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BETWEEN ACTS.

The follwing despatch which was szent from Buffalo Bill to Captain Jack, and prompted the following verses from the Poet Scout, (as he is familiary known on the frontier,) explains itself.

CAMP ON INDIAN CREEK, JULY 8TH, 1876.

Jack, old boy, have you heard of the death of the brave Custer?

BUFFALO BILL.

CUSTERS DEATH.

Did I hear the news from Custer?
Well, I reckon I did, old pard;
It came like a streak of lightnin',
And, you bet, it hit me hard.
I ain't no hand to blubber,
And the briny ain't run for years;
But the chalk me down for a lubber,
If I didn't shed regular tears.

What for? Now you look here, Bill
You're a bully boy, that's true;
As good as e'er wore buckskin,
Or fought with the boys in blue;
But I'll bet my bottom dollar
Ye had no trouble to muster
A tear, or perhaps a hundred,
When ye heard of the death of Custer.

He always thought well of you, pard,
And had it been heaven's will,
In a few more days you'd met him,
And he'd welcome his old scout Bill.
For if ye remember at Hat Creek
I met ye with General Carr;
We talked of the brave young Custer,
And recounted his deeds of war.

But little we knew even then, pard,
(And that's just two weeks ago),
How little we dreamed of disaster,
Or that he had met the foe--
That the fearless, reckless hero,
So loved by the whole frontier,
Had died on the field of battle
In this, our centennial year.

I served with him in the army,
In the darkest days of the war;
And I reckon ye know his record,
For he was our guiding star;
And the boys who gathered round him
To charge in the early morn,
War just like the brave who perished
With him on the Little Horn.

And where is the satisfaction,
And how are we going to get square?
By giving the reds more rifles?
Invite them to take more hair?

We wan't no scouts, no trappers,
Nor men who know the frontier;
Phil, old boy, you're mistaken,
"We must have the volunteer."

Never mind that two hundred thousand,
But give us a hundred instead;
Send five thousand men toward Reno,
And soon we won't leave a red.
It will save Uncle Sam lots of money,
In fortress we need not invest,
Jest wollup the devils this summer,
And the miners will do all the rest.

The Black Hills are now filled with miners,
The Big Horn will soon be as full,
And which will present the most danger
To Crazy Horse and old Sitting Bull?
A hand of ten thousand frontier men,
Or a couple of forts with a few
Of the boys in the east now enlisting--
Friend Cody, I leave it with you.

They talk about peace with these demons
By feeding and clothing them well:
I'd as soon think an angel from heaven
Would reign with contentment in h--ll.
And some day these Quakers will answer
Before the great Judge of us all,
For the death of the daring young Custer
And the boys who around him did fall.

Perhaps I am judging them harshly,
But I mean what I'm telling ye, pard;
I'm letting them down mighty easy,
Perhaps they may think it is hard.
But I tell you the day is approaching--
The boys are beginnng to muster--
That day of the great retribution,
The day of revenge for our Custer.

And I will be with you, friend Cody,
My weight will go in with the boys;
I shared all their hardships last winter,
I shared all their sorrows and joys;
So tell them I'm coming, friend William,
I trust I will meet you ere long.
Regards to the boys in the mountains,
Yours, truly, in friendship still strong.
JACK CRAWFORD.

AMUSEMENTS.
Buffalo Bill played to a good house at the Masonic Theatre, last evening. The rifle shooting by Bill was enthusiastically recieved. The support is an average one, but Keene, in the Dutch character, is first-class, and kept the audience in a roar from first to last. A matinee was given this afternoon. A performance to-night will close the engangement. The new play is a decided improvement on the border play produced by Bill last season. [word]

In the Grand Opera House last evening there was a large audience to witness Buffalo Bill's new play "The Prairie Waif," and, judging from the applause, the entertainment was highly enjoyed. "Hans" and "Sadie" kept the audience in good humor, and the songs and scalp dances of the "Injuns," were enthusiastically received by the gallery gods. Mr. Cody appeared in three different characters, and presented the western frontiersman in an easy, natural and effective manner. He also gave a wonderful exhibition of marksmanship. The same programme will be repeated this evening.

