The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-11
The SlaInese Twins.

VISIT OF CHANG AND ENG TO Tue HERALD ESTAB-
LIsHMENT.
Tired Of life of retirement conjugal felicity and domes
tic enjoyment the celebrated Samese Twins created In one
Of the roics and freaks Of nature have determined to
back the busy world from which they have so long
remained shut out and to astonsh the generation
Of mankind 40 they did their fathers Of years
ago. Acting this resolve Chang and Eng who have
themselves become the respected heads Of families,
left their plantation their wives children and slaves
in North Carolina short time SINCE and arrived in this
metropolis Friday last We had the honor Of visit
from the distinguished party Saturday afternoon
They had heard their plantation of the printing
Of the HERALD and had desire to the wonders created
by mechanical art They came TO Office In carriage
escorted by crowd of sghtseeers attracted by their
strange appearance, and among whom they seemed to
create great amount OF interest and excitement
While they remained, we had an opportunity Of
collecting facts about the social life and manners
of this wonderful pair Of human beings joined to-
gether by the most indssouble of oil bonds. Hay
ing made large fortune in their eleven years
Of exhibition, they resolved to devote the remain.
der OF their lives to the enjoyment Of oum cum dig
aitote But concluding that they had long enough led
life of celibacy they agreed to tako to themselves
wives of the daughters of the land and having induced
two young ladies (siser OF North Carolina 70 lend ia
vorae to their proposals. the nuptal knot tied
and they could not have separate and distinct esab
Dshuents, they became heads Of double household.
They purchased plantation of Ave hundred
in the native State OF their better halves North Caro-
Hna) where they have been since increasing and multi
plying in family, servants and maid servants and oil
material wealth They possess establishment of
thirty slaves and family of eleven children of whom
six referable TO Chang and the other five to Eng
They attended very ndustousy to the business of their
plant atopkept uhe negroes their work-were always
ready and willing 70 turn their hands something
useful, and would plough, and reap, and grind, chop
WOOD and do all sorts Of farm work. Thep when business
not urgent, they wouid devote their time to field
sports and among the keenest hunters owlers and
fishermen Of their district In fact they lived real
country gentlemen, ready to drink glass, fight
round, as occasion required.
The Mesdames Chang and Eng seconded their lords
right well ir the management of the concern and have
remained behind to take charge of the household during
the absence Of their distinguished consorts. Madame
Chang devotes her time to the supervision of the
slaves and the direction Of the work to be performed
the plantation while Madame Eng charges herself with
the of all the young masters and misses and keeps
school Cor their tuition and that Of the negroes We
should nst say all the children, for of them accom-
pany their sres in their tour and will doubtless contri
butte much TO the interest with which they will be re.
garded Whenever they 80 to exhibit them selves. The
party left New York Saturday evening" by the afternoon
boat for Boston, where they make their first exhibition
this evening, iH the Horticultural Rooms