...u chanced to enter that city while the doge's palace and cathedral were on fire. This city is in one of her high fevers; her disease a great development in the Comstock lode. Most persons in San Francisco are votaries of chance. Luck is their god. Credulous as an Indian, reckless as a Mexican, the lower order of San Franciscans puts his trust in men unknown and builds his hope on things unseen. ...