All criminal suits for indictable offenses were to be dropped, but civil suits were to take their course.

Notice was given that a definitive submission must be made by September 1 following.

On the 22d the conference committee answered that they must consult with the committee of sixty.

Thursday the 28th was appointed for a meeting at Red Stone Old Fort, the very spot where the original resolutions of opposition were passed in 1791.

In the report drawn up every member of the twelve, except Bradford, favored submission.
The hour was critical, the deliberations were in the open air, and under the eyes of a threatening party of seventy riflemen accidentally present from Washington County across the stream.