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THE SCOUTS-----The Buffalo Bill troupe attracted a very fair audience at the Opera
House last evening in the sensation play of the "Scouts of the Plains." The performance opened with the amusing farce entitled " Thrice Married," in which M'lle. Morlacchi appeared in a variety of characters and executed some accomplished feats in the terpsichorean art. She is a danseuse of much more than ordinary grace and skill. The farce fairly convulsed the audience and put it in good humor for the play of the Scouts which followed.

The play is remarkable in one particular, at least, and that is for the large amount of blood and thunder that is crowded into a single performance. Thrilling scenes and unexpected denouements follow one another in rapid succession, and an almost constant firing is kept up from first to last. The drain on the treasury for gunpowder must be fearful. While the play is exciting all the way through, there are many amusing things about it. The character of "Nick," by Mr. Fletcher, is one of them.
The policy of civilizing the noble red man by the Quaker process, is taken off in the most amusing manner possible. "BuffaloBill" and "Texas Jack" impersonate their own characters in a style peculiarly their own, and demonstrate that they can draw a dramatic picture of border life as well as engage in the realities of it.

The company appears for the last time this evening. Those who enjoy real blood
curdling, hair-elevating sensation will find it in the play of " The Scouts."