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National Theater.

Buffalo Bill has carried Virginia by
storm. It has required the utmost efforts
of the two famous scouts, ably seconded
by the large company, by the troop of
supers, who in one act are Indians and in
the next act United States soldiers and
the "bear," to attract large audiences so
near the end of the month, but Buffalo
Bill has succeeded, and the increasing
proportion of ladies shows that the Apollo-
like Cody is not without admirers among
the fair. Nor is this at all inappropriate,
since it is not every day one may see so
splendid a specimen of physical manhood
as is exhibited in the person of Buffalo
Bill. It is said that while at the Palace
hotel, San Francisco, Cody was at the center
toward which all eyes turned as he entered
the dining room, and many would
linger near the door to see him pass.
Straight as an arrow, handsome of face,
with eyes as keen as those of
an eagle, hair reaching in glossy ringlets
to his shoulders, dressed in habitual
navy blue and white slouched hat, well
may they of both sexes admire and envy
Buffalo Bill. His engagement is drawing
to a close in Virginia. This evening and
to-morrow's matinee bring the final performances.
From here he returns to his
command, or, possibly, will be assigned
to duty under General Howard in the
Idaho troubles. Be this as it may, Bill is
a brave fellow and liked by all who know
him, and should the telegraph some day
tell us that he has fallen, slain by an Indian
bullet, many in almost every city of
the country would drop a tear at the fate
of the handsome scout.

Buffalo Bill's Benefit To-Night.

The friends whom Buffalo Bill has
gathered around him during his brief stay
here decided to make to-night the occasion
of turning out en masse, and in return
Bill has announced that he will
appear in two dramas--"The Red Right
Hand" and "The Scouts of the Plains,"
and in the former will give an exact imitation
of how he killed the famous Cheyenne
chief, Yellow Hand, at the battle of Indian
Creek, July 17, 1876. Bill will be mounted
upon a fiery, untamed steed, and Captain
Jack Crawford, who will impersonate Yellow
Hand, will also be well mounted. The
rencounter will occur on horseback, and a
superlatively-exciting sensation will be the
result.