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The _Chancellorville_ lay all night watching off the port of the two gunboats and, soon after daylight, the lookout descried three smokes to the westward and they were later made out to be the _Chicken_, the _Holy Moses_ and the _Adolphus_, the latter tagging hurriedly after the United States vessels.
The _Chicken_ had been a harbour tug but she was now the U. S. S. _Chicken_, by your leave. She carried a six-pounder forward and a six-pounder aft and her main point was her conspicuous vulnerability. The _Holy Moses_ had been the private yacht of a Philadelphia millionaire. She carried six six-pounders and her main point was the chaste beauty of the officer's quarters.