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Habeas corpus.

--A lawyer (Mr. Crane) sued out on Saturday, in behalf of William H. Hurlbut, now in jail at this place on suspicion of being a spy, a writ of habeas carpus. We learn that Judge Lyons, of the Hustings Court, was first applied to, but refused to grant the writ. Afterwards it was obtained from Judge Meredith, of the Richmond Circuit Court, who affixed 10 o'clock to-day as the time for the merits of the application to be examined into. It is said that there is no likelihood of the release of Hurlbut by the Judge, as the prisoner is in Richmond merely in transites for Charleston, S. C., where his presence is demanded to answer certain offences against the State.

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