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Buffalo Bill Combinaiton.

The Buffalo Bill Combinaiton was greeted by a first rate house last night and the performance exceeded the most sanguine expectations. The drama "May Cody; or Lost and Won," is highly sensational, but possesses far less of what is commonly called the blood and thunder features than the name of the hero, and more especially his appearnce would lead one to expect. It must be confessed that Mr. Cody possess all the quialifications which go to make up our ideal of the appearance of the Indian scout, and his impersonation of this character brings out with force and clearness the principal traits. The leading female character, May Cody, was well sustained thorughout by Miss Lydia Denier, who was equally graceful and spirited as the secretary of the fashionable Mrs. Staughton or as the companion of the frontier scouts. The play was not without its humerous features and these were brought out with good effect. The presence of the genuine Pawnee and Nez Perce Indians - Eagle-that-Flies-High, Follow-the-Sun and the squaw, Young-Grass-that-Sprouts-in-the-Spring - proved a great attraction to many of the auditors.

After the regular performance the Indians gave specimens of their dances, and Buffalo Bill exhibited his skill as a marksman. This was truly remarkable and was decidely one of the most interesting features of the performance. His rifile was held in every conceivable position and was euqally numerring in all.

Mr. Cody announced that he was compelled to omit the glass ball shooting with the rifile owing to the fact that the stop boards could not be arranged, but that this will be done at the second performance to-night. At the same time he will shoot objects off of Miss Denier's head.

The company is under the management of Mr. Jno. T. Ford, which fact ought to be a sufficient guarantee that it is well conducted.