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From Montgomery.Extra session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. [reported for the Richmond Dispatch.] Montgomery, Ala., April 29, 1861. April 29, 1861.
Congress assembled to-day at noon, in compliance with the proclamation of President Davis, convening an extra session.
It was a gratifying scene to notice the cordial greetings, the shaking of hands, the pleasant smiles, and other demonstrations of welcome, which were interchanged among the members, as they met this morning in the Congress hall.
An unusual number of strangers and citizens were present, and in the hall and gallery there were many ladies.
At 12 o'clock, the President of Congress, the Hon. Howell Cobb, took his chair, and the Rev. Basil Manley offered a fervent invocation to the Throne of Grace.
The President then called Congress to order, and stated that they had been assembled at this time by a proclamation from the President.
The first business in order was the call