From Washington

Washington, Feb. 16. Th 3 Acting Commissioner of Patents has refused to exteud tho time for taking testimony on the application for tho extensión of the patenten Hussey's reaper. Ho directa the argument to procccd on the 28Ui inst. A iracas ocourred to-night at the National Hotel. botweon Kellogg, of' 111., and Medill. editor of the Chicago Tri bune. Medill was knocked dowo, when tho bystanders soparated the belligerents. Representativa Niblack, of Indiana, has been nominated by the President for Chief Jiistice of Nebraska. lF The wife of G-ov. Pickens of South Carolina is said to be an exceedingly fascinating woman and mínense]y popular with the ofiBoers of tho South Carolina army. She rather fancies military affairs, and inakes regular iospections of tho forts and camp, where sho is always received with enthusiasm. - A writer who ruw hor recently at review suys that sho wore "a dark eolored Freoch basquo, a velvet hat ornamented with a rea ostrich teather, a yail, sable tnuff and capo of the same material, had dark hair conñned by a kuot, and carried a parasol."