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Love in death.

--A few days ago, a young lady in East Boston, Mass., who had consented to the last wishes of her lover, sick with consumption, named William Ricker, to be united to him before he died, arrived at the appointed hour in her bridal robes — only to find that he had died an hour before.

The Daily Dispatch: March 15, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardice & Hammerers. Richmond. March 15, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proudest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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