiliation, being based on the resignation of a Lieut. Scott. Mob spirit is Philadelphia. On Monday morning an excited crowd assembled before a printing office at the corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, where the "Palmetto Flag," a small advertising sheet, is published, and threatened to demolish the establishment. The excitement continued throughout the day. A dispatch dated at midnight says: The Mayor and police now, have possession of the bui