BUFFALO BILL.
The popular sensational actor, Buffalo Bill, again brought out an immense gallery audience at the opera house last evening. The pargquette and dress circle were only fairly filled, other attractions keeping many away. Buffalo Bill makes no pretensions but simply announces what kind of an entertainment he provides and then when the people come to hear him he disappoints them happilyby giving them a much finer treat than they had reason to expect. He has gathered around him a good company, secured the services of a band of genuine Indians and is thus enabled to palce his frontier drama on the boards in a realistic manner no one else can equal. The play given last evening was "Knights of the Plains, or Buffalo Bill's Best Trail." This will be kept on until Saturday evening when "May Cody, or Lost and Won," will be given.

BUFFALO BILL.-- The largest audience that the Opera House has seen this season assembled last evening to see Hon. Wm. F. Cody "Buffalo Bill" in the thrilling drama of the "Prairie Waif." Stevens, the author, has woven a web of Indian romance which was ably presented by the company of which Buffalo Bill was, of course, the centerpiece. The plot is one which keeps the audience in a fevre of expectation, and incident follows incident in rapid and harmonious succession to a happy climax, the rescue of the Prairie Waif by her lover from the Indian camp. The company is a strong one and will delight the Albanians this evening with a presentation of the drama.

THE BUFFALO BILL COMBINATION appeared at the Opera House last evening to one of the largest houses of the season. the receipts amounting to over $700 Buffalo Bill has got a very fine drama this season-- The Prairie Waif. The setting of the second act was very fine. O the acting of the company, they are al good. Mr. Cody (Buffalo Bill) has improved a great deal as an actor, some of his points being made with telling effect. In the second act he showed his skill with the rifle, which received a well deserved recognition from the large audience assembled. Buffalo Bill can always count on a large house whenever he appears in this city.

Buffalo Bill's New Combination with Josh E. Ogden in his eigth year at the helm , Harry Clifton, R. E. White, Jule Keen, Robert Neil, Charles Wilson, George T. James, Harry Irving, Harry Melner, Lizzie Fletcher, Connie Thompson with Harry Sellers, agent. New York City, 23; Milwaukee, Wis., 31 and Sept. 1; St. Paul, Minn., 2; Minneapolis, 3

NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 1878.
Buffalo Bill Last Night.
Whatever may be said as to the merit of Buffalo Bill's dramas, there can be no question about his ability to draw paying audiences in Wilmington. Last night the play was "The Red Right Hand, or Buffalo Bill's First Scalp for Custer," and the audience was the largest of the season, so far, the gallery being packed and little but standing room to be found down stairs. The play may be described as being of the trashy order, with a poor plot, but having some effective scenes and good characters, Buffalo Bill making his usual good impression, and Harry Mainhall, as Vincent Vernon, The Red Right Hand, doing some of the best acting of the evening. Charles B. Thorne, as Lone Dick, an old trapper, also took his part well, and the same may be said of Miss Lydia Denier, as Perl, the Indian princess and the heroine of the play. A Chinamen and an Irishman were thrown in to make things amusing, and they succeeded in creating some merriment, though the characters might have been improved. Of course there was plenty of Indian killing and hair breadth escapes, and the gallery was at times electrified, but while some of the situations were good others were decidedly ridiculous. On the whole the play was not equal to the one Buffalo Bill presented here on his former visit. After the play the Indians gave an exhibition of war dances and bow and arrow practice, and it may be said that if they don't shoot any better on the plains than they did last night in the Opera House the buffaloes need not be alarmed. Buffalo Bill's rifle practice, however, was the best feature of the entertainment, many of his shots being truly wonderful.