Unwitting Admission.—While the newspapers of San Francisco have endeavored to make it appear that the earthquake of itself was really an insignificant affair, and would have caused but little loss but for the fire, they sometimes forget, and stultify their positions. For instance, the Chronicle, in noting its return to its old home, is inclined to boast a little about its substantial building, and says: "The Chronicle building was among the few in the city that was entirely unharmed by the earthquake. The shock that humbled so many of the proud buildings of the city to the ground, shook the solid walls of the Chronicle building in vain." Now if there were so few buildings unharmed, and so many of the "proud buildings" humbled to the ground, surely the earthquake was no light affair.