28th. Elected Commissioners to other Slaveholding States. 29th. Adopted an address “to the South and the world.” March 7th. Convention reassembled. 16th. Ratified the “Confederate” Constitution—yeas 96, nays 5. 20th. Ordinance passed authorizing the “Confederate” government to occupy, use and possess the forts, navy yards, arsenals, and custom-houses within the limits of said State. April 26th. Governor Brown issued a proclamation ordering the repudiation by the citizens of Georgia of all debts due Northern men. MISSISSIPPI. November 26th, 1860. Legislature met Nov. 26th, and adjourned Nov. 30th. Election for Convention fixed for Dec. 20th. Convention to meet Jan. 7th. Convention bills and secession resolutions passed unanimously. Commissioners appointed to other Slaveholding States to secure “their co-operation in effecting measures for their common defence and safety.” Jan. 7th, 1861. Convention assembled. 9th. Ordinance of Secession passed—yeas 84, nays 15. In the ordinance the people of the State of Mississippi express their consent to form a federal union with such of the States as have seceded or may secede from the Union of the United States of America, upon the basis of the present Constitution of the United States, except such parts thereof as embrace other portions than such seceding States. 10th. Commissioners from other States received. Resolutions adopted, recognizing South Carolina as sovereign and independent. Jan. 12th. Representatives in Congress withdrew. 19th. The committee on the Confederacy in the Legislature reported resolutions to provide for a Southern Confederacy, and to establish a provisional government for seceding States and States hereafter seceding. 21st. Senators in Congress withdrew. March 30th. Ratified “Confederate” Constitution—yeas 78, nays 7. FLORIDA. November 26th, 1860. Legislature met. Governor M. S. Perry recommended immediate secession. Dec. 1st. Convention bill passed. Jan. 3d, 1861. Convention met. 7th. Commissioners from South Carolina and Alabama received and heard. 10th. Ordinance of Secession passed—yeas 62, nays 7. 18th. Delegates appointed to Southern Congress at Montgomery. 21st. Senators and Representatives in Congress withdrew. Feb. 14th. Act passed by the Legislature declaring that after any actual collision between Federal troops and those in the employ of Florida, the act of holding office under the Federal government shall be declared treason, and the person convicted shall suffer death. Transferred control of government property captured, to the “Confederate” government. LOUISIANA. December 10th, 1860. Legislature met. 11th. Convention called for Jan. 23d. Military bill passed. 12th. Commissioners from Mississippi received and heard. Governor instructed to communicate with Governors of other southern States.