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AT THE THEATRE. -A packed house and a roueing welcome greeted "Buffalo Bill" and his company last evening. "Life on the Border," the new five act drama, written expressly for Mr. Cody, by Mr. Hiram Robbins, proved a decided "hit" here, as well as at Lawrence and Lowell, and is far superior in plot, incidents and tone to the familiar but ever popular "Scouts of the Plains," also written by the same author. The unflagging interest which held the close attention of the audience from beginning to the close, and the frequent spontaneous outbursts of applause from all parts of the house showed plainly that the new piece touches the "popular chord," and is destined to win fresh laurels and fortune for its hero and proprietor. "Life of the Border" as here given has a flavor of reality. The lines are free from the [?] twaddle of the dime novel series, and the incidents are toned down within the range of human probability, while preserving all the dash, danger and devil-may-care elements of the traditional life in the backwoods. Another noticeable contrast is the absence of the usual "rivers of gore" on the stage, and suffocation from burnt powder in the auditorium, the exigencies of the drama requiring only a limited amount of shooting and scalping in the presence of the audience. A desperate hand-to-hand fight with a huge "grizzly," wonderfully life-like in detail and action, gives a novel zest to the third act, and is in itself a strong card. Mr. Cody is also to be congratulated upon having secured the best support he has ever had, all the minor parts being fairly taken, and the leading roles excellently presented by the celebrated Kit Carson, Jr., and Messrs. Robbings, Arlington, Waite, Ward, and Busil.