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A making 1t ahigh misdemeanor for white man to reside in the Cherokee Nation withouttaking the oath ofallcgiance and obtaining apermit from his Excellency the Governor, or his agent, is now in a course of execution. Unlast Sabbath, alter the usual time of divinc-seryice. the Georgia Guard arrived, and arrest cd three of our citizens, riz. Rev. Sam nel A. Worcester, missionary of the < lneHean Board for Foreign Missions 1; Nf. John r. Wheeler, one of the priu- ters of the Cherokee phenix; and Mr. Thomas Gann--the two last mentioned are citizens, with Cherokee famiIies.- Mir. Isaac Proctor, assistant missionary at Carmel, had the evening before been taken, and came with the Guard as q prisoner. They were conducted to the residence of Mir. Taryin, where they werekept under guard during the night. In the morning they were marched of by way oi Etahwah, were we presume, thesame evening the Rev. John Thomp- son, another missionary of the Ameri- can Board, was arrested.

 Our object is now simply to give facts as they have occurred before our eyes, and not to indulge ourselves in remarks --the scene has just commenced, and We must wait until it closes. Although our readers will recollect, that the law under which these worthy men arc taken Is express, and the punishment severe, taaprasoi'ntent fa the peniteltiqrg for not Cess hdn four years, yeti would be do- ing injustice to the good people of Geor- gia to say, that the law, enacted as this has been at a time of great excitement, will assuredly be executed. The Court may honorably acquit them, and thus save the credit of inc State. It does not become us, therefore, to anticipate the result, and comment upon these pro ceedings at this time. Nor are We dis posed to censure the Guard, for doing what they undoubtedly feelto be their duty. We must observe, however. that we cannotsee the propriety and tie use ot such a military movement to arrest. without process, few unarmed and peaccable individuals and VIC Lad ra- ther by q great deal they had come or some other day instead of the Sabbath The men for whom they were in pursuit were not going to run away and leave the country: they would have been as sure of finding them on any other da, as on tie Sabbath.

 In justice to the commanding officer (Col. Nelson) we must say, that he act ed with q great deal of cniity and kindness towards his prisoners while 1T this place. lie was so accommodating as to allow Mir. Worcester to return with q guard this evening, and take sup per and attend worship with his family he also gave him the same privilege il tue morning. We wish we could Sd, that all acted kindly, but we are oblig ed tcsaotieeqoite d different behaviour "a behaviour, however, we have reasot to believe, disapproyed by the comnan der.-P Phcrliu.