New York Daily Tribune

MR. EASTMAN.

Correspondence of The London Daily News.

The New-York journals, about a month ago, contained various sensational paragraphs about Mr. Eastman, a school commissioner, and the author of some letters to a young lady known as the "Fairy Queen correspondence," for inditing which he narrowly escaped a cow-hiding. This gentleman absconded from New-York, carrying off with him considerable sums of embezzled money, and an attorney, Mr. Parsons, was sent to Europe in pursuit of him, but for several weeks could find no clue to his whereabout either in Paris or London. Mr. Eastman has now turned up at Lyons under very strange circumstances. A few days ago the Procureur Imperial at Lyons wrote to the United States Vice-Consul there that an American subject, in a totally destitute condition, and in a state of mind approaching to insanity, brought on by the use of opium, had been placed in a Maison de Santé by M. Cressin, in whose house he had been lodging, and that the Vice-Consul might probably think it right to make some inquiries about him. The Vice-Consul, after seeing the person alluded to and ascertaining that his name was Eastman, wrote to the American Minister in Paris for information and instructions. Mr. Bigelow, who had been instructed by his Government to have him arrested, at once telegraphed to Lyons to have him arrested, and wrote to the Vice-Consul, that so far from being destitute, he must, in all probability, have considerable property concealed among his effects. A carpet-bag, which was the only luggage he had with him in the asylum, was accordingly searched, but it was found to contain nothing but empty opium bottles. Mr. Parsons and the Vice-Consul subsequently called upon M. Crestin, and he, after some conversation, very adroitly managed by the Americans, admitted that Mr. Eastman had deposited in his hands a sum of $16,500. He said that he was very glad to be relieved from the custody of it, and he at once gave it up to the Vice-Consul. It is expected that further sums left by Eastman in another place will be recovered. Mr. Bigelow has made an application to the French Government for his extradition, and meanwhile he is in custody.