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St. Paul Globe Daily.

Buffalo Bill.
The Opera House was crowded to its utmost capacity last evening on the occation of the first appearance here of Buffalo Bill in his new sensation of "The Prairie Waif." The play is one that takes in a crowd. It is replete with thrilling situations throughout. Being a border play, and a border man being the central figure, it partakes, of couse, of "blood and thunder," but is nevertheless worthy of more than usual attention. All the actors filled their parts well, and the audience was pleased from the rise to the fall of the curtain. The company will play in Minneaplois this evening, and will give a matinee performance on Saturday afternoon, concluding the season in this section by an evening entertainment Saturday.

New York [?] News

Notwithstanding the intense heat on Monday night, 3,800 people were at the Windsor Theatre, to witness Buffalo Bill in his new border drama, written by John A. Stevens, entitled Prairie Waif, a Story of the Far West. The play is the best in his repertoire and met with instantaneous success. It deals in heavy villians, Indians, virtue, etc., and is played in four acts, each terminating in a sanguianry tableau, which bring down the house. The author has not forgotten (per order of Buffalo Bill) to have in the play an Irishman, a Dutchman, a jackass and some moutains. The company embraces twenty-four people, including a number of genuine Indians, who amuse the audience with a real war dance. Of couse Buffalo Bill is the hero of the piece, and in the chracter of the scout has made a great hit. Harry Clifton, the heavy villain of the play, is well suited by anture as well as training to his part; and George T. James as a Danite, Lizzie Fletcher and Connie Thompson were also well received. The rest of the company do fairly well. Next week, Ada Gray in East Lynne. Mr. Stevens' play is admirably adapted to Mr. B. Bill's requirements, and will undoubtedly bring him in heaps of scalps--we mean shekels.

British Whig
Kingston, [Out.?]

"PRAIRIE WAIF."
Buffalo Bill and his Braves in Rather Entertaining Mood.
Buffalo Bill's Company performed the "Prairie Waif" in the Opera House last evening to an audience repectable in size and satisfired in feeling. Hon. W. F. Cody is the central figure in the play. For him it was expressly written, and in it he assumes the role of Indian fighter, Government scout, hunter and hero, and in dramatic form gave an exhibition of some scenes very like those through which he has passed in the execution of important commissions. There are four acts in the drama, representing four different phases of a plot whose origin, development and final collapse, by force of adverse circumstances, constitute interesting details. At different times there are hostile meeting when rifles, pistols and bowie knives flourished in a manner that ouwld be decidedly unpleasant contemplate were the weapons in other than expert hands. As the saviour, protector and husband of the prairie waif (Miss Lizzie Fletcher) Buffalo Bill merited favous, ahs fine physique, fair acting, but especially his fancy shooting being features that elicited general compliment. The support was passably good, the orchestra far above the average.

Hamilton D
Spectator, [out.?]

BUFFALO BILL.--Hon. Bill Cody's Company of ladies, gentlemen, Indians and Jackass filled the Academy of Music last evening, with a highly appreciative, much crowded, intensely boisterous, and highly demonstrative audience. The gallery was full to overflowing. Boys were piled upon boys in every available seat. Boys sat in a row around the balustrade, and dangled their lags in mid air. Boys perched upon the cornice and rubbed their heads against the roof. And all these boys yelled, and whistled, and cheered and applauded almost continuously during the entire performance. The "Prairie Waif" is Onita, a white firl stolen from her father, General Brown, by the Indians, and rescued by Buffalo Bill from the persection of the Mormon Danites, who subsequently became possessed of her. The story is pretty well put together by John A. Stevens, tho author of "Unkown," was written expressly for Mr. Cody, and embraces a number of startling incidents in the border life of the celebrated scout. Nobody will accuse Cody of being a first class actor, but the brave and handsome scout, whome Ned Buntline's pen long since made famous, has improved