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BUFFALO BILL.

There was a great scarcity of gallery room at the Academy of Music last evening, and in fact the most fashionable portion of the house was taxed to its limits to witness the performance of Hon. William F. Cody in Colonel Prestiss Ingraham's romantic melodrama entitled "Buffalo Bill at Bay." The piece is replete with startling situations which were cheered to the echo, and contrary to expectation there was an entire absence of the shooting and powder smoke which have been so long regarded as essential to the proper porduction of the border drama. The interest of the play is sustained from beginning to end by a series of exciting incidents of which Buffalo Bill is the hero. The other characters are well drawn, and there is a sufficient share of spice and grotesque humor in the piece to make it amusing and entertaining. During the progess of the drama Mr. Cody gave an exhibition of his marvelous marksmanship, which was watched with breathless intereset by his audi-ence. As an actor, he has improved very much since his first appearance in this city. In addition to retaining his fine picturesque presence, he delivers is lines much easier, and manifests a familiarity with the stage business, which he came here with Ned Buntline, Texas Jack and Wild Bill. He appears to much better advantage in Colonel Ingraham's play than anything which he has hitherto produced here, and his present trip is said to be one of the most profitable that he has yet made through this country.

Buffalo Bill.

Music Hall presented a sight worth seeing last night. One of the largest audiences ever seen within its walls greeted Buffalo Bill and his company. "Standing room only" was announced early in the evening, and when the play began every seat in the house, up stairs and down, was occupied and the aisles were filled besides. More than 1,100 tickets were sold at the box office, and over 1,400 witnessed the performance. The receipts were about $860.

The play was written to bring out the strong points of Mr. Cody's acting, and was much like the other border dramas on the stage. There was perhaps less powder burned and there was a somewhat better plot. The Indians wer quite a feature in the entertainment and their weird dances and primitive music created quite an excitement. The little donkey, a most intelligent creature, was quite good and the parts were acceptably rendered.

BUFFALO BILL.

There was a great scarcity of gallery room at the Academy of Music last evening, and in fact the most fashionable portion of the house was taxed to its limits to witness the performance of Hon. William F. Cody in Colonel Prestiss Ingraham's romantic melodrama entitled "Buffalo Bill at Bay." The piece is replete with startling situations which were cheered to the echo, and contrary to expectation there was an entire absence of the shooting and powder smoke which have been so long regarded as essential to the proper porduction of the border drama. The interest of the play is sustained from beginning to end by a series of exciting incidents of which Buffalo Bill is the hero. The other characters are well drawn, and there is a sufficient share of spice and grotesque humor in the piece to make it amusing and entertaining. During the progess of the drama Mr. Cody gave an exhibition of his marvelous marksmanship, which was watched with breathless intereset by his audi-ence. As an actor, he has improved very much since his first appearance in this city. In addition to retaining his fine picturesque presence, he delivers is lines much easier, and manifests a familiarity with the stage business, which he came here with Ned Buntline, Texas Jack and Wild Bill. He appears to much better advantage in Colonel Ingraham's play than anything which he has hitherto produced here, and his present trip is said to be one of the most profitable that he has yet made through this country.

Buffalo Bill.

Music Hall presented a sight worth seeing last night. One of the largest audiences ever seen within its walls greeted Buffalo Bill and his company. "Standing room only" was announced early in the evening, and when the play began every seat in the house, up stairs and down, was occupied and the aisles were filled besides. More than 1,100 tickets were sold at the box office, and over 1,400 witnessed the performance. The receipts were about $860.

The play was written to bring out the strong points of Mr. Cody's acting, and was much like the other border dramas on the stage. There was perhaps less powder burned and there was a somewhat better plot.