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Show DSATH OF CEN. E. F. SPINNER. The, fcx-Treaiur-r of I ho In tied State l'umioii Awt 7. Jacksonville, Fla , Jan. 1. E. F. Spinuer, ex-treasurer oj the United Status, died last evening. Klias Francis Miller was loi n at Mohawk. Mo-hawk. New York, January 21, 102. His father wan a Roman Catholic priest fur twelve years, but subsequently embraced em-braced Protestantism. The, son was educated carefully and learned the saddler's sad-dler's trade, at Amsterdam. Ho was elected deputy sheriff in 120, and became be-came a major general ot militia in WA. lie held various locul olVices and was uloeted to congress in 1854 as an anti-slavery democrat. He was twice re-elected to congress, and during his last term was chairmnii of the committee commit-tee on accounts. When the Lincoln administration was organized Secretary Secre-tary Chase selected him for the post of treasurer, which ho tilled under successive suc-cessive presidents from March (i, 1801, till June iiO, 175. ' When, during the war, many of the clerks joined the,, army. General Spinner Spin-ner suggested to Sucretnry Chase the advisability of employing women in tho government ollices, and carried into effect this innovation, though not without with-out much opposition. Ho signed the different series of paper money in a singular handwriting, which he cultivated culti-vated in order to prevent counterfeiting. |