Using 13.5 ${\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$ of $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ annihilation data collected with the CLEO II detector, we have observed a narrow resonance decaying to $D_s^{*+}{\pi }^0$ with a mass near $2.46\mathrm{GeV}{/c}^2.$ The search for such a state was motivated by the recent discovery by the BaBar Collaboration of a narrow state at $2.32\mathrm{GeV}{/c}^2,$ the $D_{\mathrm{sJ}}^{*}{\mathrm{}\left(2317\right)\mathrm{}}^{+},$ that decays to $D_s^{+}{\pi }^0.$ Reconstructing the $D_s^{+}{\pi }^0$ and $D_s^{*+}{\pi }^0$ final states in CLEO data, we observe peaks in both of the corresponding reconstructed mass difference distributions, $\Delta {M(D}_s{\pi }^0{)=M(D}_s{\pi }^0\left)-{M(D}_s\right)$ and $\Delta {M(D}_s^{*}{\pi }^0{)=M(D}_s^{*}{\pi }^0\left)-{M(D}_s^{*}\right),$ both of them at values near $350\mathrm{MeV}{/c}^2.$ We interpret these peaks as signatures of two distinct states, the $D_{\mathrm{sJ}}^{*}{\mathrm{}\left(2317\right)\mathrm{}}^{+}$ plus a new state, designated as the $D_{\mathrm{sJ}}{\mathrm{}\left(2463\right)\mathrm{}}^{+}.$ Because of the similar $\Delta M$ values, each of these states represents a source of background for the other if photons are lost, ignored or added. A quantitative accounting of these reflections confirms that both states exist. We have measured the mean mass differences $〈\Delta {M(D}_s{\pi }^0)〉=350.0\mathrm{}\pm 1.2(\mathrm{stat})\pm 1.0(\mathrm{syst})\mathrm{MeV}{/c}^2$ for the $D_{\mathrm{sJ}}^{*}{\mathrm{}\left(2317\right)\mathrm{}}^{+}$ state, and $〈\Delta {M(D}_s^{*}{\pi }^0)〉=351.2\mathrm{}\pm 1.7(\mathrm{stat})\pm 1.0(\mathrm{syst})\mathrm{MeV}{/c}^2$ for the new $D_{\mathrm{sJ}}{\mathrm{}\left(2463\right)\mathrm{}}^{+}$ state. We have also searched, but find no evidence, for decays of the two states via the channels $D_s^{*+}\gamma ,D_s^{+}\gamma ,$ and $D_s^{+}{\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}.$ The observations of the two states at 2.32 and $2.46\mathrm{GeV}{/c}^2,$ in the $D_s^{+}{\pi }^0$ and $D_s^{*+}{\pi }^0$ decay channels, respectively, are consistent with their interpretations as $c\overline{s}$ mesons with an orbital angular momentum $L=1\mathrm{}$ and spin and parity $J^P{=0\mathrm{}}^{+}$ and $1^{+}.$

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