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AMUSEMENTS.

BUFFALO BILL'S DRAMA.

May Cody, or Lost and Won, written for Hon. W. F. Cody by Major A. S. Burt, U. S. A., will be given this evening. Mr. Cody advertises the appearance of real Indians. The Cincinnati Times says:

"The success attending the dramatic career of the famous scout, Buffalo Bill, is something phenomenal. Wherever he goes he is greeted with crowded houses. He opened last night to an unusually large attendance. "May Cody" was the play. It is unnecessary to describe at length either the player or play. Suffice it to say the hero received a great reception, and the stirring and exciting incidents of the border drama awoke the wildest enthusiasm among the auditors. The company Mr. Cody brings with him is better than he has had heretofore, and the star himself shows a marked improvement in his acting. During the play he gave a number of fancy shots with the rifle. The play is finely mounted and complete in all its appointments."

Mr. Cody is a big, handsome, strong young fellow, and he has many accomplishments. He can snap a whip in such a way that every one jumps and thinks a pistol has gone off. He handles a bowie-knife like a Corsican. A heavy revolver is simply a gleaming toy in his hands, and he swings a rifle around as if it were a ribbon. How the boys' eyes gleam and shine from the gallery! How their young hearts swell and long for Indians and highwayman, and the punishment of villains! In fact they all yearn to Buffalo Bills: