The house built by James iNIorris Esq., occupies the site of one much older, erected in 1795. It is handsome, and well placed ; and the neighborhood is rendered extremely beautiful by the inequaUty of the ground, and the fine mixture of wood and pasture, which diversifies the appearance of the vales and eminences. Within are some good paintings, \-iz , James Morris, by Benjamin Peale ; Hon Daniel Webster, by Frothingham; and General Staats Long Morris, artist unknown. A broad and fine carriage road, lined on either side with elms," is terminated by a picturesque view of Melrose and its sur roundings. At no great distance stands the residence of the late Commodore Valentine Morris.

Upon the east side of the Mill brook lay the old 7-ace course, which is said to have been estabUshed by General Staats Long Morris, one of the first importers of blooded horses at the north. The western portion of Morrisaaia is watered by Cromwell creek,'' which discharges into the Harlem river.

East of the Mill Brook, and nearly opposite the North and South Brother Islands on the East River, "is situated Port iNIorris -- unsurpassed for the anchorage of large vessels, by any port in the world." The G?'eat Eastern, with her immense size and capacity, formerly landed safely at one of her docks; and just above Port Morris, and about opposite Riker's Island, fronting the property of the late B. M. Whitlock, is a bay, affording the best place for a navy-yard in any of the States; inasmuch as here, alongside of the East River salt water frontage, might be constructed a large fresh water basin -- to be supplied by water, about a mile distant from the Bronx's River, in the village of West Fanns -- lar^^e enough to float all the iron-clads of the world; and the corroding of the