{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p3", "byline": ""}
DR.. Adam Scybert, recently deceased, and


late representative from Philadelphia to
Congress, has bcqucathed one thousand dol
lars towards the education Of the deaf and
dumb--hvc hundred to the Orphan Asylum
fifty to the Philadelphia dispensary, and
has made another bequest which we shall
express in the words ofthc will


"Whercas it is my opinion that some of
the unfortunate convicts who arc discharged
from the Philadelphia Penitentiary, after
having undergone the penalty of the law,
without having the means to procure NOR
sci of food or nights lodging, might be
prevented from the commission OF other
crimes, were they provided with moderate
sum of money! do request you to sub
scribe in my name FIVE hundred dollars to-
wards a fund to be established for the pur-
pose aforesaid, according TO such rules and
regulations as may be adopted by major
ity of the board If Inspectors Of the Peniten-
tary aforesaid. If the citizens of Phi iladel-
phia do not add to the sum aforesaid further
subscriptions, within six months after you
have made my intentions known to the in
spectors ofthe Penitentiary aforesaid for the
time being, in such manner as will be ade-
quate to establish fund sufficient for the
purposes aforementioned, you are then to
consider my request on this subject as null
and void. My opinion is, that every convict
discharged as above mentioned should re-
ceive from the fund aforesaid as much money
as would enable him to purchase food for two
days, and lodging for two nights"