The Arizona sentinel., 1876-01-22
Resignation of Secretary Bashford.
From the Arizona Citizen, of Jan. 8.

or the territory, mas reSlgneu, an'
 MT. William Sanborn has beel appointed in his place.
 Secretary Bashford, or as he i
 familiarly called here,-GOverno BashfOrd, (having been Governo
 of Wisconsin in former years.
 came to Arizona in 1863, and wa
 present at the organization of the
 Territorial government. He helG
 no official position at that time
 but at the request of Gov. Good
 win, he accepted an appointment
 as attorney general of the Terri
 tory. The organic act of Arizona
 provided that the laws of New
 Mexico should be continued in
 Arizona, until repealed by future
 legislation. The power and du-
 ties of the attorney general at
 this time, there being no district
 attorney, extended to all criminal
 cases in all of the Territory, to all
 eases in which the Territory or it's
 officers were a party, or any of
 the counties of the Territory, or the officers thereof; and he was also the legal adviser of all Terri
 tOrial officers. and of the ,.legisla- tive assembly. Da put in force the laws of New Mexico i'll this Territory, required no little pa tience, labor and wise counsel, and we know that his efforts gave sa- tiSfactiOn to the people and to the general government. Order and system were brought out ofa mass of confused, intricate and often obscure and inconsistent laws. Many of his opinions were pub lished at the time, and furnished indisputaDle proof of his legal acumen, learning and experience.
 In what may be called the dan gerOus days, when the whole Ter ritOry Was alive with hostile h. dians, Governor Bashford' travel ed with degree of fearles5ness that often surprised the most re- solute pioneers In 1864-5-6, he visited repeatedly the various counties, never missing a term of court, always travelling on horse back, and generally alone, armed with revolver, knife and shot gun, and ready for any emergency. In this way he travelled hundreds and thousands of miles, at all sea- sons, frequently when his life was not safe for an hour in any day.
 Gov. Bashford was the first per- son admitted to practice at the bar in an Arizona court, in May, 1864, at the term of the district court held at Tucson. From that l time until this be has been the acknowledged head of the legal professions in the Territory, and consulted in all important cases that he would consent to engage in.
 At the election in the summer of 1864, he was unanimously cho- sen by the citizens of Tucson, as of the council of the first legislative assembly of the Terri tory. He was made president of the council, and chairman of the joint committee on the judiaciary, to which committee the Howell Code" which had been hastily was referred,-as we'll as any other measure introduced at that session. The amount of work done by him at that time, was very large and exacting and it is but fair to say that no one did more, if as much to shape and perfect the first legislation of the Territory.
 In September, 1866, he was elected Delegate to the Congress of the United States by hand some majority. After serving a term in this capacity, to the sa- tisfaction of his constituents, he was appointed Secretary of the Territory in April 1869, and re in A nriI 1273 Tn this