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rginia. Expect, ere long, to hear the reverberation of glad mountain shouts. More anon. Orderly. From the Border.stirring times — cannonading — confusion among the females — peace by diplomacy. Shepherdstown,Va., Sept. 16, 1861. Since the recent skirmish at this place, our citizens have had a stirring time of it. Never before has "the oldest inhabitant" of the town witnessed such disorder, dismay and distress, since it has been a "local habitation." After the fight of the 10th instant, which afforded our people a foretaste of the "pride and circumstance of glorious war," we were enjoying a degree of comparative quiet. Desultory shots were exchanged between the hostile parties the two succeeding days, and on last Friday night, about 9 o'clock, the reverberating echoes of the loud-mouthed cannon produced a degree of surprise and alarm not easily described. This unexpected salute took every one by surprise and created no little alarm. At first, we felt inclined to <