The Progressive Musical Union is the name of one of the societies above mentioned. It is well organized. Elijah W. Smith, the poet, is president. The noble purposes of this society are eloquently stated in the following lines, composed by the gentleman just mentioned, and which prefaced the programme of the first public concert given by this society, March 9, 1875:—

"Progressive: ay, we hope to climb
With patient steps fair Music's height,
And at her altar's sacred flame
Our care-extinguished torches light;
And, while their soft and cheering rays
Life's rugged path with joys illume,
May Harmony's enchanted wand
Bring sunshine where before was gloom!
And though we may not walk apace
With Mendelssohn or Haydn grand,
Nor view with undimmed eyes the mount
Where Mozart's shining angels stand;
Yet in the outer courts we wait
Till Knowledge shall the curtain draw,
And to our wondering eyes disclose
The mysteries the masters saw."

The following are the numbers performed on the occasion mentioned:—

PROGRAMME.

Part First

1. Trio for Two Violins and Piano
David Oswell, Madaline Talbot, and Mrs. Wilson.		Rhizia
2. Quartet.—"Sighing for Thee."
Auber Quartet,—Messrs. Smith, Hill, Ruffin, and Henry.
3. Song.—"Down by the Sea" (Bass)
James Henry, Jun.		Knowlton
4. Duet.—"On Mossy Banks"
Miss P.E. Allen and E.M. Pinkney.		Gilbert
5. Song.—"Thou everywhere"
Mrs. Wilson.		Lachner
6. Romance.—"Alice, where art Thou?"
James M. Scottron.		Ascher
7. Quintet.—"The Image of the Rose"
Miss P.E. Allen and Quartet.		Reichardt

Part Second.