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AMUSEMENTS.

BUFFALO BILL AT MACAULEY'S.

Buffalo Bill, the border scout and actor in remininscences of his own adventurous life on the plains, opended at Macauley's last night with his own company, Indians, gunpowder and all, to a large audience. There was not a crush in the dress circle, but the upper tiers resembled animated sardine boxes, and the alternating ebb and flow of the fortunes of the heroes on the stage was received with unrestrained demonstrations of changeful sympathy. There were times when happiness seemed to have marked the virtuous characters for its own, and then the crowd melted into good-natured laughter; but when Buffalo Bill, with blood in his eye and a rifle at his shoulder, rose between the Prairie Waif and destuction, the roof trembled over the unanimous shout of delight. There is a good deal of comedy in the "Prairie Waif," and the carnage is reserved for the last act. It is unquestionably the best of the dramas yet written for Mr. Cody, but his company is not as strong or as well selected as usual. The company part especially, which should be very strong, is in very poor hands, with the exception of Miss Ellie Lingard, who is very pleasing and pretty in her part of a wild Western young girl. The Indians appeared in the last act in their characteristic scalp and sun dances, and made the theater lively with their realistic war scenes. Buffalo Bill gave his usual exhibition of skill with the rifle, and was greatly applauded. He grows handsomer and better in his work every season. The company appears to-morrow and Wednesday evenings and for a Wednesday matinee.