From f Correspondent.
Mokanshan, Aug. 7.
The weather is very pleasant, the fresh wind that has been blowing for the last two days has put renewed energy into everyone.
Alarming stories of disaster have somehow been circulated, and letters from Shanghai inquire how the mountain fared in the "terrible storm."' There has been no terrible storm up here—a blow. duc to distant thunder a few nights ago, is the nearest approach to a storm since early July.
These fables must have originate in two accidents that have occurred here. Some few nights ago two ladies were on their top verandah watching the summer lightning, when the floor of the verandah gave way. and they had a very bad fall. This regrettable accident was due to a rotten beam and had nothing to do with a storm. Glen Turrett, a large house. formerly owned by Dr. Dun~ can Main now bought by the Customs as a "Home of Rest," was struck by lightning a few afternoons ago. The structural damage was slight, the chief damage being caused by fallen plaster. No one was injured. It seems a pity that these stories are circulated, as they may cause unnecessary anxiety to people who have relations and friends in Mokanshan.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.