The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-02-14

! and manufactured and shipped back to Us in
the shape of wagons, buggies and agricultural
implements. Why can this manufacturing be
done here and, if need be, the finished product
shippeoIaway? Echo answers why
We were very much pleased. last week, to
welcome to our Preside our old friend, Mai. A.
Henkle, formerly of Pendleton county, W. Va.
but for the last II or Is years resident of Van
+ Buren, county, Iowa. For several years just
prior to the war; Maj Henkle, as young man,
Travelled extensively through the Western
stat es and Territories and made some invest
inents in Kansas and Iowa, but still considered
Virginia his home. When the question OF Sc
cession was being agi' ated he returned and did
all ip-Lis power to stay the mad tide which
Garfield Virginia out of the Union. He had
be Ell. among the northern and western people
and he knew their determination to crush out
rebellion and preserve the Union, and he be-
Iieved in the asLice of their cause, But when
the war actually begun, though his sympathies
were all for the Union, he desired to remain
quietly at home and lake no part on either
side Bat this he vas not permitted to do aad
he cast his lot with the Union army. Having
been brought up from boyhood in the live
stock business among the mountains, he pos.
sessed thorough knowledge of all that border
region consisting ofthe counties ofHampshire
Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton. Highland and
Randolph which enabled him TO render inval.
liable service to the Union cause. He soon be-
came one OF the most daring and noted scouts
in the Federal army. and many one OF his
old frienos and associates who had cast their
lot with the South did "Abe Henkle" gobble
up while on his scouting expeditions through
that region. Though terror to the soldier he
never molested a non-combatant and always
used his influence to prevent the destruction
of private property by the Union army, 1t was
a common practice among the people of PEN
dleton county whenever "the Yankees" paid
them visit to look out for "a be Henkle" and
if he could be found to place themselves under
his protection. Not only was he the means of
saving thousands of dollars in property to those
people, but many old men who had been AZ
rested and sent to prison as Rebel sympathizers
were set at liberty and restored to their homes
through his influence. Maj. Henkie partici-
pated in the battles of Cross Keys, Port Repub-
lie, Mcdowell, and Piedmont, and was the fl, ST
i ederal soldier who entered Staunton in arms |
lie was twice captured bat made his escape In |
Doth instances was slightly wounded once in |
Hardy county by an old acquaintance whom he |
captured Alter the war Mai Henkle repre-. |
sehted Pendleton county In the w Va legis- |
latufe. In ISL he emigfated to Iowa and |
engaged IN breeding thoroughbred stock and
has been very successful. He is an enthusi-
astlc republican, and is very much gratitied to
find so many ex-Confederate soldiers in Vir-
sinia ardent Republicans. He says there is a |
large emigration South ward from his State
ana thinks that II proper effort were made
Virginia would secure a large proportion of 1t.
S. NJ. w.