Morris came to New York to act as Assistant District Attorney to his brother-in-law, James A. Hamilton.

Mr. Morris became a member of the Legislature in 1S34 or 1S35, and was re-elected twice -- being three years in succession a member of that body. He was elected Recorder in 183S, but it will be recollected that in consequence of his seizing " the Glenworth papers," while holding that office, he was removed by a vote of the Senate, brought about by the influence of Governor W, H. Seward. A plan was set on foot by John B. Glentworth, before the Presidential election in 1840, to send on a number of voters from Pennsylvania -- nominally to lay the croton water pipes through the city, but virtually to vote for General Harrison in opposirion to ATartin Van Buren. Mr. Morris ascertained that documentary evidence of this was in the house of a Mr. Pierce, of this city; and a few days before the election he proceeded to Mr. Pierce's, in company with Jonathan D. Stevenson, and seized the " Glentworth papers" and revealed their contents. For this, as we have said, he was removed; and Mr. F. A. Tallmadge was appointed Recorder in his place. But the people of New York viewed the act oftlie Recorder in a difterent light; and in 1841 he was elected Mayor of the city by a majority of 7,000, and was re-elected to the high position of Chief Magistrate of New York in 1842 and 1S43 -- the only instance we remember of a man being elected Mayor three times in succession At that period of our city's history the Alayor was electetl every year. In 1844 Mr. Morris was appointed Postmaster of New York by President Polk, and he held that oftice for four years.