February 3, 1861; The New York Herald
Col. Hayne, the South Carolina Envoy, sent a communication to the President yesterday, in which he proposes to open negotiations for the transfer of the federal property to the State, and in case of non-compliance threatens the capture of Fort Sumter. The President summoned his Cabinet on the receipt of the letter to deliberate upon the subject. The result is not known, but it is stated that the President will act as heretofore with regard to the demands of South Carolina, and await the result.
The Louisiana secessionists have seized the Mint and Custom House at New Orleans. The Mint contains a considerable sum of public money, which the government agent at New Orleans has refused to deliver up to the United States.
Both the Washington Peace Convention and the Convention of the secession States at Montgomery meet tomorrow. Several of the delegates to the former had reached Washington last evening, and it is likely that they will all be at the capital by Monday morning.