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At this place Mr. William Cody is playing a star engagement as the personal hero of a four-act drama, written for him by Mr. John A. Stevens, entitled "The prairie Waif." There is rather more body, coherence, and character to this piece than is usual with the boarder dramas in which Buffalo Bill has erstwhile displayed his agile form and flowing hair. His heroic speeches, noble acts, fearless adventures, and crack-shots arouse the packed gallery to the very fever of enthusiasm and win for himself tumults of applause. He

Miss Lizzie Fletcher and Miss Connie Thompson are good in their parts, the latter being a sprightly soubretteof a very agreeable manner. Mr. Jule Keen, but for a cold, gives a good bit of character performance as Hans, a German suitor of Sadie,and Mr. Charles makesa roaring, good-natured offset as the Irish lover of the same fortunate maid. The other parts are fairly well cast, so that the support may bereckoned good throughout. The piece is put on the stage in a commendable way, the sets and scenes being very good. It is unneccessary to detail the plot of the piece minutley. These plays invariably have the same adjuncts and accessories. This, however, introduces a girl who was stolen from her parents at an early age, and who happens [word] an heiress. This fact some knavish Mormons discove, and attempt to improveby selling possessionof the girl. Buffalo Bill figures as the rescuer and deffender, and is rewarded by the hand and heart of the enraptured miss. The best of results follow, as a matter of courses, the waif being eventually restored to civilization and her father. Large audiences nightly.

Buffalo Bill's Best.
The Buffalo Bill company played to a good house, here last night, though not what it should have been, according to the merits of the actors and play. However, it was better than most companies get at the intial performance.

The play throughout was fall of interest, and though the scene was laid in the far west, there was nothing rough about it. It is a play much like Frank Mayo's "Davy Crockett," but far more pleasing; the audience roaring and cheering a full accompaniment to the play from beginning to end.

Mr.Cody is a refined actor and a magnificent type of manhood. His features and voice are more like those of a man raised in a college, than one reared among the wilds of the western country. The play, having been written for him, gives him an opportunity to show off his talents to advantage.

Miss Fletcher, who personated Onita

At this place Mr. William Cody is playing a star engagement as the personal hero of a four-act drama, written for him by Mr. John A. Stevens, entitled "The prairie Waif." There is rather more body, coherence, and character to this piece than is usual with the boarder dramas in which Buffalo Bill has erstwhile displayed his agile form and flowing hair. His heroic speeches, noble acts, fearless adventures, and crack-shots arouse the packed gallery to the very fever of enthusiasm and win for himself tumults of applause.