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venient distances along the line within the territory of Kentucky, and for some time squads of Unionists from East Tennessee have been leaving on foot, and passing through the mountains along cow paths. But no interception was accomplished until the last week. Then it was learned that Capt. Thornburg, of Union county, was attempting a passage with 80 men, armed with pikes, knives and rifles, to unite with Lincoln; and it is said that he holds a Lieut. Colonel's commission from Lincoln.--Capt. Ashby, of the gallant Ashby family, was detached with 200 men to intercept him, which he did, arresting the traitorous Captain, several of their men, besides taking their horses and a large lot of their weapons. The pikes are dangerous looking instruments, consisting of spears fixed firmly in long hickory handles, ten feet long — a small streamer of red and white attached to the spear end of the staff. Capt. Thornburg begged hard for his freedom, promising loudly to stand up for the South. H