Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-02-19

Tun BunpELL TRAGEpY.-The New Y DIRK pa
pers have still much to say about the Burdeil
murder. Recorder Smith delivered q special
charge to the grand jury, Oh Monday, with re-
gard to its duties in the case or Mrs. Cunning
ham. Eckel and Snodgrass, which is to be pre-
scented for their consideration. The questions
for them to consider, he said, would be these
What is the motive that induced the act .
Could the persons charged ky the coroner's
Jury have been actuated by that motive ! Did
an opportunity exist for them to commit the
crimei Does any evidence point to the per-
sons charged as the guilty partiesf They
were to bear in mind throughout the wide dis
tinGtion between moral and legal evidence, AM
simply to inquire whether there is legal evil
dencc connecting any OF the parties with tho
crime.
The recorder did not propose to review the
! testimony, but suggested it as wise rule for
the guidance Of the grand jury to inquire
| whetlser upon the evidence presented, II 1t
were uncontradicted they would, as petty jul
rors, render a verdict Of guilty against the &C
cuscd.
| Speaking Of Snodgrass, the Herald says:
ssPublic feeling was very strongly in favor OF
] this young man ut the commencement OF the
inquest but it has materially changed since its
conclusion. His conduct during the latter part
Of the Investigation, and more especially dur
ing the past two or three days, has been highly
!
IDENTITY laboring under the impression that row
dy braggadocil and emphatic language are an
| evidence of innocence. SnUdgrasS arrived at
the tombs on Sunday afternoon, between three
and four o'clock, and entered the door with
| swagger, as though the most guiltless person.
age in the world"
The n ew York correspondent OF the Phlla-
delphia Ledger writes on Monday
Eckel and Mrs Cunningham are not to have
any peace in prison, that is clear. The news
paper reporters beSiege their cells from day to
day, and every word that falls from their lips
is given to the public, served up with every
condiment the taste Of pcnny-a-linerlsin can
suggest.
SnOdgrass betrays some incluation, at last,
to s'tell all he knows" lie denies All khoWi-
edge OF the dirk, but he says he knows that he
has bgen used as tool by the CunninghaniS
for ihe Accomplishment Of some OF then
schemes. Mrs. q. once wished him TO go, he
says, and board at the Everett House (she
paying his expenses in order to get acqllalll-
ted with rich young man, living there, whom
she wished to have introduced to her dangi'
tiers; SnOdgrlss, however, refused.
Mrs. Cunningham, ii is said, is preparing q
statement in defense Of the imputationS against
her character in the newspapers, particularly III
relation to the allegation that She murdered her
former husband She expresses herself III
strong terms against certain of the newspapers
iol their free and easy comments on ller ana her
family.
The dagger which Mrs. Adviser, swore, on
Saturday, was like the one bought by Snod-
grass, and which, on trial by DR.. Woodward,
produced similar wounds to these found on Dr..
Burdell's body, tcas moi foWad on The premises
as is generally supposed, but was produced by
Mrs. A. herself. 1t was exactly like the one
bought, except as to the handle. The other
one has not yet been found.
The two daughters and the two boys of Mrs.
Cunningham are still in the house No. II Bond
street, the t0rmerirom necessity, the latter from
choice The girls are detained as witnesses, by
order Of the coroner, to await the action Of the
grand Jury. The District Attorney says that
he does not want them, so it is probable that
they will soon be released, either with or with
out a habeas corpus. Mrs. Cunningham intends
to keep the boys with their sitters for short
time and then send thsm to school.
The following letters postmarked Cincinnati
Ohio, addressed to Eciel, was received by hin
on Monday CINCINNATI, Feb. 10, 1851.
John j. Eckei-The murderer of DR.. Burdel
laughs at the surmises of the id fools of New
York city. am truly sorrytor you, that yot
are suspected, for it is my crime, not yours
and the authorities can go to hi and catch me
if they can. Yours, A BLooU WRITER.