The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13

IN securing situation on the CORPS OF a
FGernan rpaperTin Boston, the. Neu En-
Maad Zeitpag. From Boston he travel
ed west to Louisville, and became assist
ant editor ofthe Pioneer of the West.
Fortune had hardly deigned to look upon
rim yet, much less smile; but there was
a promise Of lucrative and lifelong
situation in which his talent might give
him the prominence he deserved. just
as these hopes began to dawn 6re broke
ieut-and consumed the Office of the paper
together with all the worldly possess
ions of Mr.. Domschcke. leaving him
with only suit of clothes upon his back.
Added to this, political enemies ven
tured to hint that there had been design
in the fire, and an attempt was made to
add moral disgrace to temporal misfor
tune. In this condition of things Mr.
Domschcke announced that he would
lecture to the people of Louisville on the
| fire Byfthis means he amassed several
dollars. cleared his skirts of calumny,
and then at the invitation of a friend
started for Milwaukee, arriving in this
city with bundle of newspaper and
twenty-five cents in his pockets. His
tname had proceeded him. however, and
before he had fairly inhaled the air of
Wisconsin, the lamented Fratney of the
| y AeLKLFREJND, then promlnentDemo-
cratic leader, challenged him 10 discus
sion. :, The citizens of Milwaukee remem-
Der how well Mr.. Domschcke acquitted
himself In that trial. The papers Of that
| day speak Of the new conner as most
brilliant speaker and powerful orator.
The discussion attracted the attention
of a number Of prominent and influential
citizens, among whom was Gen. King,
then editor and proprietor OF the Sentt-
mel, and successful effort was immedi-
ately made to place at-the disposal Of Mr..
Domschcke press and all the apparatus
ola newspaper, to be deyoted to the cause
| he advocated ai- "
$ On the 7th of October, 1854, he. issu-
ed the first number of the Corsaa, week
ly. There are only few, perhaps, who
knew what this persevering man suffer
ed in the desperate struggle to sustain this
sheet. A stranger in a strange land, with
no resources but the uncuTent richness
of his brain, he battled steadily for a
sheer existence. For eight weeks he
slept on hisexchanges, in a freiess room,
only to'rise and renew the struggle, and
only. to grow more certain every day that
the labor and toll were being fruitlessly
expended, and That the EorsaU must suf.
fer on the gibbet of neglect At the end
of fourteen months the paper quietly sank
into literary grave.
But Mr.. Domschcke was not discour-
aged Such men cannot be crushed by
circumstances like life boats, they buffet
with the waves only to surmount them.
One sheet might die, but he would start
another In few days new business re-
lations were entered into, and the DAILY
Journal appeared, and after ten weeks
precarious existence it also succumbed to
circumstances. A few weeks later he
started the atlas. which finally became
the Herod, Mr.. Domschcke remaining
associated as its editor-in-chicf
In 1862 he entered the ranks of the
Twenty sixth Regiment of Wisconsin
Volunteers, and marched to the seat of
war as commandant of company ii. In
the battle sof Gettysburg Captain
IsDomschcke, together with Major Walber
and forty-six soldiers of the regiment,
were. taken prisoners and taken to Rich.
mond. where they were incarcerated in
the infamous Libby Prison. Here an
| imprisonment Of twenty months implant-
ed the germ of the disease which led to
his death.
After his liberation, and when he had
fairly recovered from the effects of his
confinement in rebeldom, he again assum-
ed the duties of editor-in chief of the
Daily Herold, and continued in that po-
sition until the disease which has cut him
off in the vigor of his manhood, com
PEELED him to relinquish his labors.