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expression of his thanks and the entertainment closed with short and pertinent addresses from Capt. Crocker, of Battery B, and other military gentlemen.

"Buffalo Bill's Best Trail."

Blood and thunder plays are rather apt to be satisfacatory. In order to have them suffuciently [?sational], the are made so absurd that even youth fresh from a dime novel cannot easily [?ent] to the extrordinary performances of a hero in slaughtering villians. Buffalo Bill, wise in his stage ventures as upon the Plains, a new departure at the first and maintained it. His plays, while freely producing the ready revolver, are seldom seriously overdone. The plots, the expressions, the [?ss], the gambling scenes, are all natural. Bill, talks about the stage as if the events taking place are real occurrences; and, of course, is natural [?] easy. His company catch the spirit and [?rly] all are noticable for the natural way of which they act. The play presented at [?w's] Opera House, last evening, was a new one, [?ed] the Knight of the Plains. The audience was very large, the gallery being packed. Mr. Cody, Buffalo Bill, was of course, the central figure, although sharing his honors with his Indian chiefs, who are warranted genuine. There are [?wnees] and one a Nez Perce. Of other characters, Ralph Royston, Moses Molock and Judge [?ster] were esepecially satisfactory. The characters of Rose Melton and "Wild Neilie" were also [?d] taken. The scenery was good and events followed each other in succession rapid enough to [?sty] the most impatient. The entertainment be repeated this evening, and any one wishing [?ee] a bit of border life can do so as satisfactorly and much more pleasantly than by a trip to Cheyenne.

Providence Opera House.