The prisoners from Algiers [Footnote: American citizens who had long been in captivity among the Algerines.] arrived yesterday in this City, in good health, and looking very well.

Captain Stevens is among them.

One woman rushed into the crowd and picked out her husband, whom she had not seen for fourteen years.
"I am, and ever shall be, yours, and no other's, J.A." MRS.

JOHN ADAMS TO HER HUSBAND.
"Quincy, 8th Feb., 1797.
"'The sun is dressed in brightest beams, To give thy honors to the day.' "And may it prove an auspicious prelude to each ensuing season.

You have this day to declare yourself head of a nation.