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We have received copies of New York papers of Wednesday, the 19th instant: Latest from Georgia--Hood represented as retreating before Sherman — the Situation. The Yankees are again in communication with Sherman, and claim that General Hood is retreating before him. The following official dispatches are published: Ship Gap, October 16--5 P. M. We took Ship gap to-day, capturing a part of the Twenty-fourth North Carolina. Two corps are represented to be at Lafayette, and one went south from Villanova plain. They obstructed Snake Creek pass to delay our trains; but by to-morrow I can move in any direction. W. T. Sherman, Major-General. Deserters from Hood's army report his force at thirty thousand. The strength of his cavalry is not known. There is no additional news from the Tennessee river, except that Roddy's forces moved from Tuscumbia yesterday. G. H. Thomas Major-General. Chattanooga,October 17--10 A. M. The rear of H