NEW YORK, May 16.
The blockade runner Cherokee was captured off Charleston by the Canandaigua, who followed her, and after a sharp chase, boarded and took possession of her. She is an Anglo-rebel propeller, built in the Clyde, is very swift, and had a cargo of 450 bales of cotton and a large quantity of tobacco, worth in all $175,000.
Private advices received here state that the iron-clad vessels of the South Atlantic fleet, were on the 10th of May thoroughly repaired, all the injuries done by the forts having been remedied. The armor on the hull and turrets is now perfect. It was generally believed that the 15 inch guns would be replaced by others of smaller bore, and indeed in two of the vessels preparations were in progress to ship away the pieces.
The Portland Daily Press, Portland, ME