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, yesterday. --Writs, of habeas corpus were awarded by Judge Halyburton, yesterday, D. T. Madigan and Joseph Cance, directed to Major Thomas G. Peyton, and made returnable to-day. Madigan claims that, some time since, he joined Captain William H. Hayward's cavalry; that since then he has procured a contract for carrying the mails, and therefore, according to a recent judicial decision, he is exempt from service; but that Captain Hayward refuses to recognize his exemption, and still claicted to Major Thomas G. Peyton, and made returnable to-day. Madigan claims that, some time since, he joined Captain William H. Hayward's cavalry; that since then he has procured a contract for carrying the mails, and therefore, according to a recent judicial decision, he is exempt from service; but that Captain Hayward refuses to recognize his exemption, and still claims the petitioner as a member of his company. Cance's plea is based upon the fact of his being an undomiciled foreigner.