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AMUSEMENTS.

BUFFALO BILL AT MACAULEY'S.

Buffalo Bill, the border scout and actor in
reminiscences of his own adventurous life on
the plains, opened at macauley's last night
with his own company, Indians, gunpowder
and all, to a large audience. There was not
a crush in the dress circle, but the upper tiers
resembled animated sardine boxes, and the
alternating ebb and flow of the fortunes of
the heroes on the stage was received with
unrestrained demonstrations of changeful sympathy.
There were times when happiness
seemed to have marked the virtuous
characters for its own, and then
the crowd melted into good-natured
laughter; but when Buffalo Bill, with
blood in his eye and a rifle at his shoulder,
rose between the Prairie Waif and destruction,
the roof trembled over the unanimous
shout of delight. There is a good deal of
comedy in the "Prairie Waif," and the carnage
is reserved for the last act. It is unquestionably
the best of the dramas yet written
for Mr. Cody, but his company is not as
strong or as well selected as usual. The
comedy part especially, which should be very
strong, is in very poor hands, with the exception
of Miss Ellie lingard, who is very pleasing
and pretty in her part of a wild Western
young girl. The Indians appeared in the last
act in their characteristic scalp and sun
dances, and made the theater lively with their
realistic war scenes. Buffalo Bill gave his
usual exhibition of skill with the rifle and
was greatly applauded. He grows handsomer
and better in his work every season.
The company appears to-morrow and Wednesday
evenings and for a Wednesday matinee.