Edward Hand, born in Clyduff, King’s County, Ireland, Dec. 31, 1744, came to this country in 1774 with the Eighteenth Royal Irish Regulars as surgeon’s mate. Upon reaching America, he resigned his position, settled in Pennsylvania, and began the practice of medicine. The following year, however, found him taking part in the great strife, as lieutenant-colonel in Thompson’s Regiment. March 1, 1776, he was promoted to be a colonel, and took part with his regiment in the battles of Long Island and Trenton. April 1, 1777, he was advanced to the rank of brigadier-general; in October, 1778, he succeeded General Stark at Albany, and in 1780 commanded one brigade of the light infantry. At the end of the year he was appointed adjutant-general, and held that post until the close of the war, gaining the approbation of Washington. In 1784–85, he was a member of Congress, and in 1790 a signer of the Pennsylvania Constitution. In 1798, anticipating a war with France, Washington recommended the appointment of Hand as adjutant-general. He died at Rockford in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on the 3d of September, 1802. During the Revolution he was distinguished for his fine horsemanship and his daring spirit; but he won the affection of his troops by his amiability and gentleness. CHARLES SCOTT. Charles Scott, born in Cumberland County, Virginia, in 1733, was in the colonial service as a non-commissioned officer at the time of Braddock’s defeat in 1755. At the beginning of our struggle for independence, he raised and commanded the first company south of the James River. In April, 1777, Congress promoted him from colonel to brigadier-general. At the retreat of Lee from Monmouth, Scott was the last to leave the field. Having been previously employed in the recruiting service in Virginia, that State was anxious he should be intrusted with the duty of her defence; Washington, however, ordered him to South Carolina, and he became a prisoner at the capture of Charleston, and was not exchanged until near the close of the war. In 1785, he removed to Woodford County, Kentucky, filling the gubernatorial chair of that State from 1808 to 1812, and dying there on the 22d of October, 1813. EBENEZER LARNED.