No. 330.
Mr. Maynard to Mr. Evarts.
Constantinople, July 5, 1877. (Received August 27.)
Sir: I have the honor to announce the celebration in Constantinople of the one hundred and first anniversary of our National Independence.
Our national vessels in the harbor and the national vessels of other powers were dressed on the occasion, and the flag displayed from many private houses of American citizens as well as from the United States consulate and legation. The festivities of the day were purely social in their character; receptions in the morning on the United States corvette Vandalia, and in the evening at the legation, attended by the American colony en masse, both sexes and all ages. It was in every way a patriotic demonstration, and, I am happy to add, with no excesses or casualties to deplore.
I am, &c.,